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1091
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Battle at Monte Levunium: Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes
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1429
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Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English
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1522
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Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-gen of Netherlands
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1540
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Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended
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1550
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Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority
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1553
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Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England
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1623
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11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
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1628
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Sweden & Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein
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1636
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Prince Frederik Henry occupies Schenkenschans
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1644
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Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China & flees Peking
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1661
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Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan
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1670
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Pope Clemens X elected
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1701
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Drenthe Neth adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701
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1706
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Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria
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1707
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English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain
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1715
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John Flamsteed observes Uranus for 6th time
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1781
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French fleet occupies Tobago
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1781
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French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope
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1784
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Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna)
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1793
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Cornerstone laid for Groningen's new townhall
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1813
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Rubber is patented
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1834
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Charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia
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1845
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Macon B Allen & Robert Morris Jr, 1st blacks to open law practice
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1852
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1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published
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1853
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Comet C/1853 G1 (Schweizer) approaches within 0.0839 AUs of Earth
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1856
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Peace between England & Russia
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1857
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US Army, Pacific Div HQ permanently forms at Presidio (SF)
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1861
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Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union
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1862
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100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Miss
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1862
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New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War
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1863
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Battle of Chancellordville, VA (Fredericksburg, Wilderness Tavern)
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1864
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-30] Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas
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1886
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1st public Dutch electricity opens
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1888
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Old Kavallison, Congo: Stanley meet Emin Pasha
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1892
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Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter
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1894
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Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at C
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1901
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27th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75
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1901
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Anti semitic riot in Budapest
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1903
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Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kills 9 (Frank Alberta)
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1905
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2" rain falls in 10 mins in Taylor, TX
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1905
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Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon
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1910
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Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam
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1912
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108ø F (42ø C), Tuguegarao, Philippines (Oceania record)
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1912
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Frank Wedekind's "Tod und Teufel," premieres in Berlin
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1913
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Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper
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1916
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Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin
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1918
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Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays
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1922
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1st official Intl Weightlifting Federation Champ (Tallinn, Estonia)
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1925
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Netherlands returns to gold standard
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1926
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France & US reach accord on repayment of WW I
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1927
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Construction of Spirit of St Louis is completed
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1930
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123 runs are scored in 7 major league games
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1930
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North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens
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1930
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Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service
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1931
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Cleve Indian Wes Ferrell no-hits St Louis Browns, 9-0
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1934
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Pitts is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday
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1936
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1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5
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1939
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Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx & Queens opens
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1940
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1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr Malone" on CBS
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1940
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Norwegian King Haakon & govt flees to England
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1940
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Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night," premieres in NYC
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1942
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Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road
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1942
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Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands & Vichy-France
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1943
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Dietrich Bonhffer arrested by nazis
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1943
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Nol Coward's "Present Laughter," premieres in London
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1943
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US 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia
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1944
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Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hague
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1945
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1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna)
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1945
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Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun
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1945
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Japanese army evacuates Rangoon
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1945
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Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed
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1945
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US liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau Germany
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1945
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Venice & Mestre were captured by the Allies
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1946
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28 former Jap leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals
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1948
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Bradman scores 107 Aust v Worcs, 152 mins, 15 fours
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1953
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Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers
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1955
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G Gronchi elected president of Italy
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1956
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
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1956
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WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
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1956
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WSPA TV channel 7 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1956
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WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1957
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1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va
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1961
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ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts
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1962
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16th Tony Awards: Man For All Seasons & How to Succeed win
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1962
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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1963
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KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KPAT
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1964
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Princess Irene marries Spanish prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma
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1964
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1965
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Australian govt announces it would send troops to Vietnam
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1965
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Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die
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1965
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Malta is 18th member of Council of Europe
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1967
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Aretha Franklin releases "Respect"
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1968
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"Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances
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1969
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"Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 7 perfs
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1970
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50,000 US & South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia
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1971
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Bill Graham closes down Fillmore & Fillmore East
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1971
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Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration
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1971
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1973
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Gloria Ehret wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
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1974
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President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House
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1975
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Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth
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1975
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Flyers 4-Isles 0-Semifinals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
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1976
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Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water
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1977
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British Aerospace forms
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1979
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Jane Blalock wins LPGA Otey Crisman Golf Classic
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1981
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Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women)
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1981
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Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters
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1982
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17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell
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1982
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Alfredo Magana elected pres of El Salvador
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1982
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Nordiques 2-Isles 5-Semifinals-Isles hold 2-0 lead
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1983
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Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor
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1984
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"Oliver!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances
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1984
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Betsy King wins LPGA Freedom/Orlando Golf Classic
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1985
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17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched
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1985
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Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 HRs in a game in both leagues
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1985
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Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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1986
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800,000 books destroyed by fire in LA Central Library
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1986
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Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners
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1987
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Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle
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1987
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Japan's premier Nakasone visits the US
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1988
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"60 Minutes" newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols
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1988
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Burt Reynolds & Loni Anderson marry
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1988
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Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 loses
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1989
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2nd govt of Lubbers falls
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1990
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"Change in the Heir" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 16 performances
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1990
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Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement
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1990
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STS-31 (Discovery 10) lands
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1990
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Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate
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1991
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"Our Country's Good" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 48 perfs
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1991
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Croatia declares independence
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1991
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Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless
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1991
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Earthquake in Georgia, kills 100
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1992
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"Falsettos" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 487 performances
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1992
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27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks
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1992
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Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery
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1992
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Jury acquits LA police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin
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1992
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Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha"
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1992
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Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps
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1994
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Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300
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1994
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Israel & PLO sign economic accord
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1995
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Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV
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1995
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KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat
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1995
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Longest sausage ever, at 2877 miles, made in Kitchener Ontario
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1996
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"Rent," opens at Nederlander Theater NYC
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1996
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno CA on KFRR 104.1 FM
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1997
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"Candide," opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 103 performances
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1997
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KC Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs
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1998
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15th Miss Hawaiian Tropic crowned
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BIRTHS
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1584
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Melchior Teschner, composer
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1636
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Esaias Reusner, composer
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1642
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Christian Weise, German writer (Niederlndische Bauer)
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1660
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Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer
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1667
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John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope)
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1727
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Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action)
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1745
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Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800)
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1771
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Matthaus Stegmayer, composer
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1780
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Charles Nodier, French writer (La fe aux miettes)
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1783
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David Cox, English painter (Treatise on landscape painting)
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1806
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Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria, physician/philosopher
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1808
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Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer [or 1883]
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1815
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Abram Duryee, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
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1818
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Alexander II N Romanov, Tsar of Russia (1855-81)
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1830
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Adolph Sutro, SF mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels
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1842
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Karl Millcker, Austria conductor/composer (Beggar Student)
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1854
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Henri Poincar, France, mathematician/astronomer/philosopher
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1855
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Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS]
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1855
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Edmund van der Straeten, composer
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1857
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Edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e)
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1857
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Frantisek Ondricek, composer
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1860
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Lorado Taft, US, sculptor (Black Hawk)
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1862
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Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer
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1863
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William Randolph Hearst, publisher (SF Examiner, Seattle P-I)
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1871
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Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher (Intelligence of Children)
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1872
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Eyvind Alnaes, composer
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1873
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Alida J M Tartaud-Klein, actress/stage star (Rotterdam Stage)
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1879
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Thomas Beecham, England, composer (found London Philharmonic)
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1882
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Hendrik N Werkman, painter/printer/resistance fighter (Hot printing)
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1885
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Egon E Kisch, Czech writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter)
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1885
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Wallingford Riegger, Albany Georgia, composer (Bacchangle)
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1893
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Elisaveta Bagrjana, [Beltsheva], Bulgaria, poet
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1893
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Harold C Urey, Ind, physicist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934)
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1894
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Paul Hrbiger, Budapest Hungary, actor (Liebelei)
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1895
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Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Promenade Concerts)
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1896
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Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer
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1896
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Walter Mehring, writer
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1899
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Duke Ellington, Wash DC, [Edward Kennedy], bandleader (Take "A" Train)
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1899
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Karl Yngve Skold, composer
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1899
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Natalie Talmadge, actress (Our Hospitality)
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1901
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George Osborne Sayles, historian
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1901
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Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926-89)
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1902
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Theodore Chanler, composer
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1903
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Frank Parker, NYC, singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party)
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1904
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Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate
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1904
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Russ Morgan, Scranton Pa, orch leader (Welcome Aboard)
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1907
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Fred Zinneman, Austria, director (From Here to Eternity, Julia)
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1907
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Tino Rossi, Ajaccio France, singer (Deux Amours, Marlene)
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1908
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Jack [Stewart] Williamson, US, sci-fi author (Cometeers)
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1908
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Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter
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1909
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Daniel Raphael Mayer, journalist/resistance leader
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1909
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Tom Ewell, [S Yewell Tompkins], Ky, actor (Tom Ewell Show, 7 Yr Itch)
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1910
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John Beavan, newspaper editor
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1912
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Italo Valenti, Italian sculptor
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1912
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Richard Carlson, MN, actor (All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi)
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1912
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Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic
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1913
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Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist
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1913
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Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster
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1914
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Ewan Roberts, Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pvt Benjamin)
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1915
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Donald Mills, singer (Mills Brothers)
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1918
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Mervyn Roye Harvey, cricketer (brother of Neil, Test for Australia)
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1919
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Celeste Holm, NYC, actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve)
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1920
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Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster
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1920
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Harold Samuel Shapero, Lynn Mass, composer (9 Minute Opera)
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1921
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Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer (Sun)
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1922
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George Allen, football coach (LA Rams, Washington Redskins)
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1922
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Parren J Mitchell, (Rep-D-MD, 1971- )
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1922
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Tommy Noonan, WA, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Promises Promises)
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1922
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Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/US jazz musician/composer
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1923
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Irvin Kershner, Phila, director (Never Say Never Again)
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1923
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Maxine Audley, London, actress (Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards)
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1924
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Al Balding, Toronto Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (Quebec Open-1952)
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1924
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Rene Jeanmaire, Paris France, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson)
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1925
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Ab Abspoel, Dutch actor/director (Surprise Attack, Elevator)
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1925
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Danny Davis, rocker (Nashville Brass
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1926
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Carie Meek, (Rep-D-Florida)
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1927
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Betsy Ancker-Johnson, physicist/auto company exec
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1927
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Dorothy Manley, England, 100m sprint (Olympic-silver-1948)
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1928
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Big Jay McNeely, rocker
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1928
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Carl Gardner, Tyler Tx, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin)
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1929
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Peter Joshua Sculthorpe, composer
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1929
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Vaclav Kucera, composer
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1929
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W Kempowski, writer
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1929
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Walter Kempowski, German writer (Tadellser & Wolff)
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1929
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[John] Jeremy Thorpe, British MP (Liberal)
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1930
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Alf Valentine, cricketer (great West Indian lefty spinner)
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1930
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Alfred Lewis Valentine, Jamaican cricket player
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1931
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Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28)
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1931
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Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan, Scotish skiffle vocalist/guitarist
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1931
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Lonnie Donegan, Glasgow Scotland, vocalist
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1931
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William Ball, actor (Suburban Commando)
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1932
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King Hu, film director
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1932
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Yevgeni Alekseyevich Zaikin, Russian cosmonaut (Voshkod 2 backup)
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1933
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Darijan Bozic, composer
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1933
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Keith Baxter, South Wales, actor (Barretts at Wimpole Street)
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1933
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Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist
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1933
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Rod Marvin McKuen, Oakland Calif, singer/composer (Alone, Beatsville)
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1934
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Pedro Pires, premier (Cape Verde, 1975-91)
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1935
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Len Weinrib, NYC, comedian (Spike Jones Show)
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1935
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Otto M Zykan, composer
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1936
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April Stevens, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
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1936
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Jacob Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire
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1936
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Lane Smith, Memphis TN, actor (Perry White-Lois & Clark)
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1936
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Richard Lynch, actor (Xavier-Battlestar Galactica)
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1936
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Zubin Mehta, Bombay India, conductor (NY Philharmonic)
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1940
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Brian Taber, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian between Grout & Marsh)
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1941
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Jonah Barrington, British World champion squash player (1966-73)
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1942
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Klaus Voorman, rock bassist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
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1943
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Duane Allen, Taylortown Texas, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira)
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1944
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Benedikte, Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX
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1944
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Jim Hart, Evanston, Ill, NFL quarterback (St Louis Cardinals)
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1945
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Hugh Hopper, rocker (Soft Machine)
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1945
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Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If)
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1945
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[Thomasina] Tammi Terrell, [Montgomery], singer (Ain't No Mt High)
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1946
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Franc Roddam, director (K2, Bride, Aria, Quadrophenia)
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1947
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Jim Ryun, US, 1500m runner/broke 4 minute mile (Olympic-silver-1968)
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1947
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John Laurence Miller, SF CA, golfer (US Open 1973, British Open 1976)
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1947
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Tommy James, singer (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & o-o-ver)
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1948
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Reb Brown, Los Angeles CA, actor (Cage, Yor, Capt America, Fast Break)
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1949
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Anita Dobson, England, actress (Annie Watts-EastEnders)
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1949
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Eddie Hart, US, 100m runner (Olympic-1972)
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1949
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Francis Rossi, England, guitarist/vocalist (Status Quo-Down Down)
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1952
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Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Schnectady, actress (Too Close for Comfort)
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1952
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Nora Dunn, Chic Ill, comedienne (SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl)
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1953
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Dale Earnhardt, auto racer (6-time NASCAR national champion)
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1953
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Budarin, Kirya Russia, cosmonaut (STS 71, TM-27)
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1954
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Bill Paxon, (Rep-R-New York)
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1954
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Deborah Iyall, rocker (Romeo Void)
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1955
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Jerry Seinfeld, comedian/actor (Jerry-Seinfeld)
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1955
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Kate Mulgrew, Dubuque Iowa, actress (Capt Janeway-Star Trek Voyager)
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1956
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Ron Verlin, rocker (Shooting Star)
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1957
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Richie C Robertson, rock bassist/vocalist (Fabulous Poodles)
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1958
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Daniel Day-Lewis, England, actor (Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot)
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1958
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Eve Plumb, Burbank, actress (Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka)
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1958
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Michelle Pfeiffer, Midway City Calif, actress (Married to the Mob)
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1958
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Simon Edwards, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
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1960
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Gerard Joling, Dutch singer (Love is in Your Eyes)
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1960
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Joseph Guzaldo, Chicago Ill, actor (Stir Crazy)
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1960
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William Lee Glasson Jr, Fresno CA, PGA golfer (1985 Kemper Open)
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1962
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Bruce Driver, Toronto, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
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1962
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Dieter Hegen, Kaufbeuren GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
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1962
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Robert Druppers, runner (world record 1 km indoor)
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1965
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Reggie Miller, NBA player (Indiana Pacers)
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1966
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John VanderWal, Grand Rapids MI, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
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1966
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Phil Tufnell, cricketer (England slow lefty & slower fieldsman)
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1967
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Curtis Joseph, Keswick Ont, NHL goalie (Team Canada, Edmonton Oilers)
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1967
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Elizabeth "Betsy" McCagg, Kirkland Wash, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
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1967
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Mary McCagg, Seattle Wash, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
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1967
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Rachel Williams, Greenwich Village NY, model (Absolut Vodka, Elle)
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1968
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Browning Nagle, NFL quarterback (NY Jets, Atlanta Falcons)
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1968
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Carnie Wilson, LA Calif, rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips-Hold On)
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1969
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Arthur Marshall, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
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1970
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Andre Agassi, Las Vegas Nev, tennis star (Oly-gold-96, US Open 1994)
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1970
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Arnaud Briand, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
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1970
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Derrick Frazier, NFL cornerback (Phila Eagles)
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1970
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J R Phillips, West Covina CA, infielder (Phila Phillies)
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1970
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Leuea Tagoai, CFL defensive end (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1970
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Mark McMillian, NFL cornerback (Phila Eagles, KC Chiefs)
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1970
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Uma Thurman, Boston Mass, actress (Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction)
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1970
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William Martin III, Charleston SC, finn yachter (Olympics-23rd-1996)
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1971
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Sterling Hitchcock, Fayetteville NC, pitcher (NY Yanks, Sea Mariners)
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1972
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Gwendolyn Wentland, Flint Michigan, high jumper
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1974
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Alana Blahoski, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
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1975
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John Macready, LA Calif, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)
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1976
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God Shammgod, NBA guard (Wash Wizards)
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1976
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Nayla Micherif, Miss Brazil Universe (1997)
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1978
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Mike Bryan, Oxnard Calif, tennis star (USTA National 18 doubles)
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1993
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Aurelia Clasina Lucia Wildeboer, daughter of Pieter & Mirtle
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DEATHS
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852
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Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at 76
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1499
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John IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies
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1535
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John Houghton, English, executed
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1676
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Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear-admiral, (Newport), killed at 69
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1699
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Samuel Apostool, vicar/theologist (Zonisten), dies at 50
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1712
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Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer, dies at 67
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1813
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Christian Danner, composer, dies at 55
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1841
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A Bertrand, writer, dies
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1864
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Charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80
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1871
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John Gelinde van Blom, Fries notary/author, dies at 75
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1905
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Ignacio Cervantes, composer, dies at 57
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1918
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Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian murderer of arch duke Ferdinand, dies at 22
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1921
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Arthur Mold, Brit cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies
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1928
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Henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61
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1935
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Leroy Carr, rocker, dies=
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1936
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Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdam social alderman, dies at 76
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1943
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Joseph Achron, Latvian violinist/composer (Golem suite), dies at 56
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1943
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Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer, dies at 68
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1943
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Sidney A K Keyes, English poet (Foreign Gate), dies at 20
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1947
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Irving Fisher, US economist, dies at 80
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1951
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Jules Verstraete, [Julien G de Graef], actor (Boefje), dies at 67
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1951
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Ludwig J J Wittgenstein, Austria/English philosopher, dies at 62
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1953
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Mose Kisling, Polish/French painter (La souris boiteuse), dies at 62
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1954
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Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82
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1956
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Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer, dies at 75
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1957
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Otallo Morales, composer, dies at 82
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1964
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Albert Saverys, Flemish painter, dies at 77
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1966
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Eugene O'Brien, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85
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1967
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Anthony Mann, US director (El Cid, Last Frontier), dies at 60
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1968
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Frankie Lymon, rocker (& Teenagers), dies of a drug overdose at 25
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1972
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Ntare V, deposed King of Burundi, killed in an abortive coup
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1973
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Manfred Gurlitt, composer, dies at 82
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1975
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Charles McMahon Jr, US USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam
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1975
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Darwin Judge, USMC-corporal, 1 of last US soldiers killed in Viet
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1975
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Michael John Shea, USMC-lt/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam
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1975
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William Craig Nystul, USMC capt, 1 of last US soldiers killed in Viet
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1976
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Wilhelm Maler, composer, dies at 73
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1979
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Julia A Perry, US composer/conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55
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1980
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Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at 80
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1984
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Marvin Gaye, rocker (Sexual Healing), shot dead by his father at 45
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1986
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Seamus McElwaine, Irish IRA-terrorist, killed at 25
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1988
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Andrew Cruickshank, actor (Body in Library, Murder Most Foul), dies
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1988
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Jan Kapr, composer, dies at 74
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1991
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Claude Gallimard, French publisher, dies
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1992
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Mae Clarke, actress (Public Enemy, Frankenstein), dies at 84
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1993
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Cy Howard, director (Lovers & Other Strangers), dies at 77
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1993
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Michael Gordon, actor/director (Pillow Talk), dies at 83
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1993
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Mick Ronson, English guitarist/producer (Mott the Hoople), dies at 46
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1994
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Bill Quinn, US actor (Quinn Brothers, Birds, Lucky Stiff), dies at 81
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1994
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Erik Erikson, anthropologist, dies at 53
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1994
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Oscar Sheldon A Williams, artist/critic, dies at 74
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1995
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Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator, dies at 57
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1996
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David William Eric Davis, broadcaster, dies at 87
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1996
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Jaime Garcia Terre, poet/essayist, dies at 71
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1996
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Siti Hartinah Suharto, wife of Pres Suharto of Indonesia, dies at 72
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1996
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Tony Hymphris, political activist, dies at 45
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1997
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Keith Ferguson, blues (Fabulous Thunderbirds), dies of overdose at 50
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1997
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Mike Royko, columnist, dies of stroke at 64
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1997
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Peter Tali Coleman, gov of Americ Samoa (1956-61, 78-85, 89-93), dies
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