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431
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Council of Ephesus (3rd ecumenical council) opens
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816
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Pope Stephen IV, [V] elected to succeed Leo III
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1342
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Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reconning)
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1377
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Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England
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1476
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Battle at Morat/Murten: Charles the Stout invades Switzerland
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1497
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Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath
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1533
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Ferdinand of Austria & Sultan Suleiman sign peace treaty
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1559
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Jewish quarter of Prague burned & looted
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1596
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Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java
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1611
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Henry Hudson & son set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers
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1633
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Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong)
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1675
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Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II
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1740
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King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture & guarantees religion & freedom of the press
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1745
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Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland
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1772
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Slavery outlawed in England
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1774
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English parliament accepts Quebec Act
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1775
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1st Continental currency issued ($3,000,000)
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1799
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England & Russia decide to invade Bataafse Republic
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1807
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British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812
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1808
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Zebulon Pike reaches his peak
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1812
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Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia
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1814
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1st match at the present Lord's, MCC v Herefordshire
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1815
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2nd abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo)
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1832
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John Howe patents pin manufacturing machine
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1847
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Doughnut created
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1848
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Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for Pres
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1849
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Stephen C Massett opens courthouse using only piano in Calif
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1851
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Fire destroys part of SF
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1864
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Battle of Ream's Station, VA (Wilson's Raid)
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1864
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Skirmish at Culp's (Kulp's) House, Georgia
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1865
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1st class cricket debut of Dr W G Grace
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1868
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Arkansas re-enters US
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1870
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1st Boardwalk in America invented
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1870
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Congress creates Department of Justice
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1873
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Prince Edward Island joins Canada
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1874
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Dr Andrew T Sill, of Macon Missouri, finds science of osteopathy
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1874
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Game of lawn tennis introduced
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1875
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Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun & Toulouse, kills about 1,000
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1889
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Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss
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1893
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British fleet under vice-admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut
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1894
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Harry Houdini marries Bessie Rahner
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1906
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Hakon VII crowned king of Norway
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1910
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1st airship with passengers sets afloat-Zeppelin Deutscheland
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1911
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King George V of England crowned
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1915
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BMT, then Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service
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1918
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32nd US Womens Tennis: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats E E Goss (64 63)
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1918
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Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68 (Ivanhoe Illinois)
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1921
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Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:40.2)
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1925
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Spain & France fight Morocco
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1926
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Cardinals pick up 39-year-old Grover Alexander on waivers from Cubs
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1929
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Mel Ott (Giants) homers off Leo Sweetland (Phillies) in doubleheader
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1930
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Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader
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1931
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RVU, Radio-Volks-University, forms
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1932
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NL, finally approves players wearing numbers
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1933
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German social-democratic party (SPD) forbidden
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1936
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Harry Froboess dives 110 m from airship into Bodensee & survives
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1936
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Virgin Islands receives a constitution from US (Organic Act)
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1937
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Joe Louis KOs James J Braddock in 18 for heavyweight boxing title
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1938
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Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium
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1939
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Future Queen Elizabeth of England meets future husband Philip
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1940
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France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms
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1940
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SS rounds up 31 German/Polish/Dutch Jews in Roermond Neth
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1941
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Estonians starts armed resistance against Soviet occupation
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1941
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Finland invades Karelia
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1941
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Germany attacks the Soviet Union & occupies the Baltic states
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1941
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Germany, Italy & Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II
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1941
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Michael Gerasimov opens grave of Tamerlan "Lenk"
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1941
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President Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights"
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1942
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Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon
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1942
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Jewish Brigade attached by British Army in WW II, forms
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1943
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WEB DuBois becomes 1st Black member of National Institute of Letters
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1944
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Boston Brave Jim Tobin 2nd no-hitter of yr beats Phils, 7-0 in 5 inn
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1944
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British 14th army frees Imphal Assam
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1944
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FDR signs "GI Bill of Rights" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act)
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1944
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Longest shut out in Phillies history, Phils beat Braves 1-0 in 15 inn
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1946
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Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket
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1946
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Bill Veeck purchases Cleveland Indians
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1947
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12" rain in 42 mins (Holt, MO)
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1947
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Ewell Blackwell just misses pitching back-to-back no-hitters (9th inn)
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1949
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Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title
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1951
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Gene Rayburn & Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio
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1954
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Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands
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1955
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Antonio Segni forms govt in Italy
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1955
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US air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea
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1957
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KC stops using streetcars in it's transit system
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1958
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Game in KC between A's & Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado
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1958
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Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open
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1959
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"Along Came Jones" by Coasters peaks at #9
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1959
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"Class" by Chubby Checker peaks at #38
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1959
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Eddie Lubanski bowls 2 consecutive perfect games
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1959
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Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax)
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1959
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Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to SF voyage
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1959
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Vanguard SLV-6 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
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1961
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Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child & My Bonnie, in Hamburg
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1961
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Mose Tsjombe freed from prison in Congo
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1962
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1st test flight of Hoovercraft
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1962
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French Boeing 707 crashes at Guadeloupe, 113 killed
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1963
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"Little" Stevie Wonder (13) releases "Fingertips"
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1965
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Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, v NZ at Lord's
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1966
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"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens
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1968
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"Here Come Da Judge" by The Buena Vistas peaks at #88
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1969
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Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance
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1969
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Cleveland's Cuyahgo River catches fire
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1969
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Susie Berning wins LPGA Pabst Ladies' Golf Classic
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1970
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Pres Nixon signs 26th amendment (voting age lowered to 18)
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1970
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Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional
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1970
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WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) suspends broadcasting
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1972
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"Man of La Mancha" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 140 performances
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1973
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Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water
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1973
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George Harrison releases "Living in the Material World"
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1973
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Skylab 2's astronauts land
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1975
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Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic
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1976
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"Godspell" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 527 performances
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1976
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SD Padre pitcher Randy Jones ties record of 68 innings without a walk
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1977
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Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison
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1977
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Walt Disney's "Rescuers" released
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1978
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James Christy's discovery of Pluto's moon Charon announced
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1978
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Neo-Nazis call off plans to march in Jewish community of Skokie, Ill
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1978
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Pluto's satelite Charon, is discovered
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1979
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Larry Holmes TKOs Mike Weaver in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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1979
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Little Richard quits rock & roll for religious pursuit
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1979
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Pro Football Researchers Association forms (Canton Ohio)
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1980
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Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
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1980
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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1981
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2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2
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1981
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Iran president Bani Sadr deposed
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1981
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John McEnroe exhibits a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbledon
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1981
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Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon
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1982
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Manhattan institutes bus-only lanes
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1982
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Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place
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1982
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Prince Chuck & Lady Di take Prince William home from hospital
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1982
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Susan Lea Hammett, of Miss, 18, crowned 25th America's Junior Miss
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1983
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"Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," released in France
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1983
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1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit, by Space Shuttle
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1983
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NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period
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1984
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Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins
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1984
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Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minn Twins
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1984
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Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle (8:39.30)
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1984
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Joseph Luns resigns as secretary-general of NATO
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1985
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"Grind" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 79 performances
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1985
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"Smuggler's Blues" by Glenn Frey peaks at #12
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1986
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Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
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1986
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Pirate Radio Euro Weekend (Holland) begins transmitting
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1986
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Spain's premier Gonzalez' Socialist Party wins elections
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1987
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Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with NY Mets
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1990
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Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium
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1990
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Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox
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1990
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Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit
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1990
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Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns
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1991
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"I Hate Hamlet" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 88 perfs
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1991
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Quebec Nordiques pick Eric Lindros #1 at NHL entry draft
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1991
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Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines
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1992
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2 skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg IDed as Czar Nicholas II & wife
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1992
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Supreme Court rules "hate crime" laws violated free-speech rights
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1993
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NY Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose
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1993
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Wilson Pickett plead guilty to auto assault due to drunk driving
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1994
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48th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
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1994
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Ken Griffey Jr breaks Ruth's record for most HRs by end of June (31)
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1994
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Mets reliever John Franco sets lefty save mark at 253
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1994
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US beats Colombia 2-1 in 1994 soccer world cup (1st win since 1950)
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1996
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29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain & Ireland, 11«-6«
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1996
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Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavywgt boxing title
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1996
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Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut
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1997
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Ernie Els wins golf's Buick Classic
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1997
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Nationwide Senior Golf Championship
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1997
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Penny Hammel wins LPGA Rochester International
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1997
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World Bowl: Barcelona Dragon beat Rhein Fire, 38-24
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BIRTHS
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1478
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Philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia (Philips I)
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1611
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Pablo Bruna, composer
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1613
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Lambert Pietkin, composer
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1674
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Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo
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1684
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Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer
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1701
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Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle)
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1732
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Johann Baptiste Hagenauer, Austrian sculptor (Mariensule)
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1741
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Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer
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1742
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Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer
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1757
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George Vancouver, surveyed Pacific coast from SF to Vancouver I
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1763
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Etienne-Nicolas Mhul, French organist/opera composer (Le Jeune Henri)
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1796
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Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [OS]
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1805
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Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Il Apostolato Popolare)
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1814
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James Henry Lane, MC (Union), died in 1866 [or Jul 28 1833]
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1824
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Frederic Louis Ritter, composer
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1830
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Theodor Leschetizky, composer
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1837
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Paul Morphy, New Orleans, greatest chess player of all time (1857-61)
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1840
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Ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker)
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1849
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Stephen C Massett opens at courthouse as 1st pro entertainer
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1855
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Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)
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1856
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Henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn)
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1859
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Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher (found Inst of Music)
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1864
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Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician
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1869
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Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch premier (AR 1933-39)
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1882
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Jan H F Grnloh ("Nescio"), Dutch writer (De Uitvreter, Titiaantjes)
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1883
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Jose Rolon, composer
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1887
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Albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse)
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1887
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Julian S Huxley, London, biologist/philosopher, Darwin's Bulldog
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1891
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Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (White Enemy)
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1891
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Harry Seymour, NY, actor (Boy Meets Girl, Tenderfoot)
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1893
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Aaro A Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer/poet (Jpeili)
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1893
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Osvald Chlubna, composer
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1896
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Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea)
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1897
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Norbert Elias, English/Dutch philosopher (Process of Civilization)
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1898
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Erich Maria Remarque, novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front)
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1898
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R M Remarque, writer
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1899
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Dorothy Devore, Ft Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil)
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1899
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Michal Kalecki, Polish economist
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1900
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Jennie Tourel, St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47)
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1901
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Jack Whiting, Phila Pa, actor/singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show)
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1901
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Naunton Wayne, Wales, actor (Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession)
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1902
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Arnold J d'Ailly, dir (Nederlandsche Bank)/mayor (Amsterdam, 1946-56)
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1902
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David Burns, actor (Music Man, Hello Dolly!)
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1903
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Carl Hubbell, pitcher (NY Giants)-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA
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1905
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Walter Leigh, composer
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1906
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author/aviator, Charles' wife
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1906
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Billy Wilder, Vienna, dir (Some Like It Hot, Apartment, Stalag 17)
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1906
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Richard Fanshawe, England, equestion 3 day event (Olympic-bronze-1936)
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1907
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh, aviator/author (Gift from the Sea)
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1908
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George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher
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1909
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Katherine Dunham, dancer/choreographer (Casbah, Stormy Weather)
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1909
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Mike Todd, [Avrom Goldbogen], US director (80 days)
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1910
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Peter Pears, Farnham England, tenor (Death in Venice)
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1911
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Guus Jansen, jazz pianist (Net als Toen)
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1911
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Marie Philipsen-Braun, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1928)
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1912
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Vit Nejedly, composer
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1913
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Wladyslaw Sila-Nowicki, Poland, lawyer (Solidarity)
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1914
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Lilo Hardel, writer
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1918
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Richard Eastham, Opelousas LA, actor (Not With My Wife) [or Jan 22]
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1920
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Chandrasekhar Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52)
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1920
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Gladys Marea Hartman, athletics Administrator
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1920
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Paul Frees, Chicago Ill, animation voice (Bullwinkle)
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1921
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Barbara F Vucanovich, (Rep-R-NV, 1983- )
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1921
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Gower Champion, choreographer (42nd Street, Showboat)
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1921
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Joseph Papp, Bkln, stage producer/director (Pirates of Penzance)
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1922
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Bill Blass, Ft Wayne Ind, fashion designer (Nancy Reagan)
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1923
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Jimmy Cameron, cricketer (brother of John WI batsman 1948-49)
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1926
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Ruth Zechlin, composer
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1929
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Ralph Waite, White Plains NY, actor (Cool Hand Luke, 5 Easy Piece)
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1931
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Henk Vonhoff, Dutch politician (VVD)
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1932
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Michael Horvit, composer
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1933
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Dianne Feinstein, 1st female mayor of SF/(Sen-D-Ca)
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1934
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Arthur Miller, legal reporter
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1935
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V V Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests)
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1936
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Kris Kristofferson, Brownsville TX, singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium)
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1936
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Verne Allison, singer (Dells-Open Up My Heart)
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1938
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Andrew Brown, film Producer
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1940
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Abbas Kiarostami, author/director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up)
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1941
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Ed Bradley, Phila, CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes)
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1941
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Michael Lerner, Brooklyn NY, actor (8 Men Out, Harlem Nights)
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1942
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Margreet M H Kamp, Dutch MP (VVD)
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1942
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Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-11)
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1943
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Jimmy Castor, NYC, rocker/sax (Troglodyte, Jimmy Castor Bunch)
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1944
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Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austria, actor (Mephisto, Out of Africa)
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1944
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Michael Obst, German FR, coxsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
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1944
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Peter Asher, London, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love)
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1944
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Steve Weber, guitarist, (Rounders-Holy "Boobs" Modal)
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1945
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Howard Kaylan, rocker (Flo & Eddie/Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
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1946
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Andrew Rubin, New Bedford Mass, actor (Police Academy) [or Jan 22]
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1947
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David L Lander, Bkln NY, actor (Squiggy-Laverne & Shirley)
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1947
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Don Henley, drummer/singer (Eagles, Boys of Summer)
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1947
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Murray Webb, cricketer (NZ fast bowler in 3 Tests, 4 wkts at 117 75)
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1947
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Octavia E[stelle] Butler, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Wild Seed)
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1948
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"Pistol" Pete Maravich, NBA star (Atlanta Hawks)
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1948
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Nolan Clarke, cricketer (Barbados bat 1970-77, later Holland stalwart)
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1948
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Sue Roberts, LPGA golfer
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1948
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Todd Rundgren, Upper Darby PA, singer/guitarist (Hello it's Me)
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1949
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Alan Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
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1949
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Gary Moffet, Montreal, rock guitarist (April Wine)
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1949
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Larry Junstrom, rock bassist (.38 Special)
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1949
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Lindsay Wagner, LA Ca, actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks)
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1949
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Meryl Streep, NJ, actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice)
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1950
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Murphy Cross, Harve de Grace Md, actor (Phyl & Mikhy, Perfect)
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1954
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Amparo Mu¤oz, Malgra Spain, Miss Universe (1974)
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1954
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Bobby Valentino, rocker (Fabulous Poodles)
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1954
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Charles T Canady, (Rep-R-Florida)
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1954
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Chris Lemmon, actor (Brothers & Sisters, Richard-Duet) [or Jan 22]
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1954
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Freddie Prinze, NYC, comedian/actor (Chico & the Man)
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1955
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LeAnn Cassaday, LPGA golfer
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1956
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Derek Forbes, rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front)
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1956
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Green [Gartside], rock vocalist (Scritti Politti-Flesh & Blood)
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1956
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Tim Russ, Wash DC, actor (Tuvoc-Star Trek Voyager)
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1957
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Garry Beers, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
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1957
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John Ryder, rock bassist (Face To Face)
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1957
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Nick Santagata, jockey
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1958
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Bruse Campbell, actor (Army of Darkness)
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1960
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Colleen Devine, San Gabriel Cal, actress (Irreconcilable Differences)
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1960
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Tracy Pollan, NYC, actress (Family Ties)/aka Mrs Michael J Fox
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1961
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Bobby Gillespie, rocker (Primal Scream)
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1961
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Jimmy Somerville, Glasgow Soctland, rocker (Bronski Beat, Communards)
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1962
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Clyde "Glide" Drexler, NBA Guard (Houston Rockets, Port Trailblazers)
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1962
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Ruby Turner, rocker (No Where to Run)
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1963
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Anne-Marie Ruddock, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)
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1963
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Randy Couture, Everett Wash, 198 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Olymp-96)
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1964
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Amy Brenneman, New London Ct, actress (Janice-NYPD Blue)
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1964
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Greg Anderson, NBA forward/center (San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks)
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1964
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Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm)
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1964
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Mark Royals, NFL punter (New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions)
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1964
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Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know)
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1964
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Nico Jalink, Dutch soccer player (Sparta, NAC)
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1965
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Tommy Cunningham, rocker (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was)
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1966
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Camille Benjamin, Cleveland Ohio, tennis star
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1966
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Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, English baron/multi-millionaire
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1966
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Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler (South African)
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1966
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Paul Randolph, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
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1967
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Al Carlay, Manila Philippines, US fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
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1967
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Eric Green, NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens)
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1967
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Mark van Hintum, soccer player (Willem II)
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1968
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Darrell Armstrong, NBA guard (Orlando Magic)
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1968
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Paula Irvine, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lily Blake-Santa Barbara)
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1969
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Derek Russell, NFL wide receiver (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
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1970
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Anne "Annie" Summertime Kakela, US rower (Olympics-4th-96)
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1970
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David Frisch, NFL tight end (NE Patriots)
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1970
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Rastko Cvetkovic, NBA center (Denver Nuggets)
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1971
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Brant Brown, Porterville CA, infielder (Chic Cubs)
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1971
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Laryssa Biesenthal, Walkertown Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
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1973
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Benjamin Fairbrother, CFL offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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1973
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Cory Alexander, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
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1973
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Lacy Goranson, Evanston Ind, actress (Becky-Roseanne)
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1974
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Mark Wetges, Walnut Creek Calif, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Nicole Juvan, Essex Junction Vermont, Miss America-Vermont (1997)
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1981
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Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
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DEATHS
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1276
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Innocent V, [Pierre the Tarantaise], Pope (1276), dies at about 36
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1527
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Machiavelli, writer, dies
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1535
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John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65
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1735
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Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer, dies at 71
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1741
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Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer, dies at 38
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1745
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Hubert Renotte, composer, dies at 41
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1754
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Nicholas Siret, composer, dies at 91
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1777
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Josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71
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1803
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Wilhelm Heinse, writer, dies
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1843
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Gabriele Prota, composer, dies at 88
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1874
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Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies
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1885
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Mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies
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1897
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Ralph Abercromby, British meteorologist, dies at about 54
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1898
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Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist, dies at 66
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1903
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George White, black resident of Delaware, lynched
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1906
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Fritz Schaudinn, German animal scholar: examined amoebasis, dies at 34
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1909
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Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet, dies at 65
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1910
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Marie, Princess of Wied/Orange Nassau, dies
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1922
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Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London
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1925
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Felix Klein, German mathematician (Riemannsche Flchen), dies at 76
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1926
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Hermann Suter, composer, dies at 56
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1928
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George Siegmann, actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba), dies at 46
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1930
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Karl von Amira, German historian, dies at 82
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1937
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Jean-Joseph Rabarivelo, Hungarian poet, commits suicide at 36
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1940
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M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies
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1940
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Vladimir Kppen, Russ/German/Aust meteorologist, dies at 93
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1945
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Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri
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1945
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Mitsuri Ushijima, Jap lt-gen/commandant 32nd Army, commits harakiri
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1950
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Julio Fonseca, composer, dies at 65
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1954
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Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49
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1955
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Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies at 31
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1955
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Wyllis Cooper, TV narrator (Volume One), dies at 56
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1961
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Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies
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1964
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Havank, [HF van der Kallen], detective writer (Shade), dies at 60
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1965
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Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA), dies at 72
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1965
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David O Selznick, producer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 63
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1966
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Roger Blunt, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 330 runs, 12 wickets), dies
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1967
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Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79
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1969
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Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47
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1973
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Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer, dies at 77
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1974
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Darius Milhaud, French composer (Le boeuf sur le tot), dies at 81
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1979
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Emory Parnell, St Paul Minn, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 85
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1979
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Julius Sommer, dies of heart failure, buried in Dayton Ohio
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1981
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Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies
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1982
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Alan Webb, actor (King Lear, Challenge to Lassie), dies at 75
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1984
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Joseph Losey, director (Go-Between, M, Concrete Jungle), dies at 75
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1987
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Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88
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1988
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Bramwell Fletcher, actor (Mummy, Raffles, Svengali), dies at 84
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1988
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Dennis Day, actor/tenor (Jack Benny Show), dies of ALS at 71
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1988
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Ross Ford, actor (Reform School Girl, Jungle Patrol), dies
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1989
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Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer, dies at 74
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1989
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Lee Calhoun, hurdler (Olympics-gold-56, 60), dies at 66
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1991
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Cameron Miller, actor (Portrait of Claire), dies at 82
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1991
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Kevin O'Connor, actor (Bogie), dies of cancer at 56
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1992
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Chuck Mitchell, actor (Penitentiary), dies
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1992
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Frederic I Rinaldo, writer (Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein), dies
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1992
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M F K Fisher, cook book author, dies of Parkinson Disease at 83
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1993
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Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies of heart attack at 93
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1993
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M'hammed Boukhozba, Algerian sociologist, murdered at 52
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1993
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Pat Nixon, 1st lady (1969-75), dies of lung cancer at 81
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1994
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Jack Davies, screenwriter, dies at 80
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1995
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Georges Yves Marie Congar, Dominican theologian cardinal, dies at 91
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1996
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James Leander "Leo" Nichols, honorary consul, dies at 65
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1996
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Ray Lindwall, cricketer (228 wkts 61 Tests for Australia), dies at 74
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1996
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Salah Abou Seif, film director, dies at 81
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1996
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Tertius Metcalf, businessman, dies at 63
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