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311
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Emperor Galerius legal recognizes Christians in the Roman Empire
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1064
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German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland
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1349
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Jewish community at Radolszell Germany, exterminated
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1396
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Crusaders & earl of Nevers depart from Dijon
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1492
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Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet
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1492
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Spain announces it will expels all Jews
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1506
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Philip of Bourgondy & England sign trade agreement
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1527
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England & France sign treaty of Westminster
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1562
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1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribaut & Hugenots at Parris Is NC
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1563
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Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI
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1598
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1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande)
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1616
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English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen
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1650
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French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain
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1661
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Tsjeng Tsj'eng-Kung begins siege of Dutch fort Zeelandia, Formosa
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1695
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William Congreve's "Love for Love," premieres in London
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1722
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Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant
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1725
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Emperor Charles VI & King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna
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1748
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Ceasefire at Aken ends
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1748
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French troops occupy Maastricht
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1763
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London Journalist John Wilkes confined in the Tower
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1772
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John Clais patents 1st scale
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1774
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Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee
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1789
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George Washington inaugurated as 1st president of US
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1790
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Colonial troops occupy Bonni's marroon village
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1798
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Dept of Navy forms
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1803
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US doubles in size through Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)
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1804
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Hague's Theater opens
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1808
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1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri
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1812
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(Eastern) Louisiana admitted as 18th US state
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1838
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Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation
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1852
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Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi," premieres in St Petersburg
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1857
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San Jose State University forms
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1859
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Paul Morphy returns from 10-mo chess tour of Europe, retires
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1860
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Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby)
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1861
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President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory
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1862
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Swift Run Gap, WV skirmishes
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1864
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Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R Scurry is killed
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1864
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New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee
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1865
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-5/1] Gen Shermans "Haines's Bluff" at Snyder's Mill, Virginia
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1869
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Hawaiian YMCA organized
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1871
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Apaches in Arizona surrender to white & Mexican adventurers; 144 die
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1885
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Boston Pops Orchestra forms
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1887
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1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10
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1888
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Hail stones kills about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi
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1889
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1st US national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration
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1889
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George Washington Bridge linking NYC & NJ opens
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1898
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Championship wrestling match at Met turns into a brawl
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1900
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165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match
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1900
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USA annexes Hawaii
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1902
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Debussy's opera "Pellas et Mlissande," premieres in Paris
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1903
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NY Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St & Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Wash Senators, 6-2
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1904
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Ice cream cone makes its debut
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1905
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1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4)
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1910
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Cleve Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox
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1911
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Portugal approves woman suffrage
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1916
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Chic Cubs play 1st game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds
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1918
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Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen
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1919
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Phillies beat Bkln Dodgers 9-0 in 20 innings
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1921
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American Professional Football Assn reorganizes in Akron
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1921
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Pope Benedict XV encyclical "On Dante"
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1922
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Chic White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0
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1927
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Princess Juliana gets seat in Dutch Council of State
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1928
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Cherkess Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1957)
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1929
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Earnest Streeruwitz becomes chancellor of Austria
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1934
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Austrian gets "Austrian facist" constitution
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1935
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World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul
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1937
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General Douglas MacArthur marries Jean Faircloth
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1938
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Bradman scores 258 Aust v Worcs, 293 mins, 33 fours 1 five
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1939
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NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with FDR at opening of NY World's Fair
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1939
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Tropicana ballet of Havana Cuba, forms
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1940
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Bkln Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cin Reds, 3-0
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1941
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Spread of Judaism begins in Croatia
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1942
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1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi
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1943
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Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp for Jews forms
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1943
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Dutch strike against forced labor in Nazi Germany's war industry
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1943
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Nol Coward's "This Happy Breed," premieres in London
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1944
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NY Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs
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1944
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NY Giant, Mel Ott scores 6 runs in 1 game drawing 5 walks for 4th time
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1945
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"Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio
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1945
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Concentration camp Mnchen-Allag freed
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1945
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Lord Haw-Haw calls for crusade against the bolsheviks
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1945
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Red Army occupies Demmin
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1945
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Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin
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1945
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Russian Army frees Ravensbrck concentration camp
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1945
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US troops attack the Elbe
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1946
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Cleve Indian Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats NY Yankees, 1-0
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1947
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Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover
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1948
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"Inside USA" opens at Century Theater NYC for 339 performances
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1948
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Org of American States charter signed at Bogot , Colombia
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1948
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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1950
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA 144-hole Golf Weathervane
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1952
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Stockton Golf Open
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1952
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Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television
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1953
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Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League
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1954
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Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano/orch premieres in Haifa
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1955
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Element 101, Mendelevium, announced
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1955
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Imperial Bank of India nationalized
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1955
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Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks
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1955
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West German unions protest for 40-hour work week & more wages
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1958
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Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits
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1961
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1st shuttle flights between Wash DC, Boston & NYC begin (Eastern)
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1961
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Lee Harvey Oswald marries Marina Prusakova in Minsk USSR
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1961
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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1961
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Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize
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1961
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SF Giant Willie Mays hits 4 HRs in a game
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1962
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NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m
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1962
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Willie Mays hits 4 HRs
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1967
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Highest tower to the world finished, 537m (USSR)
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1967
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
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1967
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NY Met pitcher Tom Seaver wins hist 1st game
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1967
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Orioles' Stu Miller & Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers
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1968
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3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 NY Yankees in a 9 inning game
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1969
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Cin Red Jim Maloney 3rd no-hitter beats Houston Astros, 10-0
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1969
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WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1970
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Cubs Billy Williams is 1st NLer to play in 1,000 consecutive games
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1970
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US troops invade Cambodia
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1971
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25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Balt Bullets in 4 games
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1972
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"Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio
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1972
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Open
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1973
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Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al
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1973
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Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love"
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1973
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Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments
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1974
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Pres Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings
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1975
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Last US helicopter leaves US embassy grounds, Saigon surrenders
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1976
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Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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1976
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Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg Manitoba
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1976
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Wings release "Silly Love Songs"
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1977
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"Party with Comden & Green" closes at Morosco NYC after 92 perfs
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1977
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Billy Graham beats Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore, to become WWF champ
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1977
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Ron Cey sets record of 29 RBIs in April
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1978
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"Elvis: The Legend Lives!" closes at Palace NYC after 101 perfs
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1978
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Janet Coles wins LPGA Natural Light Lady Tara Golf Classic
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1979
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Mary Therese Friel, (New York), crowned 28th Miss USA
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1980
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"Barnum" opens at St James Theater NYC for 854 performances
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1980
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Beatrix, Wilhelmina Armgard, crowned queen of Netherlands
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1980
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Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, abdicates
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1980
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Ronald Harwood's "Dresser," premieres in London
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1980
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Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London
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1981
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"Can-Can" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
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1981
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16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell & George Jones
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1982
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Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as pres of El Salvador
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1982
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Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season
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1982
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Iranian offensive in Khusistan
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1983
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Bruins 3-Isles 7-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 2-1 lead
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1984
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1700 skiers participate in an alpine event at Are Sweden
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1984
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Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game
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1985
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Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th & 29th runs of April
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1985
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1985
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Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa
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1986
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Ashrita Furman peformed 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles
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1986
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Mariners strike out 16 times, set record of 36 in 2 consecutive games
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1987
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Lou Lamoriello is named NJ Devils President
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1987
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NY Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game
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1988
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Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season
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1988
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Largest banana split ever, at 455 miles long, was made in Penns
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1988
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NJ Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final
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1988
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NY Knights 1st arena football game beats Cobras 60-52 (10,157 in LA)
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1988
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NY Yank Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April-Sets AL & ties ML Rec
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1988
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World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane Australia
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1989
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Critics Siskel & Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show
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1989
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Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
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1989
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Pope John Paul II beatifies Victoire Rasoamanarivo of Madagascar
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1989
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US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
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1990
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As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score
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1990
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Seattle's Brian Holman's perfect game broken up with 2 outs in 9th
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1990
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US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) returns from space
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1990
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US hostage Frank Reed freed after 4 years in hands of pro-Iranians
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1991
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In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 & left 9 million homeless
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1992
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208th & final episode of Cosby Show on NBC-TV
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1994
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Soccer great Pele (53) weds psychologist Assiria Seixas Lemos (36)
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1995
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"Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 839 perfs
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1995
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"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 24 perfs
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1995
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"Rose Tattoo" opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 80 perfs
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1995
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After 120 years the last 15 A & S dept stores close
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1995
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Val Skinner wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship
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1996
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"Buried Child," opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 77 performances
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1996
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Dutch/Itallian Beppo-SAX launches from Cape Canaveral
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1996
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids MI on WKLQ 94.5 FM
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1997
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"London Assurance," opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 72 performances
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1997
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42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay
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1997
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Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April
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1997
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Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes
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1997
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Pres Clinton's daughter Chelsea chooses to attend Stanford College
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1997
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Tajik Prest Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt
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1997
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Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April
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BIRTHS
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1309
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Kazimierz III de Great, King of Poland (1333-70)
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1602
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William Lilly, England, astrologer/author/almanac compiler
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1651
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Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint
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1717
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Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer
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1743
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Robert Jasper van de Capellen, master of Marsch/politician
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1767
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Jean Henri Appelius, lawyer/minister of Finance
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1770
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David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer (Columbia River)
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1777
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Carl Friedrich Gauss, world's great mathematician
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1790
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John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrialist
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1792
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Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer
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1796
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Isac M "Isaac A" Crmieux, French lawyer/minister of Justice
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1797
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Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra
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1805
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William Kerley Strong, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
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1812
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Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel van Bathe
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1823
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George JD Campbell, Scottish/Brit Minister to Indies (1868-74/80-85)
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1830
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Davis Tillson, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
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1837
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Alfred Gaul, composer
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1846
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Rosalie Amstein, writer
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1851
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Indrië Einarsson, Iceland playwright (Nyj rsn¢ttin)
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1853
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Alfred v Berger, writer
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1858
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Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison, 1st lady (1889-1893)
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1864
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Frans Netscher, Dutch writer/journalist (Studies of nude model)
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1870
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Franz Lehar, operetta composer (Naughty Marietta)
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1874
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Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian priest/writer
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1882
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Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author (To the Invisible)
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1883
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David John de Lloyd, composer
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1884
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Albert Israel Elkus, composer
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1885
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Luigi Russolo, composer
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1886
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Frank Merrik, composer
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1888
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John Crowe Ransom, US poet/critic (God Without Thunder)
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1889
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Acario Cotapos, composer
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1889
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Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer
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1891
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Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Swart mar leaflik)
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1893
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Joachim von Ribbentrop, German SS fhrer/foreign minister
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1896
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Gary Davis, Laurens SC, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith)
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1899
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Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal, author (regional novels)
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1899
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Lucie Mannheim, Berlin, actress (East Meets West, 39 Steps)
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1902
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Andre-Franois Marescotti, composer
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1902
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Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer
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1903
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Gnther AR Raphael, German composer (Symphony Breve)
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1905
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Henrich Schlppi, Switzerland, 4 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1924)
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1909
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Juliana, Queen of Netherlands (1948-80)
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1910
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Al Lewis, actor (Leo-Car 54, Grandpa-Munsters)
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1911
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Hans Studer, composer
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1911
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John-Baptist J Walgrave, [Henricus/Humanus], Flemish, theologist
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1911
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Luise Rinser, writer
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1912
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Eve Arden, Mill Valley Calif, actress (Connie-Our Miss Brooks)
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1912
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Manuel Gutierrez Mellado, soldier/politician
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1913
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Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general (ITA)
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1913
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Edith Fowke, folklorist
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1914
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Sid Weiss, bassist
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1916
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Claude Shannon, information theorist
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1916
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Dugo D Schenker, Suriname/Antillian producer
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1916
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Robert Shaw, Red Bluff Calif, chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale)
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1917
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Bea Wain, US singer/radio host (Lucky Strike Hit Parade)
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1918
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W Donald McNeill, tennis champ (US Open-1940)
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1919
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Valeer [Valerius V] van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer
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1920
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Duncan Hamilton, driver
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1920
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Leen 't Hart, Dutch organist/composer
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1922
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Anton Murray, cricketer (South African batsman in 10 Tests 1951-55)
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1923
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Alan Wharton, cricketer (Engld batsman once v NZ 1949, scored 7 & 13)
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1923
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George Byatt, playwright
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1924
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Sheldon Harnick, Chicago, lyricist (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof)
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1925
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Corinne Calvet, Paris France, actress (Phantom of Hollywood)
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1926
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Cloris Leachman, Des Moines Iowa, actress (Last Picture Show, Phyllis)
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1926
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Corinne Calvet, France, actress (Apache Uprising)
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1926
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Edmund Cooper, UK, sci-fi author (Seed of Light, All Fool's Day)
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1927
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Johnny Horton, Los Angeles Ca, rocker
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1927
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Lars Hall, Sweden, Pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1952)
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1929
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Peter Carsten, Weissenberg Bavaria, actor (Mr Super Invisible)
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1930
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Raoul de Keyser, [Dekeyser], Flemish painter
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1931
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William L [Bill] Clay, (Rep-D-MO, 1969- )
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1932
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Anton Larrauri, composer
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1933
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Willie Nelson, Abbott Texas, country singer (On the Road Again)
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1936
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Zohra Lampert, actress (Doctors' Hospital, Girl With Something Extra)
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1938
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Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of Netherlands (1980- )
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1938
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Gary Collins, Venice Calif, actor (6th Sense, Home Show)
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1938
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Larry [Van Cott] Niven, US, sci-fi author (5 Hugo, Neutron Star)
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1939
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Ellen Taafe Zwilich, Miami Florida, (1st woman composer Pulitzer 1982)
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1939
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Pieter van Vollenhoven, husband of Dutch Princess Margriet
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1940
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Burt Young, NYC, actor (Convoy, Rocky)
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1941
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Johnny Farina, rocker (Santo & Johnny)
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1941
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Wilfried Jentzsh, composer
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1943
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Bobby Vee, Fargo ND, (Devil or Angel, Night has a Thousand Eyes)
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1943
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Robert L Livingston, (Rep-R-Louisiana, 1977- )
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1944
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Jill Clayburgh, NYC, actress (Unmarried Woman, Semi-Tough)
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1944
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Richard Shoff, rocker (Sandpipers)
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1945
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Annie Dillard, American writer (An American Childhood)
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1945
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Claude van de Berge, [Rony MF Pauwels], Flemish writer (Graph Theory)
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1945
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Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr (51L-Challenger disaster)
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1945
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Mike Beacon, rocker (Ox)
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1945
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Mimi Farina, rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind)
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1946
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Donald Schollander, Charlotte NC, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-64)
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1946
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Karl XVI Gustav F H, King of Sweden (1973- )
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1947
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Robert Scott, (Rep-D-Virginia)
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1948
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Perry King, Alliance OH, actor (Andy Warhol's "Bad")
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1948
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Wayne Kramer, jazz artist (Dangerous Madness)
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1951
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Panuta Rosani, Poland, discus (Olympic 1976) drug disqualified
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1952
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Tom Pesek, PC programmer (creator of HAL 9000 program)
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1953
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Merrill Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
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1954
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Gnther Tiersch, German DR, 8 man cox (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1955
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Dimitra Papandreau, Greece, wife of Greek PM Andreas Papandreau
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1956
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Richard Farina, folk singer (Reflections in a Crystal Wind)
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1957
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Duane G Carey, St Paul Minn, major USAF/astronaut
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1959
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Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/Engl/Neth actor (Goede Tijden Selechte Tijden)
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1959
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Lauren Howe, LPGA golfer
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1961
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Isiah Thomas, NBA forward (Detroit Piston; 1990 NBA playoff MVP)
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1963
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Steve Smith, Glasgow Sco, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks)
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1964
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Ian Healy, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian since 1988)
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1964
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Jeff Reboulet, Dayton OH, infielder (Minn Twins)
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1965
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Adrian Pasdar, Pittsfield Mass, actor (C Oliver Resor-Feds, Top Gun)
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1965
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Daniela Costian, Australian discus/shot putter (Olympics-96)
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1966
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Aundray Bruce, defensive end (Oakland Raiders)
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1966
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David Meggett, NFL running back (NY Giants, NE Patriots)
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1966
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Jeff Brown, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
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1968
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Babette Van Veen, Neth, actress (Linda-GTST, Blueberry Hill)
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1968
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Paulo Jr, Brazilian pop bassist (Sepultura, Morbid Visions)
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1968
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Richard Pilon, Saskatoon, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders)
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1968
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Roger Mar, Seattle Wash, rapid fire pistol (Olympics-1996)
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1968
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Sandra Beikoff, Mackay QLD, golfer (1990 Sunshine Coast Open)
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1969
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Dexter Rogers, St Petersburg Fla, volleyball opposite hitter (Oly-96)
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1969
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Joey Restivo, Brooklyn, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies)
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1970
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Brad Layton, Seymour Ind, rower (Olympics-1996)
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1970
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Debbie D, Phila Pa, actress (Attack of Vampire Mermaid)
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1971
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B J Tyler, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
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1971
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Matt Martin, Hamden, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs, Oly-US-94)
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1971
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Randy Bierman, WLAF tackle (Scottish Claymores)
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1971
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Ryan Hawblitzel, West Palm Beach Fla, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
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1971
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Ty Hallock, fullback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1972
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Kendricke Bullard, NFL wide receiver (NE Patriots)
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1972
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Mario Schaden, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
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1974
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Cedric Jones, defensive end (NY Giants)
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1974
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Chris Darkins, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1975
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Beverley Peele, model [or Apr 7]
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1975
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Johnny Galecki, Bree Belgium, actor (American Dreamer, David-Roseanne)
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1982
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Kirsten Dunst, actress (Interview with the Vampire)
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1988
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Molloko, SD Zoo, 1st Calif condor chick conceived in captivity
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DEATHS
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313
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Gaius G V Maximus, [Daia], Emperor of Rome, dies
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535
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Amalaswintha, queen of Ostrogoten, murdered
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1030
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Mohammud van Ghazna, Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies
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1196
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Boudouin II, bishop of Utrecht (1178-96), dies
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1214
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Huguccio/Hugo van Pisa, Italian bishop, dies
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1328
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... Eckhard, German theologist/mystic, dies
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1630
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Ercole Porta, composer, dies at 44
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1632
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Jean de Tilly, fieldmarshal, dies
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1632
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Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden, dies at 65
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1660
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Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 84
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1671
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Pter Zrinyi, Hungarian banished to Croatia, beheaded at 49
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1708
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Simon de Vries, book seller/writer (Unequal), dies
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1712
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Philippus van Limborch, remonstrants theologist/vicar, dies at 78
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1743
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Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian playwright/poet, dies
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1784
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Franz K earl von Velbruck, German free mason, dies
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1785
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Frederick Philipse 3, land owner (Bronx, Westch & Putnam), dies at 65
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1792
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Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer, dies at 36
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1792
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John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich, English Naval minister, dies at 73
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1793
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Lorenzo Fago, composer, dies at 88
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1795
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Jean-Jacques Barthlemy, French historian (Ancient Greece), dies
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1800
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John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, dies at 46
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1828
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Shaka, the great Zulu King, killed
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1829
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George Washington Adams, son of John Q Adams, dies on City Is NYC
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1847
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Charles L J, archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies
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1848
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Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53
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1855
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Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68
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1859
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Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67
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1887
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Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71
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1893
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Edouard Manet, French painter (Olympia), dies at 61
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1893
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Gyula Beliczay, composer, dies at 57
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1895
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Gustav Freytag, writer, dies at 78
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1896
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Antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68
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1900
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John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck
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1903
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Franois Crpin, Belgian botany, dies at 72
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1912
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Frantisek Kmoch, composer, dies
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1919
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Henry Wood, England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies
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1922
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David M Chumaceiro, Curaaos poet, dies
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1929
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Friedrich Lienhard, German publisher (Trmer), dies at 63
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1931
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Sammy Woods, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia, 3 for England), dies
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1933
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Luis Sanchez Cerro, Pres of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza
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1934
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William Henry Welch, dies at 75
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1942
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Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51
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1942
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J van Hoddis, writer, dies at 54
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1943
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Beatrice Potter Webb, British writer (My Apprenticeship), dies at 85
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1943
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Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist, dies in Auschwitz
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1945
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Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56
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1945
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Eva Braun, mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33
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1952
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Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer, dies
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1956
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Alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78
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1957
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Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80
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1959
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Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81
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1963
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Bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74
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1965
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Helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56
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1966
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Richard Farina, rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident
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1968
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Frankie Lymon, rocker, dies of a heroin overdose
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1970
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Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82
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1970
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Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at 35
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1970
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Jacob Presser, historian/writer (Doom, Ondergang), dies at 71
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1971
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Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70
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1972
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Gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38
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1972
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Ntare V, king of Burundi, murdered
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1973
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Josie Sedgwick, actress (White Moth), dies of stroke at 75
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1974
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Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endorra-Bewitched), dies at 67
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1976
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Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer, dies at 51
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1977
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Clive Martin Douglas, composer, dies at 73
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1980
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Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies
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1982
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Albert TLCA Bird, lecture artist, dies
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1982
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Herman Tholen, Dutch cabaret performer (Juveniles), dies
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1982
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Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67
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1983
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George Balanchine, Russian/US composer, dies at 79
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1983
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Jerry Hatsuo Fujikawa, actor (Uncle Matsu-Mr T & Tina), dies at 71
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1983
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Muddy Waters, US blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 68
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1984
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Arthur T "Bomber" Harris, bombed nazi-Germany, dies
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1984
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Muddy Waters, blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68
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1985
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George Pravada, actor (Felscher-Holocaust), dies at 66
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1987
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Hugh Dempster, actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies
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1988
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James McCracken, US tenor, dies at 61
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1989
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Sergio Leone, Italian director (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 60
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1991
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George Sperti Sperti, inventor (Preparation H), dies at 91
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1991
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Michael G Hagerty, actor (Overboard), dies at 39
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1992
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Daan van Driel, Dutch cartoonist/WWII resist fighter (Trouw), dies
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1993
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David Waymer, NFLer (Saints, 49'ers, Raiders), dies at 34
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1993
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Eric Rowan, cricketer (26 Tests for South Africa), dies
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1994
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David Langton, dies of a heart at 81
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1994
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Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53
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1994
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Geoffery Michael Roberts, vintner, dies at 46
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1994
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Richard McClure Scarry, US kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74
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1994
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Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31
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1995
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Donald Edwin White, ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59
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1995
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Reinaldo de Carvalho, carnival king, dies at 34
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1996
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David Michael Ifshin, British political campaign organiser, dies at 46
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1996
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David Opatoshu, actor (Torn Curtian, Raid on Entebbe), dies at 78
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1996
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Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive, dies at 71
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1996
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Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner, dies at 78
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1996
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Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, pres of Guatemala (1966-70), dies
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