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1094
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Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar [El Cid] occupies Valencia on the Moren
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1215
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King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, England
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1219
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King Valdemar brought victory for Denmark
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1246
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Battle at Leitha: Hungary-Austrian
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1389
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Battle of Kossovo; Turks defeat Serbs, Bosnians
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1567
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Battle at Carberry Scot: Protestant troops beat Earl Bothwells army
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1567
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Genoa Italy expels Jews
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1590
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Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther
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1626
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King Charles I disbands English parliament
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1643
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Able Tasmania returns to Batavia after discovering Tasmania
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1664
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NJ established
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1741
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Capt Bering leaves Petropavlovsk, sailing to America
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1752
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Ben Franklin's performs his kite-flying experiment
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1762
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Austria uses 1st paper currency
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1775
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George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army
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1779
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General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, Bronx
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1785
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2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident
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1802
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Toussaint L'Ouverture leaves Haiti, prisoner on French ship Hros
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1804
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12th amendment ratified; deals with manner of choosing president
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1808
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Jozef Napoleon becomes king of Spain
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1834
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Rioters in Safed Palestine kills many Jews
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1836
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Arkansas becomes 25th state
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1844
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Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber
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1846
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Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49øN
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1851
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Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory
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1857
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SF Water Works organized
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1860
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1st White settlement in Idaho (Franklin)
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1861
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Johnston evacuates Harpers Ferry
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1862
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Gen JEB Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan"
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1863
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2nd battle at Winchester Va, ends in Federal defeat; 1350 casualities
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1864
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-17] Skirmish at Gilgal Church, Georgia
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1864
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Battle for Petersburg begins as Gen Grant assaults Confederate line
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1864
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Capt Mendell begins building 640m long ponton bridge over James R Va
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1864
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Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers
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1864
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Robert E Lee's home area (Arlington, VA) becomes a military cemetery
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1866
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Prussia attacks Austria
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1869
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Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, NY
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1869
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Mike McCoole (US) defeats Tom Allen (England) in bare-knuckle bout
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1871
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Phoebe Couzins is 1st woman graduate of a US collegiate law school
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1876
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Sara Spencer (R) is 1st woman to address a US presidential convention
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1876
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Tsunami's after earthquake floods NE coast of Japan, kills 28,000
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1877
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Henry O Flipper becomes 1st black graduate at West Point
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1878
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1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the grou
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1887
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Carlisle D Graham survives 2nd ride in Niagara waterfall in barrel
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1887
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NY Giants beat Phila Phillies 29-1
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1887
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Stanley's expedition reaches Yambuya waterfalls Congo
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1888
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Wilhelm II becomes emperor of Germany
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1889
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Start of Sherlock Holmes Adv "Stockbroker's Clerk" (BG)
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1894
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Phillies beat Cincinnati Reds, 21-8
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1896
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Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed
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1897
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Liberals/social-democrats win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election
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1898
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US House of Reps accept annexation of Hawaii
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1898
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US marines attack Spanish off Guant namo Cuba
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1901
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7th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 331 at Myopia Hunt Club MA
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1902
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Canada's Maritime Provinces switch from Eastern to Atlantic time
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1902
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Minor League's most lopsided baseball game: Corsicana 51; Texarkana 3 Justin Clark of Corsicana, Tx minors hits 8 home runs in
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1904
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Side-wheeler "General Slocum" burns in NY's East River (1,031 die)
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1907
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44 nations meet in 2nd Hague Peace Conference
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1908
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World congress for Woman's rights opens in Amsterdam
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1912
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26th US Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Eleonora Sears (64 62)
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1915
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US government mints 1st $50 gold pieces, for Panama Pacific Expo
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1916
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Boys Scouts of America forms
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1918
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1" of snow falls in Northern Pennsylvania
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1918
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50th Belmont: Frank Robinson aboard Johren wins in 2:20.6
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1919
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1st nonstop Atlantic flight (Alcock & Brown) lands in Ireland
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1920
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De Zweef soccer team forms in Nijverdal
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1921
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Bessie Coleman reaches France as US 1st black pilot
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1923
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Belgium's Theunis govt falls because of mine, post & railroad strike
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1924
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1st transmission of radio Bloemendaal
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1924
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Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile
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1924
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J Edgar Hoover assumed leadership of the FBI
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1924
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Native Americans are proclaimed US citizens
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1925
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Phila A's go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland 17-15
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1926
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7th French govt of Briand falls
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1928
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Ty Cobb, 41, steals home for 50th & final time
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1929
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1st time NY curb stock exchange transacts more business than NY Exch
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1931
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Eddie Collins & Harry Heilmann, retire from baseball
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1931
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Poland & USSR sign friendship & trade treaty
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1934
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Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated
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1938
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1st night game at Bkln Ebbets Field (Reds 6, Dodgers 0) as Cin Red Johnny Vander Meer hurls unprecedented 2nd consecutive no-hi
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1940
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38 Italians Fiat bombers bomb Luc-and-Province
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1940
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Bread & flour rationed in Holland
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1940
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France surrenders to Hitler, German troops occupy Paris
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1940
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Soviet Army occupies Lithuania
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1943
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Congress of racial Equality (CORE) forms
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1944
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US forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific
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1945
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ANJV established in Concert building, Amsterdam
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1945
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Dutch political party ANJV forms
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1947
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1st night game at Detroit Briggs Stadium (Tigers 4, Athletics 1)
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1947
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47th US Golf Open: Lew Worsham shoots a 282 at St Louis CC in MO
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1948
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1st night game at Briggs Stadium: Detroit Tigers beat Phila A's
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1948
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Bradman is out for a duck, but Australia win Test Cricket anyway
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1948
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WPIX TV channel 11 in NYC, NY (IND) begins broadcasting
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1948
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WTNH TV channel 8 in New Haven, CT (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1949
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Phils Eddie Waitkus, shot by Ruth Steinhagen, 19, at Eddgewater Hotel
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1950
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Dutch police seize condoms
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1951
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1st coml electronic computer dedicated Phila
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1951
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Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory
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1953
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Browns end Yankees win streak at 18 & Browns 14-game losing streak
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1953
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Johnny Mize is 93rd player to get 2,000 hits
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1953
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NYC Transit Authority forms
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1953
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WLFI TV channel 18 in Lafayette, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1954
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Great Britain's 2 biggest steel factory nationalized
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1955
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Australia score 8-758 v West Indies at Kingston, their best ever
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1956
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John Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13) meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group Quarrymen perform at a church dinner
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1957
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"Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 123 perf
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1957
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42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St Louis, Ill (state record)
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1957
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57th US Golf Open: Dick Mayer shoots a 282 at Inverness Club in Toledo
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1957
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89th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Gallant Man wins in 2:26.6
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1957
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Yanks trade Billy Martin & Ralph Terry for Ryne Duran
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1958
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
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1960
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Angel Cordero wins his 1st of over 7000 horse races
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1960
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Argentina complains to UN about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichmann
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1961
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Expansion Wash Senators are 30-30, latest date an expansion team will be at .500, Washington will lose their next 10 games
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1962
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Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win
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1962
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South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes
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1962
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WWUP TV channel 10 in Sault Ste Marie, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1963
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"Sound of Music" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 1443 perfs
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1963
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"Sukiyaki" hits #1
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1963
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Buddy Nobles runs world record marathon (2:14:28)
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1963
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Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion resigns
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1963
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SF Giants Juan Marichal no-hits Houston Colt .45s, 1-0
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1964
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Last French troops leave Algeria
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1965
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Bob Dylan records "Like a Rolling Stone"
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1965
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Denny McLain in relief strikesout 1st 7 batters faced & record 14 in 6 2/3 innings, Bill Freehan ties catcher record of 19 puto
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1965
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South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products
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1967
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Gov Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill
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1968
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"How Now, Dow Jones" closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 220 perfs
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1968
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"I Do! I Do!" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 561 performances
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1968
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"New Faces of 1965" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 52 performances
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1968
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15th Curtis Cup: US, 10«-7«
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1968
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral
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1968
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Yummy Yummy Yummy by Ohio Express hits #4
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1969
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"Hee Haw" with Roy Clark & Buck Owens premieres on CBS TV
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1969
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69th US Golf Open: Orville Moody shoots a 281 at Champs GC in Houston
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1969
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
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1969
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Mets help their power needs by adding 1st baseman Donn Clendenon
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1970
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16th LPGA Championship won by Shirley Englehorn
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1971
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Vernon E Jordan Jr, appointed exec director of National Urban League
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1972
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Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die
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1972
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West German police arrested RAF leader Ulrike Meinhof
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1973
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"American Graffiti" opens in NYC
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1974
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"Streak" by Ray Stevens hit #1 on UK pop chart
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1975
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45th French Mens Tennis: Bjrn Brg beats Guillermo Vilas (62 63 64)
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1975
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Carol Mann wins Lawson's LPGA Golf Classic
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1976
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Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team & umpires to get through flooded streets to th
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1976
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Yankees trade May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor & Demsey to Baltimore for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick & Ji
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1977
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NY Mets trade Tom Seaver to Reds for Pat Zachry
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1977
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Spain's 1st free elections since 1936 (41 years)
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1977
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Wim Polak becomes mayor of Amsterdam
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1978
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Belgian govt resigns
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1978
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Italy's pres Leone resigns due to Lockheed affair
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1978
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Jordan's King Hussein marries Elizabeth Halaby, 26-yr-old American
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1978
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Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days
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1979
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1st space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds
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1980
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"Fearless Frank" opens at Princess Theater NYC for 12 performances
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1980
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80th US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 272 at Baltusrol GC NJ
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1980
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Dale Lundquis wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
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1980
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Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game
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1982
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Riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat
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1982
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Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education
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1983
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Cards trade Keith Hernandez to Mets for Neil Allen & Rick Ownbey
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1983
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Supreme Court struck down state & local restrictions on abortion
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1984
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"Thicke Of The Night," TV Talk Show last airs in syndication
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1984
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Thomas Hearns KOs Roberto Duran
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1984
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Vitesse soccer team forms in Arnhem
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1985
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"Pryor's Place," children show last airs on CBS-TV
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1985
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En route to Halley's Comet, USSR's Vega 2 drops lander on Venus
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1985
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Pinklon Thomas KOs Mike Weaver in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
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1985
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Russian space probe Vega 2 lands on Venus
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1986
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86th US Golf Open: Ray Floyd shoots a 279 at Shinnecock Hills GC NY
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1986
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Juli Inkster wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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1986
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Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity
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1986
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Raymond Floyd wins US Open golf tournament
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1987
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Bettino Craxi's Socialist Party wins election in Italy
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1987
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Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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1988
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NASA launches space vehicle S-213
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1988
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Turkish premier zal meets Greek premier Papandreou in Athens
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1989
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Balt Orioles pull their 9th triple play (vs Yankees)
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1989
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Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth
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1990
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"Dick Tracy" with Warren Beatty & Madonna premieres
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1991
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Carolyn Tanny & Bob Trischel wed
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1991
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Philippines volcano Mount Pinatubo erupts
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1992
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1st Berlin Air Show in 60 years
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1992
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Dan Quayle, relying on faulty card, erroneously instructs Trenton NJ, elementary student to spell "potato," "potatoe" during sp
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1992
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Director Frank Perry (Mommie Dearest) marries Virginia Bush Ford
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1992
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During spelling bee, Quayle misspells potato, as potatoe
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1992
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Erie Sailors (Fla Marlin farm team) 1st game beat Jamestown 6-5 in 13
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1992
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Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport (NYC)
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1992
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Jeff Reardon breaks Rollie Fingers' save record with #342
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1994
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Disney's "Lion King," opens in theaters with $42 million
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1994
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NY Giants cut quarterback Phil Simms
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1994
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
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1995
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"Chronicles of a Death Foretold" opens at Plymouth NYC for 55 perfs
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1995
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Mark Ilott takes 9-19 incl all lbw hat-trick, Essex v Northants
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1995
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Northants all out 46 v Essex & wins game next day
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1997
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"Little Foxes," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 56 perfs
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1997
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97th US Golf Open: Ernie Els shoots a 276 Congressional CC Bethesda Md
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1997
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British model Naomi Campbell, hospitalized on drug overdose
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1997
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Danielle Ammaccapane wins Edina Realty LPGA Classic
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1997
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Du Mauier Senior Golf Champions
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1998
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32nd TNN Music City News Country Awards
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BIRTHS
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1221
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Frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria
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1330
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Edward, the black prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376)
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1542
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Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke)
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1553
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Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands
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1623
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Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham)
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1636
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Johann David Mayer, composer
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1638
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Samuel Apostool, Dutch vicar/theologist (The Sun)
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1728
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Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer
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1734
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Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer
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1749
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George Joseph Vogler, composer
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1763
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Franz Danzi, composer
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1767
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Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of Pres Andrew (1828-37) (died 1828)
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1815
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Phiz [Hablt Knight Browne], English illustrator (Pickwick Papers)
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1821
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Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer
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1833
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Edward Moody McCook, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
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1843
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Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Bergen Norway, composer (Bewitched One)
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1864
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Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer/=
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1865
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L H Perquin, Dutch religious radio speaker
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1865
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Paul Gilson, composer
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1867
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K Balmont, writer
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1878
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Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director/critic (Pygmalion)
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1880
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Mahlon Hamilton, VA, actor (Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi)
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1884
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Harry Langdon, Council Bluffs IA, comic/director (Strong Man)
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1886
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Charles Wood, composer
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1888
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Maria Dermot, Java, Dutch novelist (10,000 Things)
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1888
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Ram¢n L¢pez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota)
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1893
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Jacob HA van Coeverden, boer/edelman
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1894
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Robert Russell Bennett, Kansas City, composer/arranger (Oklahoma!)
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1898
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Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong, organist
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1898
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Willem Scheps, Dutch journalist
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1900
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Otto Clarence Luening, Milwaukee Wisconsin, composer (Sonority Canon)
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1900
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Paul J Mares, US, jazz trumpetist/composer (Farewell blues)
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1901
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John Wesley Work, composer
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1901
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Peter Shankland, film maker/writer
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1902
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David Brooks, psychologist
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1902
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Erik H Erickson, psychologist (Existentionalist)
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1902
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Max Rudolf, Frankfurt Germany, conductor (Gteberg Symphony Orch)
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1905
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James Robertson Justice, Scotland, actor (Above Us the Waves)
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1906
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Louis RJ Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor (Zoelen)
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1910
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Berend Giltay, composer
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1910
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David Rose, London England, orch leader (Red Skelton Show, Stripper)
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1913
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Trevor Huddleston, English pastor/chairman (Anti-Apartheid)
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1914
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Cees [Cornelis A B] Bantzinger, Dutch cartoonist/illustrator
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1914
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Saul Steinberg, Romania, cartoonist/illustrator (New Yorker)
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1914
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Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary
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1916
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Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor (Chic Daily News, Sunday Times)
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1917
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Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Black Lash, Lash of the West)
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1918
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Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader
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1918
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N'garta Tombalbaye, president Chad
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1919
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Alberto Sordi, Rome Italy, actor (Miser, Taxi Driver in NY)
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1920
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Amy Clampitt, poet
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1920
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George Ernest Leslie, trade union official
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1921
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Erroll Garner, US, jazz pianist (Misty)
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1922
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John Veale, composer
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1922
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Mo[rris K] Udall, (Rep-D-AZ, 1961- )
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1923
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Erland Josephson, Stockholm Sweden, actor/dramatist (Utflykt)
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1924
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Mohammed Ghazali, cricketer (Pak off-spinner wicketless in 2 Tests 54)
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1925
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Gene Baker, baseball player
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1925
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Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Tarumba, Maltiempes)
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1926
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Jan Carlstedt, composer
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1927
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Hugo Pratt, graphic artist
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1929
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Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, piano accompnaist
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1929
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Gideon N N Nxumalo, composer
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1929
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Nigel Pickering, guitarist (Spanky & Our Gang)
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1932
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Einar K Enevoldson, US, Nasa test pilot (X-24B)
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1932
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Mario M Cuomo, NYC, (Gov-D-NY, 1982-94)
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1934
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Ruby Nash Cutis, Akron Oh, rocker (Ruby & The Romantics)
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1935
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Belinda Lee, Devon England, actress (Who Done It, Runaway Bus)
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1935
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Fernand Schokweiler, British judge
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1936
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Alexandru Hrisanide, composer
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1936
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Claude Brasseur, Paris France, actor (Josepha, Pardon Mon Affair)
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1937
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Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's)
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1937
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Ray Coleman, journalist
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1937
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Rolf Riehm, composer
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1937
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Waylon Jennings, country singer/guitarist (Ramblin' Man)
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1938
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Billy Williams, baseball player (Cubs)
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1938
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Jean-Claude Eloy, France, composer (Phnix)
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1940
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Willem Frederik Bon, Dutch composer
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1941
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Harry Nilsson, Bkln NY, singer/guitarist (Midnight Cowboy)
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1942
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Bruce DalCanton, baseball player
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1942
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Tony Coelho, (Rep-D-CA, 1979- )
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1942
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Xaveria Hollander, [DeVries], Surabaya Indonesia, auth (Happy Hooker)
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1943
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Aron Kincaid, LA Calif, actor (Warren-Bachelor Father, Ski Party)
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1943
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Johnny Halliday, rocker
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1944
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Inna Ryskai, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-2 gold/2 silver-1964-76)
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1945
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Nicola Pagett, actress (Oliver's Story, Privates on Parade)
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1945
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Rod Argent, England, keyboardist (Zombies-She's Not There)
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1946
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Janet Lennon, vocalist (Lennon Sisters)
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1946
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Jim Varney, Lexington KY, actor (Ernest Goes to Jail)/"Hey Vern"
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1946
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Judy Pace, LA Calif, actress (Young Lawyers)
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1946
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Ken Henderson, baseball player
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1946
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Roger Tolchard, cricketer (Engl keeper played Tests as a batsman 1977)
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1947
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Lee Purcell, Cherry Point NC, actor (Big Wednesday, Mr Majestyk)
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1947
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Paul Patterson, composer
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1948
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Champ Summers, baseball player
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1949
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Dusty Baker, baseball player (LA Dodgers)
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1949
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Michael Lutz, bassist (Brownsville Station)
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1950
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Heidi Schller, Germany, 1st woman to take olympic oath (1972)
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1950
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Mark Arnott, Chicago IL, actor (Return of the Secaucus 7)
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1950
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Noddy Holder, rock vocalist/guitarist (Slade-Cum On Feel The Noize)
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1951
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Tom Forzani, CFL wide receiver (Calgary Stampeders)
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1952
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Lorna Young, salesperson
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1953
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Rita Lee, Federic Wisc, playmate (November, 1977)
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1954
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James Belushi, Chicago Ill, comedian (Sat Night Live, Trading Places)
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1954
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Terri Gibbs, Augusta Ga, blind singer (Somebody's Knockin')
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1955
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Cathy Morse, LPGA golfer
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1955
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Julie Hagerty, Cincinnati OH, actress (Airplane, Princesses)
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1955
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Sally E Silverstone, Walthamstow England, Co-Captain (Biosphere 2)
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1955
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Tree Rollins, Winter Haven Fla, NBA center (Cleve Cavaliers)
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1956
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Ava Cadell, Budapest Hung, actress (Do or Die)
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1956
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Lance Parrish, baseball player
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1956
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Polly Draper, Palo Alto Calif, actress (Ellyn-30 Something, Hooters)
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1957
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Brad Gillis, rock guitarist/vocalist (Night Ranger)
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1957
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Brett Butler, comedian (Grace Under Fire)
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1957
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Clio Goldsmith, Paris France, actress (Gift, Heat of Desire)
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1958
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Wade Boggs, Nebraska, Red Sox/Yank 3rd baseman (AL bat champ 1985-88)
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1959
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Eileen Davidson, Artesia Calif, actress (Kristen-Days of our Life)
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1960
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Denise Haigh, LPGA golfer
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1963
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Helen Hunt, LA Calif, actress (Jamie-Mad About You, Twister)
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1963
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Scott Rockenfield, drummer (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)
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1964
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Courtney Cox, Birmingham Ala, actress (Family Ties, Monica-Friends)
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1965
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Carrie Mitchum, LA Calif, actress (Donna-Bold & Beautiful)
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1965
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David Bolton, Guyana, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Lando Mem Amateur)
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1968
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Demtra Hampton, Phila, model (Garda)
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1968
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Tim Lester, NFL fullback (Pitts Steelers)
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1969
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Cedric Pioline, Neuilly France, tennis star (1996 Coopenhagen)
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1969
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Ice Cube, rap singer/actor (Boyz in the Hood, Anaconda)
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1969
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Jesse Belanger, St-georges De Beau, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks)
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1969
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Maurice Odumbe, cricketer (Kenyan batsman & 1996 World Cup captain)
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1969
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Sheldon Kennedy, Brandon, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
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1970
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Amanda Cromwell, Wash DC, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Janie Eickhoff, Long Beach Calif, US cyclist (Olympic-92)
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1970
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Janie Quigley, Long Beach Calif, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Zan Tabak, NBA center (Toronto Raptors)
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1971
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Nathan Astle, cricketer (NZ Test batsman v Zimbabwe 1996)
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1971
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Stuart Howell, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
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1972
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Andrew Pettitte, Baton Rouge LA, pitcher (NY Yankees)
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1972
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DeWayne Patterson, CFL defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders)
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1972
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Jean Francois Labbe, Sherbrooke, NHL goalie (Colorado Avalanche)
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1972
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Justin C G Leonard, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1994 Anheuser-Busch-3rd)
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1972
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Lianne Bennion, Seattle Wash, rower (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Ramiro Mendoza, Los Santos Panama, pitcher (NY Yankees)
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1972
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Sandy Mccarthy, Toronto, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
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1972
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Tony Clark, Newton KS, infielder (Detroit Tigers)
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1973
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Dean McAmmond, Grand Cache, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
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1973
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Matt Stevens, safety (Philadelphia Eagles)
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1973
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Neil Patrick Harris, Albuquerque NM, actor (Doogie Howser MD)
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1974
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Any Lynn Ciccolella, Monument Colorado, Miss America-Colorado (1996)
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1974
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Scott Tunkin, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)
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1975
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Agathe Neuner, Miss Germany Universe (1997)
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1978
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RoRo, [Romell Chapman], Atlanta Ga, rapper (Another Bad Creation)
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1979
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Alita Dawson, Miss Connecticut Teen USA (1997)
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1979
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Julia Schultz, San Diego CA, playmate (Feb, 1998)
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1981
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Cristin Duren, Miss Florida Teen USA (Miss Photogenic-1997)
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1996
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Cedric Pioline, Neuilly/Seine France, tennis pro (US open final-93)
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DEATHS
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923
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Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle
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948
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Romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies
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991
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Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies
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1246
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Frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25
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1337
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Angelus Clarenus/da Cingoli, Italian leader, dies
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1341
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Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies
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1381
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Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London
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1383
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Johannes Cantacuzenus, Byzantium emperor(1341-54)/monk, dies at ñ90
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1389
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Lazar I, Serbian prince, dies in battle
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1389
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Murad I, Osmaans sultan, dies in battle
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1397
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Count of Eu, French knight, dies in Turkish captivity
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1467
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Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 70
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1557
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Sebastiaan Van Noyen, military master builder, dies
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1580
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Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Haarlem, dies at 70
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1666
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Pieter de Bitter, Dutch admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies
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1677
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Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer, dies at 67
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1702
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Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies
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1703
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Gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58
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1708
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Romeyn de Hooghe, painter/goldsmith, buried at 62
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1760
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Antoine Court, French reformed theologist, dies at 69
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1772
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Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77
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1814
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Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician, dies at 84
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1828
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Brizio Petrucci, composer, dies at 91
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1831
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Peter Fuchs, composer, dies at 78
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1836
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Thodore Dotrenge, South Netherland orangist, dies at about 74
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1839
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Hans Skramstad, composer, dies at 41
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1844
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Thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66
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1845
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Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 60
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1849
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James Knox Polk, 11th Pres (1845-1849), dies in Nashville, Tenn at 53
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1856
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David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73
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1858
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Ary Scheffer, painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 63
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1865
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Edmun Ruffin, US secessionist/writer, commits suicide
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1865
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Jakob Zeugheer, composer, dies at 61
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1869
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Albert Grisar, composer, dies at 60
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1875
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Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer, dies at 72
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1888
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Frederik III NK van Hohenzollern, German Emperor/king of Prussia, dies
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1889
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Mihail Eminesco, Romanian poet (Luceafarul), dies at 39
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1893
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Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer/conductor (B nk B n), dies at 82
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1895
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Richard Genee, composer, dies at 72
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1905
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Hermann von Wissmann, German African expl/gov East-Africa, dies
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1907
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William Le Baron Jenney, US architect, dies
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1914
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A G Steel, cricketer (13 Tests, 29 wkts, Eng capt 1886), dies
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1920
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Michel-Gaston Carraud, composer, dies at 55
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1923
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Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies
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1934
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Alfred Bruneau, composer, dies at 77
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1938
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Ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58
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1942
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Vera Figner, writer, dies
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1943
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Cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies
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1952
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Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70
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1958
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Franois de Vries, economist, dies at 74
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1962
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Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84
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1967
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Edward Eagan, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32), dies at 69
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1968
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Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88
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1968
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Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48
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1969
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Georges Pompidou, president of France, dies
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1978
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Anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83
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1979
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Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67
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1982
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Art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist, dies at 56
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1982
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Neil Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 90
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1984
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Meredith Willson, composer (Meredith Willson Show), dies at 82
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1984
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Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78
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1985
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Len Hopwood, cricketer (took 0-155 in two Tests Eng v Aust 1934), dies
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1985
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Percy Fender, cricketer (13 Tests for England, 380 runs 29 wkts), dies
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1986
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K K Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), killed by motor-scooter
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1987
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J A K Cochrane, cricketer (Test for S Afr 1931), dies
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1987
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Walter W Heller, US economist (Old Myths & New Realities), dies at 71
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1989
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Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State), dies in Dublin at 63
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1989
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Victor French, actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies at 54
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1992
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Eddie Lopat, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 73
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1992
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Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies
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1993
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John Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), dies at 76
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1993
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Mahfoud Boucebi, Algerian psychiatrist, murdered
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1993
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Vera, scarf/linen designer, dies of cardiac arrest at 87
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1994
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David Lawson, executed in NC (wanted execution shown on Donahue)
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1994
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Kristen Pfaff, US bass guitarist (Hole-Live through this), dies at 24
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1994
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Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (Never on Sunday), dies at 68
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1994
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Nadia Gray, actress (La Dolce Vita, Naked Summer), dies at 70
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1995
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Charles Bennett, screenwriter, dies at 95
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1996
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Ella Fitzgerald, singer, dies at 78
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1996
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Fitzroy Maclean, the original James Bond, dies at 85
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1996
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Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician, dies at 88
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1996
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Jean Gimpel, author/iconoclast, dies at 77
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