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235
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St Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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496
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St Gelasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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695
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Pope Sergius names Willibrord as archbishop Clemens of Friezen
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1317
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Frederik of Sierck/Zyrick becomes bishop of Utrecht
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1492
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Pinta under Mart¡n A Pinz¢n separates from Columbus' fleet
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1620
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Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Cape Cod
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1620
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Pilgrim Fathers reach America: Provincetown Harbor, Mass
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1654
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Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
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1696
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J Vanbrughes "Relapse or Virtue in Danger," premieres in London
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1729
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Netherlands signs Treaty of Seville
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1759
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Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians
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1783
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Piltre de Rozier & Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight
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1787
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Andrew Jackson admitted to bar
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1789
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North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
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1794
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Honolulu Harbor discovered
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1806
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Decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with England
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1813
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Stettin surrenders to allied armies
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1818
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Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
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1824
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1st Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, SC
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1834
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HMS Beagle anchors at Bay of San Carlos, Chile
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1837
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Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times
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1847
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Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200
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1848
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Alfred de Musset's "Andr del Sarto," premieres in Paris
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1848
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Cincinnati Turngemeinde founded
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1849
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Friedrich Hebbel's "Der Rubin," premieres in Vienna
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1852
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Duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College
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1864
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-22] Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia
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1865
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Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC
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1871
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Moses F Gale patents a cigar lighter (NYC)
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1871
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The 1st human cannonball, Emilio Onra, is shot
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1876
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Skirmish between HM Stanley's expedition & natives
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1877
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Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph)
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1880
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Henry Stanley & Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo
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1895
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans" (BG)
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1901
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Richard Strauss' opera "Feuersnot," premieres in Dresden
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1902
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1st night football game, Phila Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0
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1902
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Baseball's Phila Athletics & Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League
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1905
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1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open
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1906
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China prohibits opium trade
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1914
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Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
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1914
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British army conquerors Bazra
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1917
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M Gorki calls Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer
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1918
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2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die
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1918
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Polish soldiers organize a pogrom against Jews of Galicia Poland
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1920
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Karel Capk's "Vec Makropulos," premieres in Prague
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1920
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Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna Italy
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1922
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Rebecca L Felton (Ga) sworn in as 1st female US Senator
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1924
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British premier Baldwin cancels Labor contract with USSR
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1925
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Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears
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1933
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1st US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service
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1934
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"Uiver" returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race
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1934
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NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League)
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1935
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1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
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1935
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Jean Giraudoux' "La Guerre de Troie n'Aura," premieres in Paris
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1937
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Dmitri Shostakovitch's 5th Symphony premieres in Lenningrad
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1938
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-24] Belgian king Leopold III visits Netherlands
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1938
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Nazi forces occupy western Czech & declared them German citizens
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1940
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Nazi occupiers forbid building schools in Netherlands
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1942
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Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties"
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1943
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7 Belgian ministers in London sentence King Leopold III
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1944
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Personnel & executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food
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1945
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Benjamin Britten's 2nd String quartet in C, premieres
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1945
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General Motors workers go on strike
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1946
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Georgi Dimitrov elected premier of Bulgaria
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1946
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Harry Truman becomes 1st US president to travel in a submerged sub
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1947
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Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
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1949
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Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million
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1952
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1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
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1952
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Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year
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1953
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"Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax
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1953
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WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Per¢n
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1955
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KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1956
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Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP & 1st-ever Cy Young Award
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1959
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Jack Benny (violin) & Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
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1960
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Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down
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1963
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JFK flies to Texas
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1964
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"Something More!" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 15 perfs
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1964
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"Zizi" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
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1964
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Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council
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1964
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World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (NYC)
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1965
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1st freighter arrives in Ashdod Port Israel
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1965
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1966
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Dutch govt of Zijlstra forms
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1967
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Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet
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1968
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Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt
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1968
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Supremes & Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
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1968
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Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage
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1969
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KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, TX (ABC) 1st broadcast
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1969
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1970
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NY Knicks 1st game against Cleve Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG
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1971
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NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
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1971
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Richard Baker becomes teacher of SF Zen Center
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1972
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Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL
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1973
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Pete Rose wins NL MVP
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1973
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Pres Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18« minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate
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1974
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Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over Pres Ford's veto
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1975
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Linda McCartney drug charges in US are dropped
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1977
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1st flight of Concorde (London to New York)
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1977
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Orioles 1st baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year
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1978
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Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
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1979
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Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack US embassy, 1 dies
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1980
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Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating (83 mill)
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1980
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Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
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1980
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Gene Michael named 25th Yank mgr, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns
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1980
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It is revealed Kristen shot J.R. Ewing on "Dallas"
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1980
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John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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1980
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MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die
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1981
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400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles
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1981
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Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 & stays for 10 weeks
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1983
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"Doonesbury" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 104 performances
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1983
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NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt
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1986
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Central African Republic adopts constitution
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1986
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Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village
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1987
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Actress Demi Moore marries actor Bruce Willis
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1987
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Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywo
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1989
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Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by Pres Bush
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1989
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TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
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1990
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Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations
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1991
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Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela arrested in Cuba
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1992
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Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
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1992
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Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
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1992
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Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
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1992
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Oregon Sen Bob Packwood issues apology for unwelcome sexual advances
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1992
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Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson
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1993
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"Cinderella" closes at New York State Theater NYC after 14 perfs
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1993
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"Cyrano - The Musical" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 137 perfs
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1993
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Neo-fascists MSI win 36% of municipal elections in Rome
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1994
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1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland v NSW, SCG)
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1995
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Dow Jones closes above 5,000 for 1st time
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1995
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Israel grants jailed US spy Jason Pollard, citizenship
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1995
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New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird"
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1996
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"Rehearsal" opens at Criterion Theater NYC
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BIRTHS
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1495
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John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan)
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1561
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Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author
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1637
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Catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child)
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1645
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Johann Lohner, composer
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1683
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Johann Michael Muller, composer
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1692
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Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet
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1694
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Voltaire, [Franois-Marie Arouet], France, thinker (Candide)
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1724
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John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist
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1729
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Josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge/signer (Decl of Independence)
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1742
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Alessandro Felici, composer
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1768
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Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher
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1785
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William Beaumont, surgeon (studied digestion)
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1787
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Barry Cornwall, [Bryan Waller Procter], British? poet
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1787
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Samuel Cunard, founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line)
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1817
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Richard Brooke Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
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1828
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William McComb, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1918
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1829
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Peter A de Genestet, Dutch vicar/poet
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1831
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John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886
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1834
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Henrietta (Hetty) Green, financier (Witch of Wall Street)
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1834
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Joseph Jackson Bartlett, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1893
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1840
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Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia
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1851
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Dsir J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal
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1852
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Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer
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1853
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Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17)
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1854
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Benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22)
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1861
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Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet
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1863
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Arthur Quiller-Couch, [Q], editor (Oxford Book of English Verse)
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1863
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Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis (Poppenhuis)
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1867
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Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian chemist
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1870
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Joe Darling, cricketer (Australian lefty batsman at turn of century)
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1870
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Stanley Jackson, cricketer (captain of England, governor of Bengal)
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1871
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Panayot Pipkov, composer
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1877
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Louis Campbell-Tipton, composer
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1877
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Sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer
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1878
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Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice
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1880
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Franz Hessel, writer
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1886
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Harold G Nicolson, English diplomat/author (Good Behaviour)
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1894
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Corinne Griffith, Texarkana TX, actress (3 Hours, Lilies of Field)
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1898
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Ren Magritte, Belgian surrealistic painter (This is Not a Pipe)
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1900
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Alice Calhoun, Cleveland OH, Silent film actress (Flowing Gold)
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1900
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Jobyna Ralston, South Pittsburgh TN, actress (For Heaven's Sake)
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1902
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Michail A Suslov, Russian party ideologist [OS=Nov 8]
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1904
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Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz
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1905
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David Moule-Evans, composer
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1907
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Charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor (Berlin Express, Ship of Fools)
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1907
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Jim Bishop, author (The Day Lincoln was Shot)
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1907
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M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor
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1908
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Franz Pfnr, Germany, slalom (Olympic-gold-1936)
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1912
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Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist
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1912
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Eleanor Powell, Springfield Mass, actress/tap dancer (Bdwy Melody)
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1916
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Cecilia P J "Cilly" Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress (In Pyama)
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1916
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Esmond Kentish, cricketer (WI fast bowler in 2 Tests 1948 & 1954)
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1916
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Sid Luckman, NFL QB (Chicago Bears)
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1917
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Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer
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1920
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Ralph Meeker, Minneapolis MN, actor (Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker)
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1920
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Stan Musial, outfielder (St Louis Cardinal, 7 times NL bat champ)
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1921
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Geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist (Mozart/Bart¢k)
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1921
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Vivian Blaine, Newark NJ, actress (Guys & Dolls, Skirts Ahoy)
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1922
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Maria Casares, La Coruna Spain, French actress (Orpheus, Lectrice)
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1925
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Johan "Poncke" Princen, KNIL-defector/civil rights in Djakarta
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1927
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Joseph Campanella, NYC, actor (Dr Steffen-The Nurses, Lou-Mannix)
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1929
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Marilyn French, US author (The Women's Room)
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1931
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Malcolm Williamson, composer
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1932
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Jim Ringo, NFL center (Green Bay, Philadelphia)
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1932
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Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, composer
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1933
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Frank Brake, English multi-millionaire
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1933
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Henry Hartsfield Jr, Birmingham Ala, astro (STS-4, STS 41-D, STS 61A)
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1933
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Jean Shepard, Pauls Valley Okla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
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1934
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Laurence Luckinbill, Ft Smith Ark, actor (Delphi Bureau, Ike)
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1934
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Peter Philpott, cricketer (NSW & Australian leg spinner 1965-66)
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1936
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James De Preist, Philadelphia Penn, conductor (Mitropolos 1964)
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1937
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Marlo Thomas, [Mrs Phil Donahue], Detroit Mich (That Girl!, Jenny)
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1938
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Robert Drivas, [Choromokos], Chicago, actor (Our Private World)
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1939
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Rick Lenz, Springfield Ill, actor (Hec Ramsey, Scandalous John)
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1940
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Dr John, [Rebennack], New Orleans La, vocalist (I Was in Right Place)
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1940
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Javed Akhtar, cricketer (Pakistani off-spinner took 0-52 in 1962 Test)
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1940
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Natalia Makarova, Leningrad, ballerina (Kirov)/defected 1970
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1941
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David Porter, US songwriter (Soul Man)
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1941
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George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor
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1941
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Juliet Mills, London England, actress (Nanny & the Professor, QB VII)
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1942
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Tweety Bird, cartoon character
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1943
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Larry Mahan, Oregon, rodeo champ (1967-70)
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1944
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Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, Phila Pa, NBA Guard (NY Knicks, Balt Bullets)
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1944
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Harold Ramis, Chicago IL, actor/director (SCTV, Stripes)
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1944
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Marcia "Marcy" Carsey, TV executive/producer
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1944
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Richard J Durbin, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- )
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1945
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Goldie Hawn, Takoma Park Md, actress (Laugh-in, Private Benjamin)
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1946
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Jonas Tomasson, composer
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1947
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Dick W de Cloe, Dutch MP (PvdA)
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1948
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Alphonse Mouson, rocker
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1948
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Lonnie Jordan, San Diego Ca, rock keyboardist/vocalist (War)
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1949
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Basil Williams, cricketer (century on debut for West Indies 1978)
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1949
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Nickolas Grace, Cheshire England, actor (Diamond's Edge)
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1950
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Alberto Juantorena, Cuba, 400m dash (Olympic-gold-1976)
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1950
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Bruce Laird, cricketer (tough Australian opener 1979-82)
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1950
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Livingston Taylor, Boston, rocker (I Will be in Love With You)
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1952
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Deborah Shelton, Wash DC, actress (Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double)
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1952
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Eamonn Coghlan, Ireland, 1500m runner (Oly-4th-76)
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1952
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Lorna Luft, Scarsdale NY, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are-1980)
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1953
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Tina Brown, journalist publisher (New Yorker, Tattler)
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1956
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Mariana Simionescu, Tirgu Neamt Romania, 1st wife of Bjorn Borg
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1956
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Terri Welles, [Knepper], Calif, playmate of the year (Dec, 1980)
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1957
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Jim Brown, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine)
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1958
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Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater (11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86)
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1958
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Frank Edmonds, Thunder Bay Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Alberta)
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1958
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Tim Robinson, cricketer (solid England opener in 29 Tests 1984-89)
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1959
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Colin Beashel, Australian star yachter (Olympics-96)
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1959
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Tim Wilkison, Shelby NC, tennis player (WCT Atlanta finals-1986)
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1963
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Nicollette Sheridan, Worthing England, actress (Paige-Knots Landing)
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1963
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Peter Bosz, Dutch soccer star (Toulon/Feyenoord)
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1964
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Marjorie Judith Vincent, Oak Park Ill, Miss America (1991)
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1964
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Olden Polynice, NBA forward/center (Sacramento Kings)
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1964
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Thomas Everett, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1965
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Bjork, Iceland, singer (Like Someone in Love)
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1966
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Jerry Fontenot, NFL center/guard (Chic Bears, New Orleans Saints)
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1966
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Troy Aikman, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys - Superbowl 1992)
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1967
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Dominic Lavoie, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
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1967
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Kelly Gallagher, Myrtle Beach SC, playmate (Sep, 1994)
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1968
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Andy Caddick, English cricket pace bowler (NZ 1993)
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1968
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Antonio Tarver, Orlando Fla, light heavyweight boxer (Olympics-br-96)
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1969
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Dahlia Salem, Boston Mass, actress (Sofia Carlino-Another World)
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1969
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Ken Griffy Jr, centerfielder (Seattle Mariners, MVP 1997)
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1970
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Dahlia Salem, actress (Sofia Carlino-Another World) [approx 1970]
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1970
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Jorgen Gustafsson, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1970
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Justin Langer, cricketer (gutsy Australian lefty bat 1993- )
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1970
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Keith Crawford, wide receiver (St Louis Rams)
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1971
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Michael Strahan, NFL defensive end (NY Giants)
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1971
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Ramondo Stallings, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
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1971
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Robert Flickinger, WLAF defensive end (Scottish Claymores)
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1973
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Brent Smith, tackle (Miami Dolphins)
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1973
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Danny Kanell, quarterback (NY Giants)
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1974
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Casey Patton, London Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Tremain Mack, strong safety (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1975
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Chad Levitt, running back (Oakland Raiders)
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1975
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Cherie Johnson, Pitts Pa, actress (Cherie-Punky Brewster)
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1976
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Saleem Elahi, cricketer (bro of Manzoor Pak, Test opener v Aust 1995)
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1980
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Danielle Hartsell, Ann Arbor Mich, pairs skater (& Steve Hartsell)
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DEATHS
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1481
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Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87
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1555
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Georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61
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1580
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Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed
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1610
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Benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies
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1624
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Jakob Bhme, German philosophical mystic, dies (birth date unknown)
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1695
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Henry Purcell, English composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36
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1710
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Barnardo Pasquini, composer, dies at 72
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1728
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Fjodor M graaf Apraksin, Russian gen-admiral, dies at about 57
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1811
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Heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34
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1813
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William Russell, composer, dies at 36
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1817
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Richard B Garnett, killed during Pickett's Charge, Brig Gen
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1830
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K roly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (Irne, Moh cs), dies at 44
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1863
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Joseph Mayseder, composer, dies at 74
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1870
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Karel J Erben, Czech poet (Ruiker), dies at 69
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1875
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Friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67
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1882
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Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist, dies at 35
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1899
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Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies
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1900
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J J Ferris, cricketer (48 wickets for Aust in 8 Tests in 1880's), dies
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1907
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Gaetano Braga, composer, dies at 78
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1907
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Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Aust's early Tests), dies
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1916
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Franz Jozef I, King of Austria/Hungary, dies
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1920
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Caryl Florio, composer, dies at 77
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1920
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William James Robjohn, composer, dies at 77
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1928
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Hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies
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1932
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Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies
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1938
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Leopold Godowsky, pianist/composer, dies at 68
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1940
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Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies
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1941
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Juanita Spellini, first women executed in Calif
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1942
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James Barry M Hertzog, South African premier (1914-39), dies at 76
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1945
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Robert Benchley, US humorist (My 10 years in a quandary), dies at 56
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1948
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Bokke RS Pollema journalist/author (Lock of hair & len), dies at 65
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1952
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Henritte Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82
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1952
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William Green, union chairman (AFL 1924-52), dies at 79
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1954
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Karol Rathaus, composer, dies at 59
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1954
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Prof Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologist, dies at 69
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1958
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Mel Ott, NY Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49
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1959
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Max Baer, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49
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1963
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Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire), dies at 61
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1963
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Pierre Blanchar, actor (Man From Nowhere), dies at 71
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1963
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Robert Stroud, "bird man of Alcatraz", dies
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1967
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Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84
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1972
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Karel H ba, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 74
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1974
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Frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax), dies at 84
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1975
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G Gunnarsson, writer, dies at 86
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1976
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Niles Welch, actor (Cornered), dies at 88
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1980
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Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
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1981
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Harry Von Zell, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 75
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1982
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Lee Patrick, actress (Henrietta-Topper, Maltese Falcon), dies at 75
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1985
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Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), dies
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1986
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Jerry Colonna, actor (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 82
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1987
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James E Folsom, (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79
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1991
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Daniel Mann, US director (Rose tattoo), dies of heart failure at 79
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1991
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David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner (NY Jets), dies at 81
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1991
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Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies
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1991
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Sonny Werblin, NY sports impresario, dies at 81
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1992
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Kaysone Phomvihane, PM of Laos (1975-91), dies
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1992
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Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist, dies
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1993
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Bill Bixby, actor (My Favorite Martian), dies of prostate cancer at 59
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1993
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Christopher Frank, director/actor (Annee Des Meduses), dies at 50
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1993
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Emile Ardolino, director (Sister Act), dies of AIDS at 50
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1993
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Jim McLaughlin, Buffalo radio newsman (WKBW), dies at 59
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1994
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Manfred Longer, Austrian/Dutch gay disco owner, dies at 42
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1995
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Dorothy Jeakins, costume designer, dies at 81
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1995
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George Ivan Smith, diplomat, dies at 80
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1995
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Peter Grant, rock band manager, dies at 60
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1995
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Smilin' Jim Eames, singer/songwriter, dies at 71
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1996
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Bernard William George Rose, organist, dies at 80
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1996
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Edward George Edwards, chenist, dies at 82
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1996
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Virginia Downing, actress (Gig, Butterfield 8), dies at 92
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1997
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Ismail Fahmi, external minister of Egypt in (1973-77), dies
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