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Battle at Bedriacum, North-Italy
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1045
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British Army liberates Belsen concentration camp
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1205
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Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople
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1250
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Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue
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1450
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French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War
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1493
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-20/4 Barcelona] Columbus meets with King Ferdinand & Isabella
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1581
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Cortes van Thomar accepts Philip II as king of Portugal
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1594
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Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague)
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1595
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Willem I's daughter of Elisabeth of Nassau marries duke Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne of Broth
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1621
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Hugo the Great arrives in France
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1632
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Swedish & Saxon army beat Earl Tilly
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1654
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England & Netherlands signs peace treaty
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1689
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French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain
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1697
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Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden
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1715
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Uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina
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1716
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Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar
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1729
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Johann S Bachs "Matthus Passion" premieres in Leipzig
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1738
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Bottle opener invented
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1776
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Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy
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1784
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1st balloon flight in Ireland
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1788
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England, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty
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1793
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Bank of England hands out 1st 5-note
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1800
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James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole
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1817
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1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford Conn)
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1850
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City of San Francisco incorporated
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1851
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Earl G Andr ssy sentenced to death in Hungary
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1853
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Protestant church questions king Willem III RC bishops
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1858
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Battle of Azimghur, Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists
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1861
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Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by Pres Lincoln
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1864
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General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas
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1865
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Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl
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1865
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Pres Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater
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1870
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Last day US silver coins allow to circulate in Canada
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1874
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NY legislature passes compulsory education law
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1877
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1st telephone installed: Boston-Somerville, Mass
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1878
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Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap
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1892
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General Electric Company, forms & is incorporated in NY
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1895
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Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record)
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1896
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1st Olympic games close at Athens, Greece
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1900
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An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs
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1900
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International Exposition opens in Paris
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1901
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1st British motorized burial
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1902
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Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Church in US"
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1909
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Mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henry's lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo
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1909
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NY Giant Red Ames 2nd no-hitter, loses in 13 on a 7 hitter to Dodgers
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1910
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Taft is 1st pres to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game
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1911
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Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St NYC
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1911
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Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning
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1912
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Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on
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1915
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Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo," premieres in Madrid
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1915
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NY Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Bkln, 2-0
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1918
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Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents
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1920
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New Canadian small cent coin is released
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1921
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Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails
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1922
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Banting, MacLeod & Best discover insulin
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1922
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Poodle Dog Restaurant closes
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1923
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1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (NYC)
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1923
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Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics
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1924
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Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain Belgium, 1 dead
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1924
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WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions
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1925
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NHL's NY Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1
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1927
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Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 HRs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke)
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1927
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Switzerland & USSR agree to diplomatic relations
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1928
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Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf (SF) forms
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1931
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1st walk across American backwards begins
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1937
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Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers, 3 games to 2
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1939
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Albert Lebrun elected president of France
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1940
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British troops land at Narvik, Norway
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1941
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1st helicopter flight of 1 hr duration, Stratford, Ct
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1942
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George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta
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1943
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Metropolitan Life Insurances issues a $225 million check to Chase
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1945
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British & Canadian troops liberate Nazi camp of Bergen-Belsen
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1945
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FDR buried on grounds of Hyde Park home
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1945
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Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum
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1945
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US troops occupy concentration camp Colditz
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1947
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Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut
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1947
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Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio
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1948
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1st Jewish-Arab military battle, arabs defeated
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1948
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Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created
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1948
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KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast
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1949
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Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri
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1951
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Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Curaao
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1952
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1st B-52 prototype test flight
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1952
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Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card
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1952
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Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Montreal Canadiens in 4 games
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1952
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1953
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Malans National Party wins South African elections
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1953
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WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1954
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KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1954
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Orioles 1st game in Baltimore beat White Sox 3-1
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1954
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WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1954
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Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow
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1955
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Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants (Illinois)
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1955
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1956
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Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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1957
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Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery
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1957
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KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1957
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Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs PO $41 million
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1958
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10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young & Jane Wyatt
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1958
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1st baseball game in Calif, SF Giants beat LA Dodgers, 8-0
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1959
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Fidel Castro begins US goodwill tour
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1959
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US Sect of States John Foster Dulles resigns
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1960
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw U
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1961
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"Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1375 performances
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1962
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US national debt above $300,000,000,000
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1963
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"Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 8 performances
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1964
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (world's longest)
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1964
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Ian Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia
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1965
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James Baldwin's "Amen Corner," premieres in NYC
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1965
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NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold
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1966
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KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1966
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Rolling Stones release "Aftermath"
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1967
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"Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 457 perfs
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1968
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Houston Astros beat NY Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings
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1969
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North Korea shoots at US airplane above Japanese sea
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1970
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"Cry for Us All" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 8 performances
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1970
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Libyan leader Gadaffi launches "Green Revolution"
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1970
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WMGZ TV channel 16 in Mayaguez, PR ([M]) begins broadcasting
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1970
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WPSJ TV channel 14 in Ponce, PR ([P]) begins broadcasting
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1971
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"70, Girls, 70" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 35 performances
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1971
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43rd Academy Awards - "Patton," George C Scott & Glenda Jackson win
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1972
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Barbra Striesand, James Taylor, Carole King & Quincy Jones perform at a benefit for George McGovern for President
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1973
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2nd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
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1973
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Walt Disney Story opens
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1974
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3rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of Calif in 2:47:11
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1974
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78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39
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1974
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Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani deposed
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1975
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1st appearance of San Diego Chicken
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1975
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Gabon amends constitution
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1975
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Penguins 3-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 2-0 lead
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1976
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Yankee stadium reopens, Yanks beat Twins after trailing 4-0
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1977
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1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium
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1978
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43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy
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1978
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Great Britain performs nuclear test
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1979
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43rd Golf Masters Championship: Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280
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1981
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Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Wash Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricate
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1982
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Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, & landscape display
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1983
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Rangers 0-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-0 lead
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1983
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Tokyo Disneyland opens
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1984
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"Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 13 performances
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1984
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48th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 277
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1984
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Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
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1984
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Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab India
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1984
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1985
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14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06
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1985
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89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05
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1985
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Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B missing
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1985
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S Africa will repeal sex & marriage laws against whites & non-whites
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1986
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US air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing
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1986
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Viv Richards century off 56 balls v England in Antigua Test Cricket
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1987
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"Barbara Cook: A Concert..." opens at Ambassador NYC for 13 perfs
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1987
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Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy," premieres in NYC
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1988
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Meteorite explode above Indonesia
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1988
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Wendy Wasserstein's "Heidi Chronicles," premieres in NYC
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1989
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95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England
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1989
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South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries
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1989
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Students in Beijing pro-democracy protests
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1989
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Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48)
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1989
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Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois
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1990
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"In Living Color" premieres on FOX-TV
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1990
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Greenidge & Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best
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1991
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"Secret Garden" opens at St James Theater NYC for 706 performances
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1991
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20th Boston Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil of Poland in 2:24:18
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1991
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95th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:11:06
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1991
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East-Europe Bank forms in London
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1991
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Europe foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against S Afr
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1991
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Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglary
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1991
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Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assistswith 9,898
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1991
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Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week
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1991
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Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road
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1991
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Ton Sijbrands improves world record blind checker games (15 wins)
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1992
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Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion
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1992
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Jay Leno's final appearance as permanent guest host of Tonight
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1992
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Lincoln Hospital in Bronx loses its accreditation
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1992
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NY Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438)
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1992
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William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy & DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame
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1994
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Indians loses 1st game at Jacobs Field, KC wins 2-1
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1994
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Robert F Kennedy Jr (21 days after his divorce) weds Mary Richardson
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1994
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WMMS-FM's Jeff & Flash, & entire station staff, are fired
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1996
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"Apple Doesn't Fall" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 1 performance
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1996
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100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9
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1996
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25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6
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1997
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America On Line, begins service in Japan
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1997
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Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams
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1997
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte NC on WXRC 95.7 FM
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BIRTHS
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1452
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Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary
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1469
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Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs
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1588
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Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist
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1637
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Valentin Molitor, composer
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1651
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Domenico Gabrielli, composer
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1682
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John van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit)
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1684
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Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27)
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1688
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Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer
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1689
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Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
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1707
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Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)
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1741
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Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)
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1757
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George Knowil Jackson, composer
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1766
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Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic
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1793
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Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers
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1800
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James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)
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1809
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Hermann Gnther Grassmann, mathematician
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1812
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Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter
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1814
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John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep)
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1820
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Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
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1821
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Emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894
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1822
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Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers)
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1827
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Julius Tausch, composer
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1829
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Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon
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1837
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Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921
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1843
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Carl Eilhardt, composer
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1843
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Henry James, US/British writer/critic (Turn of the Screw, Bostonians)
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1845
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Dave Gregory, cricketer (Australia's 1st Test captain)
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1850
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John Munroe Longyear, US, capitalist/bank president
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1856
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Jean Moras, [Yannis Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet
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1858
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Anton G O Ridder Van Rappard, Dutch painter/lithographer/etcher
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1858
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Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Division du travail social)
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1874
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Johannes Stark, Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919)
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1875
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Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, Dutch playwright/novelist (Poverty)
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1878
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Robert Walser, writer
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1882
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Giovanni Amendola, Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo)
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1888
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Florence Bates, San Antonio Tx, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama)
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1889
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Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union)
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1889
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Thomas Hart Benton, Missouri, painter/muralist (Lonesome Road)
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1891
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Alvin Carter, Virginia, vocalist (Carter Family)
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1891
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Vaino Raitio, composer
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1891
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Wallace Reid, St Louis MO, actor/dir/screenwriter (Every Inch a Man)
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1894
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Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith, Empress of Blues (over 200 songs)
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1895
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Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Gente in Aspromonte)
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1895
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Harry F V Edward, British Guiana, 100m/200m runner (Oly-bronze-1920)
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1897
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Marian Jordan, actress (Molly-Fibber McGee & Molly)
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1898
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Nini de Bol, Flemish operette singer (White Horse)
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1901
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Joe Davis, English snooker/billiards-world champ (1927-46)
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1903
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Erich Arendt, writer [or Apr 16]
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1903
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John Williams, England, actor (Niles-Family Affair, Dial M for Murder)
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1906
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A J "Sandy" Bell, S Afr cricket fast bowler (16 Tests 1929-35)
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1906
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Susan Walker, vice CEO (WRVS)
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1907
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Gerald Abrahams, Liverpool, author (Teach Yourself Chess)
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1907
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Nicholas Tinbergen, Neth/British biologist/zoologist (Nobel 1973)
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1908
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Eden Ahbez, songwriter
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1908
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Louise Chaplin, actress
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1910
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Lord Grey of Naunton, chancellor (Ulster University)
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1911
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Jacob Fresco, Dutch architect (Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument)
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1912
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Kim II Sung, pres of North Korea (1945-94)
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1912
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Peter Menzies, CEO (British Electricity Council)
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1914
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John Gregory, dancer
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1915
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Ernest Borneman, sexual researcher psychotherapist writer/musicologist
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1917
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Hans Conried, Balt Md, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy)
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1917
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Pietro Grossi, composer
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1918
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John Baragrey, Haleyville AL, actor (Creeper, Colossus of NY)
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1919
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Clive Beadon, airman
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1919
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Elizabeth Catelett, sculptor/lithographer
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1919
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Meriol Trevor, novelist/biographer (Civil Prisoners)
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1920
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Richard von Weizscker, baron/president (Germany, 1984-94)
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1921
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Georgi Timofeyevich Beregovoi, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 3)
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1921
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Norman Ewart Thurston, musician
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1922
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Harold Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87)
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1922
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Michael Ansara, Lowell Mass, actor (Cochise-Broken Arrow, Centennial)
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1923
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Douglas Wass, CEO (Equity & Law Life Assurance Company)
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1924
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John Grigg, British historian
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1924
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Neville Marriner, Lincoln England, conductor (Minn Orch 1978)
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1927
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Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi
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1928
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Norma Merrick Sklarek, 1st black woman architect in NY & Calif
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1928
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Richard Evans, British diplomat
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1929
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Adrian Cadbury, candy manufacturer (Cadbury, Schweppes)
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1929
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Jocelyn Barrow, deputy chair person (British Broadcast Standards)
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1930
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Elijah Barayi, head of South Africa union centre (COSATU)
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1930
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Vigdis Finnbogad¢ttir, president of Iceland (1980- )
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1931
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Florian Zabach, Chicago Ill, violinist (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)
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1931
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Kenneth Bloomfield, BBC governor (Ireland)
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1931
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Tomas G Transtrmer, Swedish psychologist/poet (Mrkerseende)
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1932
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David Bolton, director (British Royal United Service for Defense)
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1932
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Nikolai Stepanovich Porvatkin, Russian cosmonaut
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1933
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Boris Strugatski, USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of Troika)
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1933
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Elizabeth Montgomery, LA Calif, actress (Samantha/Serena-Bewitched)
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1933
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Roy Clark, Meherrin Va, country singer (Hee Haw)
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1935
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Gene Cherico, bassist
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1936
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Hector Quintanar, composer
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1936
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Jack Noreiga, cricketer (9-95 WI v India 1971)
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1936
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Maurice Shock, rector (Lincoln College in Oxford)
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1937
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Earl Russell, historian
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1938
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Carles Marsden, professor (neurology)
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1939
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Claudia Cardinale, Tunis, actress (Blindfold, 8«, Pink Panther)
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1939
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Marti Wilder, father of rocker Kim Wilde
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1940
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Edy Hubacher, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1940
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Jeffrey Archer, England, (Tory-Commons)/author (Matter of Honor)
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1940
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Phll Lesh, rocker
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1940
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Robert Walker Jr, NYC, actor (Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver)
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1941
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Howard L Berman, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
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1942
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Kim Il Jong, son of North Korean pres Kim Il Sung (1972-94)
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1942
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Walter Raphael Hazzard, Wilmington Del, basketball (Olympic-gold-1964)
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1943
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Riem de Wolff, Indonesian/Dutch singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds)
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1944
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Dave Edmunds, Wales, singer/guitarist (Rockpile-Baby I Love You)
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1944
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Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader
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1944
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Gerard Schoenaker, Dutch singer (Les Baroques)
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1945
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Jos F B van Rey, Dutch MP (VVD)
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1946
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Wayne Gilchrest, (Rep-R-Maryland)
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1947
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Bojoura, [Raina GB van Melzen], Dutch singer/wife of Hans Cleuver
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1947
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DeDe Lind, LA Calif, playmate (Aug, 1967)
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1947
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Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, TV producer (Designing Women, Murphy Brown)
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1947
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Michael DeBello, singer (Maniac)
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1947
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Mike Chapman, Australian songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman)
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1947
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Wooly Wolstenholme, keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest)
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1950
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Amy Wright, Chicago Il, actress (Inside Moves, Accidental Tourist)
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1951
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Hansel, Cuba, spanish personality
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1951
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Heloise II, columnist (Heloise's Helpful Hints)
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1951
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John L Phillips, Ft Belvoir Va, PhD/astronaut
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1951
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Marsha S Ivins, Baltimore Maryland, astronaut (STS 32, 46, 62, 81)
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1952
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Sam McMurray, actor (Tracey Ullman)
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1954
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Emmanuel, Mxico City Mxico, spanish singer
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1955
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Barbara Barrow, LPGA golfer
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1955
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Enith Salle Brigitha, Neth, 100m/200m swimmer (Olympic-bronze-1976)
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1956
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Gregory J Harbaugh, Cleveland Ohio, astronaut (STS 39, 54, 71, 82)
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1956
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Michael Cooper, NBA star (LA Lakers)
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1957
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Evelyn Ashford, Shreveport LA, 100m runner (Oly-4 gold-1976, 84)
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1958
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John Bracewell, NZ cricketer (premiere spinner of 80's)
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1958
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Matt Reid, rock keyboardist (Berlin-Takes Your Breathe Away)
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1959
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Emma Thompson, England, actress (Henry V, Howards End, Oscar-1992)
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1959
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Kevin Lowe, Lachute, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
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1960
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Marvin Clyde Goodwin, New Orleans La, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
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1960
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Philip, Belgian prince/husband of princess Paola
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1961
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Lynne Austin, Plant City Fla, playmate (Jul, 1986)
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1961
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Tiina Lillak, Finland, javelin thrower (Olympic-silver-1984)
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1963
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Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler)
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1963
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Teresa Wentzel DeWitt, Ft Bragg NC, double trap (Olympics-1996)
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1964
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Lydie Denier, St Nazaire France, actress (General Hospital)
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1964
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Nadeem Abbasi, cricketer (three Tests for Pakistan v India 1989)
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1965
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Anthony Miller, NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys)
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1965
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Kevin Stevens, Brockton, NHL left wing (LA Kings)
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1965
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Mark Dennis, NFL tackle (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
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1965
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Michele Redman, Zanesville OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Star Bank-3rd)
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1965
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Soichi Noguchi, Yokohama Japan, astronaut
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1966
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Andrei Olhovskiy, Moscow Russia, tennis pro
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1966
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Graeme Clark, bassist (Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes, Love is All Around)
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1966
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Samantha Karen Fox, East End London England, singer (Touch Me)
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1967
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Dara Torres, Beverly Hills CA, US Olympic swimmer (Olympic-gold-84)
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1967
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Lance Zeno, NFL/WLAF corner (Rams, Scottish Claymores)
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1967
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Mark Mortimer, actor (Nick Hudson-Another World)
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1967
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Suzy Green, Detroit MI, LPGA golfer (1995 Fieldcrest Cannon-26th)
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1968
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Billy Brewer, Fort Worth Texas, pitcher (NY Yankees)
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1968
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Stacey Williams, Phila Penn, model (SI Swimsuit 1996)
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1969
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Chris Smith, Indianapolis IN, Nike golfer (1993 BC Open-8th)
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1969
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Jeromy Burnitz, Westminster CA, outfielder (Cleveland Indians)
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1969
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Michael Jones, NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders, St Louis Rams)
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1969
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Phillippi Sparks, NFL cornerback (NY Giants)
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1970
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Darrin Smith, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, Phila Eagles)
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1971
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Craig Whelihan, NFL quarterback (SD Chargers)
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1971
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Derek Brown, NFL running back (NO Saints)
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1971
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Guivi Sissaouri, Tbilisi Georgia, Canada freestyle wrestler (Oly-s-96)
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1971
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Jason Sehorn, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Giants)
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1971
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Rich McKenzie, NFL linebacker (Cleve Browns)
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1971
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Tim Tindale, NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)
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1972
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Melvin Johnson, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1972
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Peter Billingsley, NYC, actor (Real People)
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1972
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Ricky Otero, Vega Baja Puerto Rico, outfielder (Phila Phillies)
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1972
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Ronald Cherry, NFL tackle (Detroit Lions)
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1972
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Vickie Johnson, WNBA guard/forward (NY Liberty)
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1973
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Jeremy Burkett, NFL/WLAF tight end (NY Giants, Barcelona Dragons)
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1974
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Marena Bencomo, Miss Universe-2nd place (Venezuela, 1997)
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1974
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Mike Quinn, quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
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1974
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Sergei Krivokrasov, Angarsk Rus, NHL right wing (Blackhawks, Oly-S-98)
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1977
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Lisa Bell, Rockford Ill, figure skater (1997 Midwestern Sr champ)
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1982
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Mark Mizzark, [Marlis Pugh], Akron Ohio, rapper (Another Bad Creation)
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DEATHS
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1220
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Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies
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1415
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Manuel Chrysoloras, Byzantine leader/diplomat (Erotmata), dies
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1472
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Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68
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1502
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Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
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1605
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Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies
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1607
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Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78
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1610
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Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62
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1659
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Simon Dach, German poet, dies
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1719
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Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76
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1756
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Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29
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1764
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Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies
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1765
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Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53
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1772
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Karel Jozef, ruler of Batthy nyi, dies at 73
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1788
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Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77
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1811
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Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70
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1824
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Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61
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1853
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Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67
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1863
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Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90
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1865
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Abraham Lincoln, at 7:22 am, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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1866
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William Jackson, composer, dies at 51
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1888
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Matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65
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1891
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Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49
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1911
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Georg Knorr, German engineer, dies
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1916
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Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanist, dies at 75
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1920
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Jacob van Stolk Azn, art collector, dies at 74
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1924
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Eduardo Caudella, composer, dies at 82
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1925
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John Singer Sargent, US portrait painter, dies at 69
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1926
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Frank Iredale, cricketer (14 Tests for Aust, 807 runs at 36 68), dies
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1927
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Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Di Giacomo), dies at 47
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1929
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Antonio Smareglia, composer, dies at 74
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1937
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Nikolai Artzibushev, composer, dies at 79
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1938
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Csar Vallejo, Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia & 1931), dies at 46
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1942
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Robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61
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1943
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Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, composer, dies at 62
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1947
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Wolstenholme, rocker, dies
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1949
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Wallace Beery, US actor (The Champ), dies at 64
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1954
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Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer, dies at 54
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1956
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Emile Nolde [Hansen], German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies at 88
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1958
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Estelle Taylor, dies at 64
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1962
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Clara Blandick, committed suicide at 80
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1962
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Esther Minciotti, dies at 74
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1965
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Syd Chaplin, dies at 80
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1966
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Joseph Crehan, dies of stroke at 81
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1967
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Antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69
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1968
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Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73
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1969
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Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81
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1972
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Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64
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1975
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Charles Marshall, dies
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1975
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John B McKay, US test pilot (X-15), dies
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1975
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Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65
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1976
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Gerald Smith, antisemite/catholic (Natl Christian Crusade), dies at 78
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1980
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Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74
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1980
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Marshall Reed, actor (Fred Asher-Lineup), dies at 62
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1980
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Paul Langton, actor (Leslie-Peyton Place), dies at 76
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1980
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Raymond Bailey, actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 75
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1981
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French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67
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1982
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5 murderers, of Egyptian pres Sadat, executed
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1982
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Arthur Lowe, Brits actor (Capt Mainwaring in Dad's army), dies at 66
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1982
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Louis M de Guiringaud, Fren forgn min (1976-78), commits suicide at 70
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1983
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Gyula Illyes, Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80
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1983
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Rodolfo Hoyos, actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68
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1984
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Tommy Cooper, comedian, dies at 61
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1986
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Jean Genet, French criminal/novelist/dramatist, dies at 75
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1986
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Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, cosmonaut, dies at 76
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1986
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Tim McIntire, actor (Bob Younger-Legend of Jesse James), dies at 42
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1988
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Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra, Dutch poet (Zandloper), dies at 81
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1988
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Kenneth Williams, dies at 61
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1989
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Charles Vanel, dies at 96
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1989
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Hu Yaobang, general sec of Chinese Commnist Party, dies
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1990
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Greta Garbo, actress (Anna Karenina, Camille), dies at 84
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1991
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Marjorie Warfield, dies at 88
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1991
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Martin Ashe, dies
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1993
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George Ives, dies at 111
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1993
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H H "Bull" Alexander, cricketer (Test for Aust 1933, avg 154), dies
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1993
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Leslie Charteris, British mystery writer (Saint), dies at 85
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1993
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William Bakewell, dies of leukemia at 84
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1994
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John Curry, English figure skater (Oly-gold-76), dies of AIDS at 44
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1995
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Cleo Brown, pianist, dies at 91
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1995
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Denis Harding, soldier, dies at 79
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1997
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Sam Moskowitz, SF fandom historian, dies at 76
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1997
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Zdenek Mlynar, Sec of Czech Communist Central Committee (1968), dies
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