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1130
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Gregorio de' Papareschi elected as Pope Innocent II
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1349
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Jews are expelled from Burgsordf Switzerland
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1510
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Charles of Gelre conquerors Oldenzaal
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1545
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Willem of Nassau becomes prince of Orange
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1566
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St Augustine, Florida founded
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1601
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John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London
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1633
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Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves aroun
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1635
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Oldest US public institution, Boston Latin School founded
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1651
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Flemish missionary Joris van Geel departs to Congo
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1668
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Treaty of Lisbon: Spain recognizes Portugal
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1678
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Tycho Brahe 1st sketches "Tychonic system" of solar system
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1689
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British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights
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1692
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MacDonald clan murdered on orders of King William III
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1693
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College of William & Mary opens
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1706
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Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen
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1741
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Andrew Bedford publishes 1st American magazine (American Magazine)
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1755
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Rebel leader Mangkubuni signs Treaty of Gianti Java
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1777
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de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress
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1782
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French fleet occupies St Christopher
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1786
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Abraham Baldwin selected president of University of Georgia
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1795
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1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina
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1799
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1st US law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts
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1809
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French take Saragossa, Spain after a long siege
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1816
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-14] Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire
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1826
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American Temperance Society, forms in Boston
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1832
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1st appearance of cholera at London
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1837
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Riot in NY over high price of flour
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1858
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Sir Richard Burton & John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa
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1860
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King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes
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1861
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1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, AZ
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1861
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Abraham Lincoln declared president
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1861
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Col Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians
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1862
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-Feb 16th) Siege of Ft Donelson TN
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1864
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Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek & Wyatt, Mississippi
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1866
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Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000)
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1867
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Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna
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1886
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Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class
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1895
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Moving picture projector patented
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1899
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-16øF (-27øC), Minden Louisiana (state record)
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1899
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-1øF (-18øC) New Orleans, La
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1899
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-2øF (-19øC) Tallahassee, Florida (state record)
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1905
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-29øF (-34øC) Pond, Arkansas (state record)
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1905
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-40øF (-40øC) Lebanon, Kansas (state record)
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1905
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-40øF (-40øC) Warsaw, Missouri (state record)
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1907
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English suffragettes storm British Parliament & 60 women are arrested
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1912
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England regains cricket's Ashes
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1914
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American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers-ASCAP forms in NYC
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1920
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League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland
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1920
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National Negro Baseball League organizes
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1920
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Switzerland rejoin League of Nations
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1923
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1st Black pro Basketball team, "Renaissance," organizes
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1924
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King Tut's tomb opened
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1925
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US Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult
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1927
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Uprising against Portuguese regime of Gen Carmona defeated
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1929
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Cruiser Act: OKs construction of 19 new cruisers & an aircraft carrier
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1929
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Vladimir Mayakofsky's "Klop," premieres in Moscow
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1932
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"Free Eats" introduces George "Spanky" McFarland to "Our Gang"
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1934
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Austrian Dollfuss govt bans socialistic party
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1935
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1st US surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, Cleveland
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1935
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Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap & murder of Lindbergh's infant
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1937
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"Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail
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1937
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Bradman scores 123 SA v Queensland, 165 mins, 10-4s 1-6 in cricket
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1937
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Maribel Vinson wins her 9th US figure skating championship
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1937
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NFL Boston Redskins move to Wash DC
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1937
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
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1937
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
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1940
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Bradman scores 209* in 161 minutes for South Aust at the WACA
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1941
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Nazi leaders attack Dutch Jewish Council
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1942
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Hitler's Operation Seelwe (invasion of England) cancelled
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1943
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German assault on Sidi Bou Zid Tunisia, Gen Eisenhower visits front
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1943
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Women's Marine Corps created
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1945
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Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die
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1945
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Gerbrandy British govt refuses Dutch Jewish right to buy
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1945
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USSR captures Budapest, after 49-day battle with Germany; 159,000 die
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1946
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"Duchess Misbehaves" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 5 performances
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1948
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Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for W Indies in only Test Cricket innings
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1948
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Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Lannoy & Baugniet of BEL
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1948
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Richard Button USA
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1948
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Wright Flyer, 1st plane to fly, returns to US from England
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1952
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Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win
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1953
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A's change name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium
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1954
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Frank Selvey scores 100 points for Furman beating Newberry 149-95
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1955
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Israel acquires 4 of 7 Dead Sea scrolls
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1955
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KRCG TV channel 13 in Jefferson City, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Patty Berg wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
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1956
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KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland
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1957
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans
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1959
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Barbie doll goes on sale
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1959
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Miro Cardon, premier of Cuba, resigns
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1960
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"Beg, Borrow or Steal" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 5 perfs
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1960
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"Saratoga" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 80 performances
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1960
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France performs 1st nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
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1961
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Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records
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1961
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Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus
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1965
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Peggy Fleming, 16, wins ladies senior figure skating title
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1965
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
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1965
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti
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1966
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1968
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US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam
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1969
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Mary Hopkin's Postcard album on Apple is released
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1969
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Suriname govt of Pengel resigns
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1970
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Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi
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1970
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NL offices begins move from Cin to SF (completed Feb 23)
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1971
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12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos
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1971
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Golfing VP Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2
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1972
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"1776" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,217 performances
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1972
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"Grease" opens on Broadway
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1972
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11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan
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1973
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Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola," premieres in NYC
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1973
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US dollar devalues 10%
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1974
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"Rainbow Jones" opens & closes at Music Box Theater NYC
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1974
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Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR
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1974
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James "Cool Papa" Bell is named to baseball's Hall of Fame
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1975
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Cyprus premier Denktash procliams Turkish-Cypriot Federation
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1976
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Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria
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1976
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Peter Casserly of NZ hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes
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1977
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"Guys & Dolls" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 239 performances
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1977
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"Ipi Tombi" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 39 performances
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1977
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"Robber Bridegroom" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 145 perfs
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1977
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Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship
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1977
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Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
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1978
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1979
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2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation
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1979
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Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm
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1980
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Apollo Computer Inc incorporated
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1980
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NZ beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
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1981
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Longest sentence published by NY Times-1286 words
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1982
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Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week
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1982
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Islander's Bryan Trottier scores 5 goals against Flyers
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1983
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"Merlin" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 199 performances
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1983
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33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at LA
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1983
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Australia beats NZ 2-0 to win World Series Cup
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1983
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Donna White wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
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1983
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E Bernstein, Levinson & Link's musical "Merlin" premieres in NYC
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1983
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World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
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1984
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6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart & liver transplant
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1984
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Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as USSR leader
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1985
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Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier
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1985
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Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders
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1987
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Tigers' Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator
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1988
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15th Winter Olympic games open at Calgary, Canada
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1988
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Christine Wachtel runs world record 800m indoor (1:56:40)
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1988
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European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992
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1988
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Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m)
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1988
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Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18:11.41)
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1989
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Kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed
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1989
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Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison
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1989
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Salvadoran army attacks Encuentros hospital, rapes, kills patients
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1990
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50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa
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1990
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Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games
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1990
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US, England, France & England give Germany OK to reunify
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1991
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Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel
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1991
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US bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334
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1992
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"Most Happy Fella" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 229 performances
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1992
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Jose Canseco repeatedly rams his Porsche into wife Esther's BMW
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1992
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West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game
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1993
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Ljubow Kremljowa runs world record 1000m indoor (2:34:84)
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1993
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Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (21.87 sec)
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1993
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Sergei Bubka pole vaults indoor record (6.14 m)
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1994
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44th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 127-118 at Minneapolis
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1994
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Inna Lassovskaya jumps world record 14.9m
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1994
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Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5000m 6:34,96
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1994
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Ship disaster near Ranong Thailand, kills 200
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1995
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Howard Stern radio show premieres in San Diego CA on KIOZ 105.3 FM
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1995
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West Indies beat NZ by innings & 332, Courtney Walsh 13-55
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1996
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Howard Stern announces he will be making the film "Private Parts"
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1996
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Rock musical "Rent," by Jonathan Larson, opens off-Broadway
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1997
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"Three Sisters," opens at Criterion Theater NYC
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1997
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Discovery captures Hubble Space Telescope
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2000
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US female Figure Skating championship
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2000
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US male Figure Skating championship
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BIRTHS
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1440
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Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian
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1480
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Hieronymus Aleander, [Gir¢lamo Aleandro], Italian diplomat/cardinal
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1599
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Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67)
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1610
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Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists
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1622
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Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized
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1658
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Jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter
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1660
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Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer
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1682
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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Venice, painter (Fortune Teller)
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1713
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Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer
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1721
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John Reid, composer
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1754
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Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-Prigord, Fr bishop/premier (1815)
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1755
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Franois Alexander Sallantin, composer
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1756
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Joannes van der Linden, lawyer/judge (Ware Pleiter)
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1757
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John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician
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1764
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Talleyrand, France/Napolean's foreign minster
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1768
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douard Mortier, French general, duke, prime minister (1834-35)
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1778
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Fernando Sor, composer
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1787
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James P Carrell, composer
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1805
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David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier
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1805
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Peter G L Dirichlet, Germany, number theorist/analysist
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1807
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Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder (Liefdezusters)
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1813
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Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname (1855-59)
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1820
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Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer
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1822
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Lev A Mej, Russian nobleman/poet
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1829
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Gerard Keller, writer (Netherlands Spectator)
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1831
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John Aaron Rawlins, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1869
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1833
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William Whedbee Kirkland, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1915
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1837
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Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer
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1840
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Georg Jacobi, composer
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1849
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Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father
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1852
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Johan L E Dreyer, Danish astronomer (New gen catalogue of nebulae)
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1859
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Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist
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1859
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William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver
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1861
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Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)
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1862
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Karel Weis, composer
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1870
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Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer
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1874
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Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic)
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1875
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? Kanouse, Watertown Wisc, 1st quintuplets in US, born to Edna Kanouse
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1877
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Jazeps Medins, composer
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1881
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Eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin)
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1883
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Bainbridge Crist, composer
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1883
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Harold "Hal" Chase, baseball player/manager
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1885
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Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady (1945-52)
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1886
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Ricardo Giraldes, Argentina, novelist/poet (Don Segundo Sombra)
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1887
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Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I
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1888
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Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier
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1888
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Heintje Davids, [Hendrika], Dutch revue star
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1892
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Grant Wood, US, painter (American Gothic)
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1892
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Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice (1941-54)
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1893
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Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romania, communist/foreign minister (1945-52)
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1895
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Fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk)
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1898
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Neville Pearson, English publisher
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1902
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Blair Moody, New Haven Ct, (Sen-Mich)
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1902
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Karl Menger, Austria/US mathematician (theory of dimension)
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1903
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Georges Simenon, Belgium, mystery writer (Snow Was Black)
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1908
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Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer
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1908
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Pauline Frederick, journalist/correspondent (UN, NBC TV)
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1908
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Sulo Nurmela, Finland, 4 X 100K relay skier (Olympic-gold-1936)
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1910
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William B Shockley, London, US physicist (Nobel 1956), racist
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1911
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Jean Muir Fullarton, actress
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1912
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French J Van den Brande, Flemish actor
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1912
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Jose de Capriles, US, fencer (Olympic-1936, 48, 52)
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1912
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Margaretta Scott, actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast)
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1913
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Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant
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1913
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Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest
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1914
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Earl Cadogan, British large landowner (Military Cross)
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1914
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George Kleinsinger, San Bernardino CA, composer (Tubby the Tuba)
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1915
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Lyle Betther, Phila, actor (Harry-Grand Jury, Lone Ranger)
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1916
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James Griffith, LA Calif, actor (Sheriff of Cochise)
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1917
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Polly Rose, actress (Myrtle-Love That Jill)
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1918
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Helen Stephens, Fulton Mo, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1936)
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1918
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Patty Berg, Minneapolis MN, LPGA golfer (1938 US Amateur)
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1919
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Eddie Robinson, winningest college football coach (Grambling)
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1919
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Joan Edwards, NYC, vocalist (Joan Edwards Show)
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1919
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Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol Tn, country vocalist/actor (pea picker)
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1920
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Bryant Boudleaux, Shellman Ga, rock writer (Bye Bye Love)
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1920
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Eileen Farrell, Willimantic Conn, opera soprano (Interrupted Melody)
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1921
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Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist
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1921
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Zao-Wou-Ki, Chinese/French painter/graphic artist
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1922
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Lord Pym of Sandy, British minister of foreign affairs
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1923
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Chuck Yeagar, US test pilot (1st man to break sound barrier)
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1924
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Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French economist/politician
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1925
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Gene Ames, singer
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1925
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Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author
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1926
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Barney Childs, composer
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1927
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Harry Wich, Dutch set designer
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1929
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Omar Torrijos Herrera, president Panama
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1930
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Dotty McGuire, Middletown Oh, vocalist (McGuire Sisters)
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1931
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Marjorie Jackson, Austria, 100m/200m dash (Oly-gold-1952) [or Sep 13]
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1933
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Caroline Blakiston, actress (At Bertram's Hotel)
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1933
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Emanuel Ungaro, France, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1969)
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1933
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Kim Novak, [Marilyn], Chicago Ill, actress (Vertigo, Of Human Bondage)
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1933
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Paul Biya, president of Cameroon (1982- )
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1934
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George Segal, actor/banjo player (Carbon Copy, Fun with Dick & Jane)
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1935
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Tommy Jacobs, golfer
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1936
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John Harris, British(?) cricket player
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1936
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Leamon King, Tulare Calif, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1956)
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1937
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Sigmund Jaehn, German DR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 31/29)
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1937
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Susan Oliver, NYC, actress (Ann-Peyton Place, Star Trek-Cage)
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1938
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Oliver Reed, London England, actor (Big Sleep)
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1939
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Valery Illych Rozhdestvensky, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 23)
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1941
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Bo Svenson, Goteborg Sweden, actor (North Dallas 40, Walking Tall)
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1942
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Carol Lynley, NYC, actress (Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal)
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1942
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Donald E Williams, Lafayette Ind, Capt USN/astro (STS 51D, STS 34)
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1943
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F C Delius, writer
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1943
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Leo Frankowski, US, sci-fi author (High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord)
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1944
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Jerry Springer, London England, talk show host (Jerry Springer Show)
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1944
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Peter Tork, Wash DC, singer/actor (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville)
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1944
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Sal Bando, baseball player (Oakland A's)
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1944
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Stockard Channing, NYC, actress (Grease, Big Bus, Without a Trace)
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1945
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Keith Nichols, jazz pianist
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1945
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King Floyd, rocker
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1945
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Roy Dyke, Liverpool, rock drummer (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke)
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1946
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director/actor (Ehe der Maria Braun)
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1947
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Mike Krzyzewski, basketball coach
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1947
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Tony Butler, rock bassist (Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland)
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1950
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Leonard Pascoe, cricketer (dynamic Aussie quick 1977-82)
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1950
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Peter Gabriel, Surrey England, rock vocalist (Genesis, In Your Eyes)
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1951
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David Naughton, Hartford Ct, actor (My Sister Sam, Separate Vacations)
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1952
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David Puilum Choi, Hong Kong, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
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1952
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Ed Gagliardi, NYC, rock bassist (Foreigner-Cold As Ice)
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1953
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Sharon Wyatt, Lebanon Tenn, actress (Tiffany-General Hospital)
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1953
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Suleiman Nyambui, Tanzanian runner (world record 5k indoor)
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1955
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Jan de Ligt, Dutch saxophonist (I've Got the Bullets)
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1955
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Scott Smith, rock bassist (Loverboy-Get Lucky)
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1956
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Liam Brady, British soccer player
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1956
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Peter Hook, English rock bassist (New Order-Round & Round, Run)
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1956
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Richard Eden, actor (Brick-Santa Barbara, Solar Crisis, Robocop)
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1957
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Doris King, Nashville Tenn, vocalist (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel)
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1957
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Thelston Payne, cricket wicket-keeper (WI 1986)
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1958
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Mark Fox, congas/percussionist (Haircut 100-Nobody's Fool)
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1960
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Kelly McCormick, Anaheim Calif, diver (Olympic-silver-1984)
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1960
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Matt Salinger, Windsor VT, actor (Capt America, Deadly Deception)
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1960
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Michael Craig, rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Want to Hurt Me)
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1961
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Henry Rollins, US vocalist/poet (Big Ugly Mouth, Talking From the Box)
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1961
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Kyi Hla Han, Yangon, Australasia golfer
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1961
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Les Warner, rocker (Cult-Fire Woman)
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1962
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Jackie Silva, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, volleyballer (Pan Am-Bronze)
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1963
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Penelope Ann Miller, actress (Awakenings, Chaplin, Freshman) [or 1/13]
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1963
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Roberta Vasquez, LA Calif, playmate (November, 1984)
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1964
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Evi Strasser, Bavaria German, equestrian (Olympics-96)
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1965
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Kenny Harrison, Milwaukee Wisc, triple jumper
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1965
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Stephen Manley, LA Calif, actor (Donny-Married the 1st Year)
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1966
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Freedom Williams, rock vocalist (C&C Music Factory-Everbody Dance Now)
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1966
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Tally Chanel, Tel Aviv Israel, actress (Warrior Queen)
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1967
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Bas Roorda, soccer player (FC Groningen) [or Feb 21]
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1967
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Eddie Pye, US baseball infielder (LA Dodgers)
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1967
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Melanie Denise Bridges, Derry NH, Miss NH-America (1991)
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1968
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Matt Mieske, US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
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1969
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Subroto Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protg)
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1970
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Kevin Stocker, US baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)
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1970
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Ruben Brown, NFL guard (Buffalo Bills)
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1970
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Vernon Patao, 141 lbs (64 kg) US weightlifter (alt-Olympics-1996)
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1971
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Jim Reid, NFL tackle (Houston Oilers)
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1971
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Mats Sundin, Bromma SWE, NHL center (Team Sweden, Toronto Maple Leafs)
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1971
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Shelly Hammonds, NFL safety (Minn Vikings)
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1971
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Todd Williams, US baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers)
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1972
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Charlie Garner, NFL running back (Phila Eagles)
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1972
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Juha Ylonen, Helsinki FIN, NHL forward (Oly-Bronze-1998, Phoenix)
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1973
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Willie Smith, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions)
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1974
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Anthony Mortas, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
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1975
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Mark Gerald Keddell, Christchurch NZ, 200m (Olympics-96)
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1979
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Julie Nagle, Miss North Dakota Teen USA (1997)
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1980
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Kristy Powell, Fla, gymnast (Olympics-96)
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DEATHS
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1130
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Honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies
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1199
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Stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies
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1237
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Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns
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1315
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Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchtel, dies
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1332
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Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies
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1542
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Catharine Howard, queen of England/5th wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
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1602
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Alexander Nowell, English churchman, dean of St Paul's, dies
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1629
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Girolamo Giacobbi, composer, dies at 61
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1635
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Georg R Weckerlin, German poet, dies at 50
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1660
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Charles X Gustaaf, king of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37
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1662
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Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I, dies at 65
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1693
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Johann Kaspar von Kerll, German composer, dies at 65
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1724
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Francisco Jose Coutinho, composer, dies at 43
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1741
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Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80
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1784
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Charles Gravier, French earl of Vergennes/min of For affairs, dies
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1798
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Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24
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1814
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Augustin Holler, composer, dies at 69
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1841
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Thomas Ainsworth, English/Dutch industrialist, dies at 45
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1849
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Christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61
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1873
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Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies
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1882
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Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66
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1883
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Pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64
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1883
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Richard Wagner, German composer (Die Walkre), dies at 69 in Venice
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1883
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Wilhelm Richard Wagner, composer, dies at 69
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1891
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David Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77
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1893
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Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58
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1894
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Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65
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1896
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Karl Reinthaler, composer, dies at 73
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1907
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Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, dies at 59
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1917
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Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48
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1921
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Willem P C Knuttel, Dutch bibliography/librarian, dies at 67
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1927
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Brooks Adams, US philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78
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1935
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Violet Paget, British author (Gospels of Anarchy), dies at 78
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1937
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C A Bernoulli, writer, dies
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1943
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William Walraven, journalist/writer (Neglected Grouser), dies at 55
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1945
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George Studd, cricketer (4 Tests with brother v Aus 1882-83), dies
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1952
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Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71
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1958
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Georges Rouault, French painter (Christ aux outrages), dies at 86
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1959
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William L Axt, composer, dies at 70
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1960
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Delmar G Roos, designer of jeep, dies at 79
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1963
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Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies
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1965
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Jerry Burke, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies
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1965
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William H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher, dies at 93
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1966
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Elio Vittorini, writer, dies
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1968
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Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87
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1968
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Mae Marsh, actress (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies at 72
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1970
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Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (28 Tests for Engld, ct 60 stp 12), dies
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1975
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Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78
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1975
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Eric Harding Thiman, composer, dies at 74
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1975
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Henry P Van Dusen, US protestant theologist, dies at 77
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1976
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General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup
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1976
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Lily Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71
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1977
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Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77
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1979
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Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84
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1980
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David Janssen, [Meyer], actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49
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1982
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Zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17
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1983
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Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78
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1987
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M L "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies
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1990
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Ken Lynch, actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at 79
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1991
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Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67
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1991
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Eddie Bartell, actor (Every Night at Eight), dies at 83
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1992
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Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist/writer (Restless Travel), dies at 61
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1993
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Agatha Hagtingius-Seger, Dutch author (Sparkles Chain), dies at 91
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1994
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Jack Kirby, cartoonist (Marvel Comics), dies at 76
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1994
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Michael Francis Morris Lindsay, orientalist, dies at 84
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1994
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Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer, dies at 79
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1995
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Abdelhafid Said, Algerian student leader, murdered
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1995
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Alberto Burri, Ital's physician/sculptor/painter), dies at 79
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1995
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Azeddine Medjoubi, head Algerian nationally theater, murdered at 49
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1995
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Joan A C Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury, dies at 84
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1995
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Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, saxophonist, dies at 68
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1996
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Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist, dies at 91
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1996
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Martin Balsam, actor (Archie's Place), dies at 76
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1998
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Jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58
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