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649
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Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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1004
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Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy
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1027
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Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France
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1264
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Baron's War fought in England
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1264
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Battle at Lewes: Simon van Leicester beats English king Henry III
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1509
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Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy
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1576
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Dutch Council of State replaced by Council of Beroerten
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1590
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Battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League
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1607
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1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Va
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1638
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Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon
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1643
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Louis XIV (4) becomes king of France
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1664
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Turkish great Kprl attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers
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1702
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England & Netherlands declares war on France & Spain
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1702
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Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw
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1767
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British government disbands Americans import duty on tea
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1787
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Delegates gather in Phila to draw up US constitution
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1796
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1st smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner
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1800
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Friedrich von Schiller's "Macbeth," premieres in Weimar
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1804
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Lewis & Clark set out from St Louis for Pacific Coast
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1811
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Paraguay gains independence from Spain (Natl Day)
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1832
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Felix Mendelssohn's "Hebrides," premieres
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1835
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Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile
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1842
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1st edition of London Illustrated News
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1845
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Utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens
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1853
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Gail Borden patents her process for condensed milk
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1862
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Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph
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1863
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Battle of Jackson, MS
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1864
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Battle of Reseca, GA -Atlanta-
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1874
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1st admission charge at a football game, Harvard beats McGill 3-0
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1874
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Harvard beats U of McGill (Montreal) in football, 3-0
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1878
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Vaseline is 1st sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly)
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1884
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Anti-Monopoly party forms in US
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1885
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11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37¬
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1886
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12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36«
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1888
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14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38¬
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1890
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16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45
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1892
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Vitesse 1892 soccer team forms in Arnhem
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1894
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Fire in Boston bleachers spreads to 170 adjoining buildings
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1896
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Lowest US temperature in May recorded (-10øF-Climax, Colo)
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1897
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Great-Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
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1903
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President Theodore Roosevelt visits SF
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1904
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1st Olympics in US are held (St Louis)
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1905
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2nd official intl soccer match, Neth beats Belg 4-0
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1906
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Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising
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1908
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1st passenger flight in an airplane
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1910
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Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins
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1913
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French Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands
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1913
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Wash Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings
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1914
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Chic Jim Scott no-hits Cleve, gives up 2 hits in 10th & loses 1-0
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1918
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Indians' Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19)
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1918
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Sunday baseball is made legal in Wash DC
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1919
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45th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 1:53
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1919
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Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical In hac tanta
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1920
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Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season
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1920
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Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit
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1921
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Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death
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1921
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Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats
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1927
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"Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Ben Bernie
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1927
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53rd Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee aboard Whiskery wins in 2:06
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1928
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John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab & suffers a broken leg
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1932
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"We Want Beer!" parade in NY
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1935
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Griffith Planetarium opens in LA
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1935
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LA's Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US
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1935
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Plebiscite in Philippines ratifies independence agreement
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1938
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64th Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8
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1938
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English soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3
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1940
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Admiral Furstner departs to England
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1940
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Boston's Jimmie Foxx HR goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof
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1940
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German breakthrough at Sedan
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1940
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Lord Beaverbrook appointed British minister of aircraft production
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1940
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Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany
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1941
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3,600 Parisian Jews arrested
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1942
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US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms
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1944
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91 German bombers harass Bristol
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1944
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British troops occupy Kohima
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1944
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Gen Rommel, Speidel & von Stlpnagel attempt to assassinate Hitler
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1945
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Kamikaze-Zero strikes US aircraft carrier Enterprise
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1945
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US offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf conquered
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1946
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Paul Hindemith's "For Those We Love," premieres
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1948
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Israel declares independence from under British administration
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1948
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Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's 1st broadcast
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1948
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Jordan's Arab League captures Atarot, north of Jerusalem
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1948
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US grants Israel de facto recognition
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1948
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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1948
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WBEN (now WIVB) TV channel 4 in Buffalo, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1949
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"Love Life" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 252 performances
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1949
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75th Preakness: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 1:56
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1949
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Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral
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1950
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Pitts Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 HRs
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1951
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"Flahooley" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 40 performances
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1951
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Ernie Kovacs Show, TV Variety debut on NBC
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1951
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Sammy Fain/EY Harburg's musical "Flahooley," premieres in NYC
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1954
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Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months
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1955
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US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
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1955
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Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania
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1957
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"New Girt in Town" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 432 performances
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1957
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Bob Merrill's musical "New Girl in Town," premieres in NYC
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1960
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"At the Drop of a Hat" closes at John Golden NYC after 216 perfs
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1960
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USSR launch 1st (unmanned) space capsule
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1960
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Virgil Thomson's "Missa Pro Defunctis," premieres in Pottstown NY
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1961
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Bus with 1st group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama
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1961
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Columbus Golf Open
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1962
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Ex-pres Milovan Djilas sentenced to 5 years
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1962
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Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain
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1962
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
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1963
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Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations
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1964
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Underground America Day is 1st observed
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1965
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2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes
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1965
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1966
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1st reported monitoring of pirate radio station WBBH (NJ)
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1966
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A Lover's Concerto by Mrs Miller hits #95
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1967
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Mickey Mantle's 500th HR off Oriole's Stu Miller
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1967
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Pirate Radio Station 270 (England) closes down
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1968
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Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp
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1968
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Czech govt announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek
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1968
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RAF-leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin
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1969
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Abortion & contraception legalized in Canada
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1969
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Last Chevrolet Corsair built
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1970
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Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State U, Miss)
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1970
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Harry A Blackmun appointed to Supreme Court
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1970
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NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing
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1970
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RAF-leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin
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1972
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24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton
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1972
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In Willie Mays 1st game as a NY Met his homer beats SF Giants, 5-4
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1973
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Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London
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1973
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV
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1973
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Skylab launched, 1st Space Station
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1973
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US Supreme court approves equal rights to females in military
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1974
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Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed
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1975
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Dynamo Kiev wins 15th Europe Cup II
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1975
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French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia
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1975
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US forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship
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1975
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1976
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Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter
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1976
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Oil tanker Urqui Ola explodes off Spanish coast
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1977
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English football international Bobby Moore retires
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1977
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KC Royals Jim Colborn no-hits Texas Rangers, 6-0
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1977
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Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms
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1977
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
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1978
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"Working" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 25 performances
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1978
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
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1980
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"Musical Chairs" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 15 performances
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1980
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Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3
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1980
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Dept of Health & Human Services begins operation
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1980
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Valencia wins 20th Europe Cup II
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1981
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35th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat Houston Rockets, 4 games to 2
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1981
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NASA launches space vehicle S-192
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1982
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Guinea adopts constitution
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1983
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"She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby hits #5
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1983
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Oilers 1-Isles 5-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead
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1983
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Rosa Mota runs female world record 20k (1:06:55.5)
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1984
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19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama
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1986
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Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary
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1986
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Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place
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1987
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"Little Shop of Horrors" is released in Germany
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1987
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Colt revolver (Peacemaker) of 1873 sells for $242,000
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1988
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"Mail" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 36 performances
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1988
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1st non-pitcher (Jose Oquendo) in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game, he & St Louis Cards lose to Braves 7-5 in 19 i
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1989
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1st time since 1948 a player hit 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett)
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1989
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1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta)
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1989
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Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
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1989
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Demonstration for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen square
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1989
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Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs
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1989
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Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC
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1990
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46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)
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1990
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Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,821.53
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1991
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42 die in a train collision is Japan
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1991
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Robert M Gates becomes head of CIA
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1991
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Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping & beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pendi
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1991
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World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs
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1992
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WIBC Bowling Queens won by Cindy Coburn-Carroll
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1994
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Dave Winfield passes Frank Robinson for 12th on RBI list with 1,617
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1994
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FA cup final at Wembley Stadium London
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1994
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Mayflower Madame Sydney Biddle Barrows (42) weds Darnay Hoffman (46)
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1995
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"My Thing of Love" closes at Beck Theater NYC after 16 performances
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1995
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41st McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Kelly Robbins
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1995
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Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader
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1995
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Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th)
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1996
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NY Yankee Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners 2-0
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1997
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Baseball's Exec Council suspends NY Yank owner George Steinbrenner
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1998
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Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC (commercials are $2M for 30 seconds)
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BIRTHS
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1316
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Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)
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1652
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Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer
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1679
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Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
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1686
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]
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1707
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Antonio Teixeira, composer
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1710
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Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70)
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1727
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Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized
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1771
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Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist
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1780
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Auguste De Polignac, premier France (Rponse
mes adversaires)
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1781
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Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian
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1798
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Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian
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1805
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Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer
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1816
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Gualtiero Sanelli, composer
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1830
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George Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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1836
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James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
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1846
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Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)
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1846
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Pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18)
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1864
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Eleanor Everest Freer, composer
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1867
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Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19)
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1870
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Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer
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1881
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Ed Walsh, pitcher, lowest lifetime ERA (1.82)
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1883
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Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer (Antwerp Devil)
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1883
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Julian Eltinge, Mass, vaudeville star/greatest female impersonator
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1885
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Otto Klemperer, Breslau Germany, conductor/composer (Das Ziel)
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1888
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Miles Mander, Wolverhampton England, actor (Tower of London)
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1891
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Egon Kornauth, composer
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1892
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Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer
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1892
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Felix Petyrek, composer
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1893
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Ivan Alexandrovich Vishnegradsky, composer
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1895
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Lew Lehr, Phila, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One)
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1895
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Renato Lunelli, composer
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1897
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Sidney Bechet, US, jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader
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1898
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Bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer
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1898
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Zutty Singleton, US jazz drummer
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1900
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Billie Dove, [Lilian Bohny], NYC, actress (Black Pirate, Stolen Bride)
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1900
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Leo Smit, composer
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1906
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Hastings Kamuzu Banda, president of Malawi (1964-94)
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1906
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James Flavin, Portland Me, actor (Man With a Camera)
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1907
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Dick Bentley, entertainer
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1907
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Mohammed Ayub Khan, general/premier/president (Pakistan)
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1909
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Vladimir Alatortsev, USSR, International Chess Master (1950)
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1911
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Hans Vogt, composer
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1911
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J Borremans, Belgian politician (communist)/MP
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1912
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Marguerite Fawdry, museum curator
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1915
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Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers)
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1917
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Herta Ryder, literary agent
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1917
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Lou Harrison, Portland Oregon, composer (Rapunzel)
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1918
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Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper (England 3 times early 50's)
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1919
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Heloise, columnist (Heloise & her helpful hints) [or Apr 15, 1921?]
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1919
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Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem party minister (CRM 1965-66)
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1922
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Agha Hasan Abedi, banker
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1922
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Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show)
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1923
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Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], NYC, photographer (Vogue/Harper's Bazaar)
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1924
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Joly Braga Santos, composer
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1925
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Patrice Munsel, Spokane Wash, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show)
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1925
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Tristram Ogilvie Cary, composer
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1926
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Cestmir Gregor, composer
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1926
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Eric Morecambe, London, comedian (Morecambe & Wise, Picadilly Palace)
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1927
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Shirley Spork, LPGA golfer
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1929
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Vladimir Antoshin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1964)
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1930
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Edward V "Ned" Regan, Planfield NJ, (Controller-R-NY, 1978- )
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1930
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Phillipo Seed, social work academic
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1931
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Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr, composer
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1933
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John Mortimore, cricketer (England off-spinner 1959-64)
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1933
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Lajos Kovacs, Hungary, actor (Wings of Desire)
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1934
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Frederik von Pallandt, singer
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1936
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Bobby Darin, [Walden Waldo Cassotto], Bronx, singer (Mack the Knife)
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1937
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Dick Howser, shortstop (Kansas City A's), manager (KC Royals)
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1937
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Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer/actor (Floris)
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1937
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Peter Frederic Williams, composer
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1939
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M N Fathulin, cosmonaut
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1940
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Chay Blyth, English sailor (Alone in Order to the World)
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1941
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Nasim-ul-Ghani, cricketer (Pakistani left-handed all-rounder 1958-73)
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1942
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Byron L Dorgan, (Rep-D-ND, 1981- )
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1942
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Gerald Mark Shapiro, composer
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1942
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Lord McAlpine, English contractor/multi-millionaire
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1942
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Tony Perez, baseball player
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1943
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Alan B Mollohan, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
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1943
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Dereck "Lek" Leckenby, guitarist
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1943
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Elizabeth Ray, Marshall NC, congressman Wilbur Mills' lover
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1943
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Jack Bruce, Lanarkshire Scotland, bassist (Cream-White Room)
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1944
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Francesca Annis, London England, actress (Madame Bovary, Dune)
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1944
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Gene Cornish, Ottawa, rock bassist/vocalist (Fotomaker, Rascals)
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1944
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George Lucas, Modesto CA, director (Star Wars, Indiana Jones)
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1944
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Troy Shondell, rocker (Many Sides of Troy Shondell)
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1946
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Alan David Marks, pianist/composer
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1946
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Derek Lek Leckenby, rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits-Kinda Hush)
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1946
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Robert Jarvik, surgeon/inventor (Jarvik 7 artificial heart)
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1947
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Al Ciner, Chicago Ill, rock guitarist (American Breed)
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1947
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Dick "Dirt" Tidrow, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
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1947
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Karin Struck, writer
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1947
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Tamara Dobson, Baltimore MD, actress (Amazons, Cleopatra Jones)
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1948
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Bob Woolmer, cricketer (England batsman mid-70's)
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1948
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Dave LaRoche, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
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1948
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Robert Zemeckis, director (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future)
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1948
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Walter Olkewicz, Bayonne NJ, actor (Last Resort, Wizards & Warriors)
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1950
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Mark Blum, Newark NJ, actor (Worth Winning, Blind Date, Presidio)
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1951
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Jay Beckenstein, saxophonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
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1951
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Seasan Hubley, [Susan], NYC, actress (Vice Squad, Hardcore)
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1952
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David Byrne, Dumbarton Scotland, rock guitarist/singer (Talking Heads)
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1952
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Donald R McMonagle, Flint Mich, Mjr USAF/astronaut (STS 39, 54, 66)
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1952
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M J Smith, LPGA golfer
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1953
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Bill Meek, Upland PA, prone rifle (Olympics-8th-1996)
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1953
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Tom Cochrane, Toronto Canada, rock vocalist/guitarist (Red Rider)
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1955
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Peter Kirsten, cricketer (South African middle-order batsman)
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1955
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[Jose] Dennis Martinez, Nicaragua, pitcher (Orioles, Expos, Indians)
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1956
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Gillian [Marucha] Bradshaw, US, sci-fi author (Hawk of May)
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1956
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Steve Hogarth, Kendal England, vocals (Marillion-Clutching at Straws)
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1957
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William G Gregory, Lockport NY, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 67)
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1959
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Connie Brighton, Wichita Falls TX, playmate (Sept, 1982)
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1959
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Mike Quick, NFL wide receiver (Phila Eagles)
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1959
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Patrick Bruel, Algerian/French actor/rock vocalist (Coup of Sirocco)
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1960
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Carlyle Best, cricketer (WI batsman late 80's)
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1960
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David Duchovny, actor (X Files)
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1960
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Frank Nobilo, Auckland NZ, Australasia golfer
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1961
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Tim Roth, London England, actor (Reservoir Dogs, Vincent & Theo)
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1962
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C C Deville, rocker (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me)
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1962
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Ian Astbury, Merseyside, rock vocalist (Cult-Fire Woman)
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1962
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Martin Rongen, Dutch pop drummer (Rowwen Hze-Boem)
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1963
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Pat Borders, Columbus OH, catcher (California Angels)
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1964
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James M Kelly, Burlington Iowa, Capt USAF/astronaut
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1964
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Nancy Sorel, actress (Generations, Black Foix)
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1965
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Curt Harnett, Toronto Ontario, sprint cyclist (Olympics-bronze-92/96)
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1965
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Dave Widell, NFL center/guard (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1965
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Joey Cora, Caguas Puerto Rico, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
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1965
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Kelvin Martin, NFL wide receiver (Phila Eagles)
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1966
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Fab Morvan, France, Lip Syncher (Milli Vanilli)
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1966
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Fabrice Morvan, Guadeloupe, singer (Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know)
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1966
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Leroy Blugh, CFL defensive end (Edmonton Eskimos)
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1966
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Mark Jackson, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
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1966
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Pooh Richardson, NBA guard (LA Clippers)
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1967
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Natasha Elaine Kaiser-Brown, Des Moines Iowa, 400m runner
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1967
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Shaun Creighton, Australian distance runner (Olympics-96)
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1967
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Tony Siragusa, NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Balt Ravens)
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1967
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Valeria Marini, Rome Italy, sports commentator (Italian Soccer)
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1968
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Gillian Anderson, actress (Dana Sculley-X Files)
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1968
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Hiroshi Matsuura, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
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1969
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David William Wood, Boston, rocker (New Kids-Lovin' You Forever)
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1970
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Natasha Ryan, LA Calif, actress (Amy-Ladies' Man)
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1970
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Sylvester Stanley, WLAF defensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
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1971
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Raphael Wiggins, Oakland Calif, rapper (Lifelines)
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1972
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Chad Cascadden, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
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1973
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John Davis, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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1973
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Shanice, [Wilson], Pittsburgh Pa, vocalist (Discovery, Loving You)
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1973
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Voshon Lenard, NBA guard (Miami Heat)
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1974
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Ken Belanger, Sault-ste-marie Ca, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
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1974
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Keram Malichi-Sanchez, actor (No Contest, Catwalk, Boulevard)
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1975
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Carmen Klomp, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1976
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Terrance Cauthen, Trenton NJ, lightweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1977
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Anca Barna, Cluj Romania, tennis star (semifinals 1995 ITF Poland)
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1977
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Cesarina Mejia, Miss Dominican Republic Universe (1997)
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1977
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Jayna Hefford, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
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1978
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Heather Brink, Lincoln Neb, gymnast (Olympics-96)
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1983
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Amber Tamblyn, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Emily Bowen-Gen Hospital)
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DEATHS
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347
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Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies
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649
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Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies
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964
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John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies
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1565
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Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies
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1610
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Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56
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1643
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Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41
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1667
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Georges de Scudry, French writer (Alaric ou Rome Vaincue), dies at 65
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1726
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John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies
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1726
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Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies
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1742
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Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64
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1761
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Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50
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1801
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Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66
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1820
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Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43
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1832
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John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried
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1833
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Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88
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1847
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Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41
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1863
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Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46
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1864
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William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies
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1870
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Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69
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1877
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John Roberts, composer, dies at 54
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1893
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Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83
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1893
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Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer, dies at 65
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1904
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Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78
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1912
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August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63
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1912
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Frederik VIII C W K, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68
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1925
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Henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies
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1936
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Edmond HH Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74
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1936
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Samuel Pl'h Naber, spy/librarian, dies at 71
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1938
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Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81
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1940
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Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies
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1940
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Emma Goldman, US anarchists/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies
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1940
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Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49
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1940
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Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer (Forum, New Elite), suicide at 38
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1947
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John Ray Sinnock, US chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59
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1953
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Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/US painter/etcher, dies at 59
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1955
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Betty Ann Davies, dies at 44
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1959
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Sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62
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1965
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Frances Perkins, US 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83
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1966
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Georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88
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1966
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Megan Lloyd George, English politician, dies at 64
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1968
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Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86
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1969
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Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75
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1970
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Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84
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1976
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Keith Relf, rock vocalist (Yardbirds), electrocuted at 33
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1979
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Paul van 't Veeer, Dutch journalist/writer (Vrije Volk), dies at 57
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1980
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Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67
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1980
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Wilhelm Weismann, composer, dies at 79
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1982
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Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies
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1982
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Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73
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1983
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Miguel Aleman Valdes, attorney/pres of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80
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1984
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Larry Stock, songwriter (Blueberry Hill), dies
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1985
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Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed
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1987
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Rita Hayworth, actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 68
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1988
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Willem Drees, PM of Netherland (1948-58), dies at 101
|
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1990
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Andre Ameller, composer, dies at 78
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1991
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Ast Fonteyne, Flemish lecture artist, dies
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1991
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Herman Niels, Flemish radio director, dies
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1991
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Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide
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1991
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John Edward Craven, dies
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1991
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Shintaro Abe, minister of Exterior of Japan (1982-86), dies
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1992
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Lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Raiders), dies of cancer at 43
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1993
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Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40
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1993
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William Randolph Hearst, US newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at 85
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1994
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Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies
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1995
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Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher (Zen Buddhism), dies at 64
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1996
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Edqard John Gurney, politician, dies at 82
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1996
|
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Qazaleh Alizadeh, writer, dies at 48
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1996
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Sritharan Jeganathan, cricketer, 1st Sri Lankan Test player to die
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1996
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Vera Chapman, writer, dies at 98
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1997
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Harry Blackstone Jr, magician, dies of cancer at 62
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1997
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Laurie Lee, writer, dies at 42
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1997
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Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, descendant of Dracula, dies at 76
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1997
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Thelma Carpenter, singer, dies at 76
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