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837
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15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
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1526
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Saxony & Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
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1531
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Evangelical German monarchy/towns form Schmalkaldische Union
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1557
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1st Russian Embassy opens in London, Russia & US sign trade agreement
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1563
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William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
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1594
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Henri IV crowned king of France
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1665
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Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-adm De Ruyter beats English
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1667
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Abraham Crijnssen conquerors Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
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1670
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Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
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1678
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Earl of Shaftesbury freed out of London Tower
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1696
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English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Assn
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1700
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Pacific Island of New Britain discovered
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1713
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French troops bomb Willemstad Curaao
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1801
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Washington DC placed under Congressional jurisdiction
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1803
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Great fire in Bombay, India
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1813
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1st federal vaccination legislation enacted
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1813
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Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail
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1814
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Ludwig von Beethovens 8th Symphony in F, premieres
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1816
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Dutch regain Suriname
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1827
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1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
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1844
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Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
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1854
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Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine
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1861
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Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland
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1861
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US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing
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1861
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Warsaw Massacre: Russians fire on crowd demonstrating against Russia
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1864
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6th & last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
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1864
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Near Andersonville GA, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
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1865
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Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
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1869
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John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress
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1871
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Meeting of Alabama claims commission
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1872
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Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Harvard U
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1873
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Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
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1874
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Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds
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1877
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US Electoral College declares R Hayes winner presidential election
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1879
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Constantine Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener)
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1881
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Battle at Amajuba, S Afr: Boers vs Brit army under Gen Colley
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1883
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Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine
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1890
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D Needham & P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m), SF; match is draw
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1900
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Battle at Pietershoogte
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1900
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Boer General Cronj surrenders to English in Pardenberg, South-Africa
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1900
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British Labour Party forms
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1901
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NL Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes
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1906
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France & Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides
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1908
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Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954)
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1908
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Star #46 was added to US flag for Oklahoma
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1912
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Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway
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1919
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1st public performance of Holst's "Planets"
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1919
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American Association for Hard of Hearing forms (NYC)
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1921
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
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1921
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
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1922
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Commerce Sec Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference
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1922
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G B Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh I/II," premieres in NYC
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1922
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Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote
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1924
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Belgium's Theunis govt falls
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1925
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Hitler's resurrects NSDAP political party in Munich
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1925
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Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 & 6-37 v England
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1927
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For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
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1929
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Turkey signs Litvinov-pact
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1930
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Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency
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1932
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Explosion in coal mine Boissevain, Virginia, USA (38 dead)
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1933
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German parliament building, Reichstag, destroyed by fire
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1933
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Jean Genet's "Intermezzo," premieres in Paris
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1933
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Nazis set fire to German parliament, blame it on Communists
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1936
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Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 m free style (1:04.6)
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1937
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Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test Cricket v England in 223 minutes
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1938
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Britain & France recognize Franco govt in Spain
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1939
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Belgian govt of Pierlot falls
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1939
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English Spook house Borley Rectory destroyed in a fire
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1939
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France recognizes Franco's regime in Spain
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1939
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Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes
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1942
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1st transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany
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1942
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Battle of Java Sea began 13 US warships sunk-2 Japanese
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1942
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J S Hey discovers radio emissions from Sun
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1945
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Battle of US 94 Infantry
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1946
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4th "Road" film, "Road to Utopia" premieres (NYC)
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1947
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Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized
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1949
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Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president
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1950
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General Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China
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1951
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22nd amendment ratified, limiting president to 2 terms
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1955
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Betty Jameson wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
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1956
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Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"
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1956
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Female suffrage in Egypt
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1957
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Mao's speech "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People"
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1957
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Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X": "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until X-Files)
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1958
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USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
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1959
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Boston Celtic Bob Cousy sets NBA record with 28 assists Boston Celtics score 173 points against Minneapolis Lakers
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1959
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Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
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1960
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Oil pipe line from Rotterdam to Ruhrgebied opens
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1960
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US Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats USSR 3-2 en route to gold medal
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1962
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South-Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem's palace bombed, 1st US killed
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1963
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Mickey Mantle of NY Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000
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1964
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"What Makes Sammy Run?" opens at 84th St Theater NYC for 540 perfs
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1965
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"High Spirits" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 375 performances
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1965
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Dutch Marijnen govt resigns
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1965
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France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
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1966
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Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Diane Towler/Bernard Ford GRB
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1966
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Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Belousova & Protopopov of URS
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1966
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Peggy Fleming of US
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1966
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Emmerich Danzer AUT
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1967
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Antigua & St Christopher-Nevis become associated states of UK
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1967
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Dominica gains independence from England
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1967
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Pink Floyd release their 1st single "Arnold Layne"
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1967
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Rio de la Plata Treaty
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1969
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Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via milt coup
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1969
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President Nixon visits West-Berlin
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1970
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NY Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance
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1972
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Pres Nixon & Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique
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1973
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American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota
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1973
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Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox
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1973
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Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee
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1973
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Pope Paul VI publishes constitution motu proprio Quo aptius
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1973
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White Sox slugger Dick Allen signs 3-year $750,000 contract
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1974
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"People" magazine begins sales
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1974
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1975
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CDU-politician Peter Lorentz kidnapped in West Berlin
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1975
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House of Reps pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill
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1976
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Final meeting between Mao tse Tung & Richard Nixon
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1977
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Judy Rankin wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
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1977
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Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
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1978
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1980
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22nd Grammy Awards: What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet
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1980
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Israel & Egypt exchange ambassadors
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1980
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Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe
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1980
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Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota
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1981
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Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747
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1981
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Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory"
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1982
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Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
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1982
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Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million
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1982
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1982
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Wayne Williams found guilty of murdering 2 of 28 blacks in Atlanta
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1983
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Eamonn Coghlan set indoor mile record of 3:49.78
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1983
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Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament
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1984
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Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 m)
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1984
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Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa
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1984
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WRC-AM in Washington DC changes call letters to WWRC
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1985
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Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief
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1985
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Mauritania's new constitutional charter published
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1985
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US dollar is worth 3.9355 (Netherlands)
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1987
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"Washington Week In Review," 20th anniversary on PBS
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1987
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Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff
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1987
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Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76m)
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1987
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NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption
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1988
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Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Orient Leasing Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
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1988
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Bonnie Blair (US) wins Olympic 500m speed skating in record 39.1
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1988
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Gulfstream G-IV goes around the world 36:08:34
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1988
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Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating
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1989
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German war criminals Aus der Fnten/Fischer, freed in Holland
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1990
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Exxon Corp & Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez)
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1990
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No one elected to Hall of Fame for 2nd time in 3 years
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1991
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Ben Elton's "Silly Cow," premieres in London
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1991
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Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated & Kuwait is liberated
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1991
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Noureddine Morcelli set 1500m mark at 3:34:16
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1991
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Singer James Brown is released from prison
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1991
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US led allied 6 week war with Iraq ends
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1992
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Larry Smith, named 9th Commissioner of the CFL
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1992
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Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years
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1993
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PBA National Championship Won by Ron Palombi Jr
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1994
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17th Winter Olympic games closes in Lillehammer, Norway
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1994
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Maronite church near Beirut bombed, 10 killed
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1995
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Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed)
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1996
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Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India
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1997
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"Last Night of Ballyhoo" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC
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1997
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Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrest in Jamaica for disobeying a cop
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1998
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14th Soap Opera Digest Awards
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1998
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Apple discontinues developing Newton computer
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1998
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FBI arrests 10 most wanted suspected serial killer Tony Ray Amati
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1998
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NE Patriot David Meggett arrested in Toronto on sex assault charges
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BIRTHS
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274
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Constantine I, Great Roman emperor (306-337), adopted Christianity
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1539
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Franciscus Raphelengius, Dutch book publisher
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1622
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Rembrandt Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter
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1649
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Johann Philipp Krieger, composer
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1702
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Johann Valentin Gorner, composer
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1745
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Silverius Muller, composer
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1746
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Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer
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1759
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Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer
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1784
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Elias Annes Borger, Dutch theologist/poet (To the Rhine)
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1784
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Job Plimpton, composer
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1792
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Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal
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1802
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William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, Lord George Bentinck
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1807
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Portland Maine, poet (Hiawatha)
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1811
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[Catherine] Mildred Lee, daughter of US general Robert E Lee
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1822
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Eugene Gautier, composer
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1823
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Ferdinand Van Derveer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
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1823
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William Buel Franklin, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
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1827
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Richard W Johnson, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897
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1832
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Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist, died in 1872
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1835
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Charles Cartuyvels, Belgian pulprit orator
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1835
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Richard Garnett, English author (Ananda the Miracle Worker)
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1841
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[Eleanor] Agnes Lee, daughter of US general Robert E Lee
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1846
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Joaquin Valverde, composer
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1847
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Ellen Alice Terry, Coventry Engl, actress/director (Imperial Theatre)
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1848
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Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer (Jerusalem)
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1850
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Henry Edwards Huntington, US, railroad exec
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1861
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Rudolph Steiner, Kraljevic Aust, founder (doctrine of anthroposophy
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1867
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Irving Fisher, US economist (compensating dollar)
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1867
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Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer
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1869
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Alice Hamilton, physician/writer (workmen's compensation laws)
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1870
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Louis Coerne, composer
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1874
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Max Ettinger, composer
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1879
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Jose Sancho Marraco, composer
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1881
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Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician
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1881
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Sveinn Bjrnsson, 1st president of Iceland (1944-52)/poet (Figur ild)
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1886
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Hugo L Black, Ala, (Sen-D-Ala)/78th Supreme Court justice (1937-71)
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1887
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James D Innes, English painter
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1888
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Lotte Lehmann, Perleberg Germany, soprano (Fidello)
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1891
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David Sarnoff, US, radio/TV pioneer/CEO (RCA)
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1891
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Georges E Migot, French composer
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1892
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William Demarest, St Paul Minn, actor (Uncle Charlie-My 3 Sons)
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1893
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Joseph Messner, composer
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1893
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Ralph Linton, US cultural anthropologist (Tree of Culture)
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1894
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Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer
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1895
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Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys)
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1897
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Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter)
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1897
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G Paul H Schuitema, graphic designer/photographer (System-O-Color)
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1898
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Allison Danzig, sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History)
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1898
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Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer
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1899
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Charles H Best, Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer (Insulin)
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1899
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Ian Keith, Boston MA, actor (Rochefort-3 Musketeers)
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1899
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Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer
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1901
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Marino Marini, Italian sculptor/painter
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1902
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Ethelda Bleibtrey, 100m/300m US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920)
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1902
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Gene Sarazen, Harrison NY, PGA golfer (Masters 1935, US Open 1922, 32)
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1902
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John Steinbeck, Salinas Calif, author (Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962)
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1903
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Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor (Great Dictator)
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1904
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James Thomas Farrell, US, author (Studs Lonigan trilogy)
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1904
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Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor/director (Innocent Heart)
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1905
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Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye)
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1905
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Franchot Tone, Niagara Falls NY, actor (Dr Freeland-Ben Casey)
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1906
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Alexander Matheson, NZ cricket pace bowler (2 Tests 1930-31)
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1906
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H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold, English diplomat (S Africa/Tibet)
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1907
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Gerhard Alexander, [Veldheer], Dutch actor (Prince Willem of Orange)
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1909
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Elisabeth Welch, singer (Song of Freedom, Over the Moon)
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1910
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Joan Bennett, Palasades NJ, actress (Little Women, Disraeli)
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1910
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Peter De Vries, Chicago, author (Reuben Reuben, Prick of Noon)
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1912
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Hugues Panassi, French jazz saxophonist/author (Hot Club of France)
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1912
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Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling India, writer (Alexandria Quartet)
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1913
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Frank Allaun, British MP (L)
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1913
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Irwin Shaw, US, novelist (Rich Man Poor Man)
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1915
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Arthur Gilson, Belgian attorney/minister of Defense (1958-..)
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1917
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John Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), shot in Kennedy motorcade
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1919
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Lawrence Durrell, writer
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1919
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Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, composer
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1920
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David Vere Bendall, former diplomat
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1920
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Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orch leader (Jack Paar Program)
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1920
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Reg Simpson, cricketer (prolific England opener 1948-55)
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1921
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Andras Szollosy, composer
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1921
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Michael Fox, US, actor (Quincy, Dallas, Bold & the Beautiful)
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1922
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Mervyn Jones, author (Nobody's Fault, 5 Hungarian Writers)
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1923
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Dexter Gordon, US, tenor saxophonist/actor (Connection)
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1923
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Viktor Kalabis, composer
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1924
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M M Shearer, former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland
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1924
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Norman Marshall, cricketer (brother of Roy, one Test for WI 1955)
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1925
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Hugh Leggatt, art dealer
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1925
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Michael Kaye, director (City of London Festival)
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1925
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Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist/writer
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1926
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Peter Emery, British MP
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1927
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Guy Mitchell, [Al Cernick], Detroit Mich, rocker/actor (Red Garters)
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1927
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Lord Belhaven & Stenton
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1927
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Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman (Royal College of Art)
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1930
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Joanne Woodward, Thomasville Ga, actress (3 Faces of Eve, Rachel)
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1930
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Lieux Dressler, actress (Alice Grant-General Hospital)
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1931
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Andrew Sloan, Chief Constable (Strathcourt)
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1932
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Dolf Zwerver, Dutch painter
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1932
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Elizabeth Taylor, London, actress (Cleopatra) violet eyes
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1932
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Lord Young of Graffham, CEO (Cables & Wireless)
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1933
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6th marquess of Bute, Scottish large landowner/bibliophile
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1933
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Edward Lucie-Smith, poetry critic
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1933
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Geoffrey Maitland Smith, CEO (Sears)
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1933
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Malcolm Wallop, (Sen-R-WY, 1977- )
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1933
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Raymond Berry, Texas, NFL hall of famer (Baltimore Colts)
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1934
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Ralph Nader, Winsted Conn, consumer advocate (Unsafe at Any Speed)
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1934
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Van Williams, Fort Worth Tx, actor (Green Hornet, Tycoon)
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1934
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[Navarre] Scott Momaday, US author (House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer 1969)
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1935
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Alberto Remedios, opera/concert singer
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1935
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Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly)
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1936
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Chuck Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)
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1936
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Roger M Mahoney, Hollywood Ca, archbishop of Los Angeles (1985- )
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1936
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Timothy Spall, actor (1871, Life is Sweet, Crusoe, Remembrance)
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1936
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Virginia Maskell, actress (Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs)
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1937
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Barbara Babcock, Pasadena CA, actr (Dr Quinn, Dallas, Hill St Blues)
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1937
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Donald MacKay, CEO (Scottish Enterprise)
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1937
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L Jay Silvester, US, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1972)
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1937
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Viscount Head
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1938
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Pascale Petit, PAris, actor (Code Name: Jaguar, End of Desire)
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1939
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Antoinette Sibley, ballerina (Turning Point)
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1939
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Kenzo Takada, Japanese director (Dream After Dream)
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1939
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Lester King, cricketer (WI fast bowler, 2 Tests 1962-68, 9 wkts)
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1939
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Peter Revson, auto racer (1971 Indianapolis pole winner)
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1940
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Barbara Kelly, CEO (Scottish Consumer Council)
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1940
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Howard Hesseman, Salem Or, actor (Dr Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class)
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1941
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Ian McGarry, general secretary (British Actors' Equity Association)
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1941
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Paddy Ashton, New Delhi India, British MP (Soc/Lib Democrat)
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1941
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Sandy Wilson
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1942
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Due West SC, news reporter (McNeil-Lehrer)
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1943
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Mary Frann, St Louis Mo, actress (Joanna-Newhart, Days of Our Live)
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1944
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Alan Fudge, Wichita Ks, actor (Man From Atlantis, Paper Dolls)
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1944
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Graeme Pollock, cricketer (South African batting prodigy)
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1944
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Roger Scruton, philosopher
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1945
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Daniel Olbrychski, Poland, actor (La Truite)
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1947
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Ashley Woodcock, cricketer (one Test Aust v NZ 1974, only knock 27)
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1947
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Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970)
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1947
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Marian G Klaren, Dutch mime/actress (Red Cabbage)
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1948
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Eddie Gray, rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue)
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1948
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Stephen Curtis, CEO (DVLA)
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1950
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Franco Moschino, fashion Designer
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1950
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Julia Neuberger, British Rabbi
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1951
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Lee Atwater, Republican National Committee Chairman (1989-91)
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1951
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Steve Harley, rocker (Come Up & See Me)
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1952
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Dwight Elmo Jones, Houston Tx, basketball player (Olymp-silver-1972)
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1952
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Henk Westbroek, Dutch singer (Good Cause)
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1952
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Kevin Raleigh, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Michael Stanley Band)
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1954
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Neal Schon, rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English)
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1955
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Garry Christian, rocker
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1955
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Sally Spencer, actress (M J McKinnon-Another World)
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1957
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Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden-Aces High)
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1960
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Andres Gomez, Ecuador, tennis pro (Madrid Grand Prix-1990)
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1960
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Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC)
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1960
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John van Grinsven, soccer player (MVV)
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1960
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Paul Humphreys, rock synthesizer (OMD-Crush, Pacific Age)
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1960
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Stoney Jackson, Richmond Va, actor (White Shadow, Insiders)
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1961
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Grant Shaud, actor (Miles Silverburg-Murphy Brown)
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1961
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James Worthy, NBA forward (LA Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP)
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1962
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Adam Baldwin, actor (Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard)
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1962
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Grant Show, Detroit Mich, actor (Jack Hanson-Melrose Place)
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1962
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Kory Tarpenning, Portland Oregon, pole vaulter
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1962
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Veronica Ribot-Canales, Buenos Aires Argentina, US diver (Olympics-96)
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1963
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Francesco Cancellotti, Italy, tennis star
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1964
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April Heinrichs, Littleton Colo, US women's soccer coach (Olympic-96)
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1964
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Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist (Deacon Blue-Your Town)
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1964
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Richard de Vries, soccer player (De Graafschap)
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1965
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Sandra Cecchini, Bologna Italy, tennis star (1995 Warsaw doubles)
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1966
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Chris Howard, US baseball catcher (Seattle Mariners)
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1966
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Gregg Rainwater, actor (Buck Cross-Young Riders)
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1966
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Pete Smith, US baseball player (Atlanta Braves, NY Mets)
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1967
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Dallas Eakins, Dade City, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
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1967
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Frantisek Kaberle, Brno CZE, hockey forward (Team Czech Rep)
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1967
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Robert Kron, Brno Cze, NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers)
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1968
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Loy Vaught, NBA forward (LA Clippers)
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1968
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Mike Sullivan, Marshfield, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
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1968
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Ron Cox, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
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1969
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Greg Stevenson, Sherbrooke Quebec, rower (Olympics-11-92, 96)
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1969
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Robert Massey, NFL cornerback (NY Giants)
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1969
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Robert Molenaar, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
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1969
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Victoria Fair, Jackson Michigan, Miss Michigan-America (1991)
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1969
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Willie Banks, US baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
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1970
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David White, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
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1971
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Ivan Robinson, Phila Pa, US boxer (Olympic-92)
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1971
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Jaroslav Modry, Ceske-budejovice C, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
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1971
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Rich Tylski, guard/center (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1973
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"Pooh" Clark, rocker (High-5)
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1973
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Terence Davis, WLAF wide receiver (London Monarchs)
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1974
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Chris Dishman, guard (Arizona Cardinals)
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1974
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Jim Maher, cricketer (Queensland lefty batsman victorious 1995 side)
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1975
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Christina Nigra, actress (Out of This World)
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1975
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Dana Marie Lane, Cheyenne Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming (1996)
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1975
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Duce Staley, running back (Philadelphia Eagles)
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1975
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Marcus Robinson, wide receiver (Chicago Bears)
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1976
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Tony Gonzalez, tight end (KC Chiefs)
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1980
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Chelsea Clinton, daughter of President Clinton (1993-2001)
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DEATHS
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1167
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Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies
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1656
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Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies
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1706
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John Evelyn, diarist, dies
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1731
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Angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76
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1733
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Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46
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1735
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John Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies
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1779
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Jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59
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1797
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Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61
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1805
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Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57
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1844
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Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85
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1852
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Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69
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1862
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Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23
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1881
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George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46
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1887
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Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53
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1913
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Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58
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1920
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Alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72
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1921
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Schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies
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1923
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Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67
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1929
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Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65
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1936
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Ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86
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1939
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Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70
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1940
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Peter Behrens, German architect, dies
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1942
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Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52
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1943
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Kost¡s Palamis, Greek poet/scholar (Flogera tou Bas¡lia), dies at 84
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1945
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HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen
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1947
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Mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89
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1950
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Ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58
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1952
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Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74
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1955
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Tom Howard, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66
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1956
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Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54
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1956
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Gnther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57
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1958
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Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack
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1960
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Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer, dies at 58
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1961
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Platt Adams, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1912), dies
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1962
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Willie Best, actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at 45
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1966
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Minerva Urecal, actress (Apache Rose, Ghost Crazy), dies at 81
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1968
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Johannes Tralow, writer, dies at 85
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1968
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Ludvik Podest, composer, dies at 46
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1969
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John Boles, actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73
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1970
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Robert Bruce Lockhart, diplomat/writer, dies
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1973
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Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72
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1974
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Pat Brady, Toledo Ohio, actor (Roy Rodgers Show), dies at 59
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1975
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Neville Cardus, writer/cricketer, dies
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1977
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Allison Hayes, actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman), dies at 47
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1978
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Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov, composer, dies at 65
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1980
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George Tobias, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 78
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1982
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Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer, dies at 39
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1985
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David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies
|
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1985
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Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/diplomat, dies at 82
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1985
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Pat J O'Malley, actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude), dies at 83
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1987
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Joan Greenwood, English actress (Gentle Sex, Bad Sister), dies at 65
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1989
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Conrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies
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1989
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Joe Silver, actor (Rage, Rapid, Deathtrap, Shivers), dies at 66
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1989
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Konrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies at 85
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1991
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H J of Royen, manager Dutch (Concertgebouw Orch), dies at 52
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1991
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Robert-Jan Akkerman, Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered
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1992
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Marinus Ruppert, Dutch trade union leader (CNV), dies at 80
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1992
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S I Hayakawa, (Sen-Calif, 1977-83), dies at 85
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1993
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Jos Duval, actor (Juan Valdez), dies at 72
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1993
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Lillian Gish, US actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 96
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1993
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Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street), dies of cancer at 83
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1994
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Harold Acton, English/Italian historian/art collector, dies at 84
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1994
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Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66
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1994
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Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer, dies at 92
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1994
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Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austria social philosopher/economist, dies at 84
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1995
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Bernard Cornfield, financier, dies at 67
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1995
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Philip Sherrington, opus Dei Priest, dies at 51
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1996
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Franois Chaumette, actor (They Never Slept, Christine), dies at 72
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1996
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George Ian Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl, dies at 64
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1996
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Pat Smythe, show jumper, dies at 67
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1996
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Sylvia Williams, museum director/curator, dies at 60
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