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305
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Emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome resigns
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1006
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Supernova observed by Chinese & Egyptians in constellation Lupus
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1048
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Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth
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1394
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Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple & it's surroundings from an old badger
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1523
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Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere
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1528
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P nfilo the Narvaz begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida
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1544
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Turkish troops occupy Hungary
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1551
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Council of Trente resumes
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1598
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Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java
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1625
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Portuguese & Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)
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1625
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Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland
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1628
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Meiboom in Quincy Mass) degenerates into orgy with indian women
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1682
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Louis XIV & his court inaugurates Paris Observatory
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1703
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Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians
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1704
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Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad
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1707
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England, Wales & Scotland form UK of Great Britain
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1711
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Arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar
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1715
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Prussia declares war on Sweden
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1725
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Spain & Austria sign trade treaty
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1751
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1st American cricket match is played
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1756
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France & Austria sign alliance
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1757
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Austria & France divide Prussia
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1759
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British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France
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1776
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Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati
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1777
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RB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London
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1781
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Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population
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1786
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Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna)
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1822
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John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston
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1834
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Belgian parliament accept railway laws
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1840
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1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued
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1841
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1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for Calif
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1844
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Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message
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1844
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Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate
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1846
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Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world
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1850
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John Geary becomes 1st SF mayor
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1851
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Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London
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1853
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Argentina adopts it's constitution
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1854
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Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes
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1857
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William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy
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1861
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Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry
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1862
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Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans
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1863
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Battle of Chancellorsville, VA (29,000 injured or died)
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1863
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Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
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1863
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Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars & Bars"
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1863
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Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers
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1864
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-8] Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign)
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1864
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Atlanta campaign, GA
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1864
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Wilderness campaign
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1866
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American Equal Rights Association forms
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1867
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Howard University chartered
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1867
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Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration
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1869
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Folies Bergre opens in Paris
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1873
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1st US postal card issued
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1873
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Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Vienna
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1873
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International Exhibition opens in Vienna
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1875
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238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities
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1883
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"Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show
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1883
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Amsterdam World's Fair opens
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1883
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Baseball returns to Phila, 1st NL game since 1876
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1883
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NY Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer
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1884
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Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories)
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1884
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Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league
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1885
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Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth
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1886
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US general strike for 8 hour day, begins
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1889
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1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International
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1889
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Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)
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1891
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Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3
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1892
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US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay
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1893
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World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago
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1898
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George Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila
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1900
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Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah
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1900
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Roermond soccer team forms in Roermond
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1901
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Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox
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1901
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Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League
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1901
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Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo
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1906
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Phillie's John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0
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1907
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Belgium govt of De Trooz forms
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1907
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Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies)
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1908
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World's most intense shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama
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1909
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Netherlands begins unity with Belgium
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1912
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Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms
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1912
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Beverly Hills Hotel opens
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1913
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Longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St NYC
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1914
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China's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification
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1915
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British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool
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1915
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German submarine sinks US ship Gulflight
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1919
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Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages
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1920
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Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds
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1920
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Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens
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1920
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Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings
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1921
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Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected governor of Suwayda
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1922
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Charlie Robertson of Chicago pitches a perfect no-hit, no-run game
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1924
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Admiral Paul Koundouri¢tis becomes president of Greece
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1925
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A's Jimmie Foxx, 17, 1st game; he pinch-hits a single
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1925
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Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony
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1926
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British coal-miners go on strike
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1926
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Brooklyn Dodgers & Boston Braves deadlock at 1-1 in 26 innings
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1926
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Satchel Paige makes pitching debut in Negro Southern League
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1927
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1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways)
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1927
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Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam
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1927
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Panningen soccer team forms in Panningen
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1928
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6 children die & 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania
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1928
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Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter
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1928
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Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration)
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1928
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Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service
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1928
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Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms
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1929
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Brooklyn's Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds
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1929
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Farm workers strike begins in East-Groningen
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1929
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Police kill 19 Mayday demonstrators in Berlin
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1930
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Bradman scores 236 Aust v Worcs, his 1st f-class innings in Eng
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1931
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Empire State Building opens in NYC
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1931
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Norway claims Peter I Island
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1931
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Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS
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1932
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1st Suriname union congress at Paramaribo
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1934
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Austria signs pact with Vatican
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1934
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Philippine legislature accepts US proposal for independence
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1934
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Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert
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1935
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Boulder Dam completed
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1935
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Canada's 1st silver dollar is circulated
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1936
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Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades
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1936
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FBI's J Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis
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1937
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FDR signs act of neutrality
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1939
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Batman comics hit street
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1939
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Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Yearling)
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1940
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140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship
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1940
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The 1940 Olympics are cancelled
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1941
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"Citizen Kane," directed & starring Orson Welles, premieres in NY
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1941
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General Mills introduces Cheerios
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1941
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German assault on Tobruk
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1942
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Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star"
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1943
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1st edition of illegal "The Free Artist" appears in Amsterdam
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1943
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69th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:04
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1943
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Food rationing begins in US
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1943
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German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta
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1943
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German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes
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1943
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Rauter signs unofficial death sentence
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1944
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Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, 1st jet bomber, makes 1st flight
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1944
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the dark)
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1944
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Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails
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1945
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900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren, commit suicide
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1945
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Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government
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1945
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Australian & Dutch troops lands on Tarakan
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1945
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General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms
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1945
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Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II
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1945
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Seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg
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1945
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Soviet army reach Rostock
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1946
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Fieldmarshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander
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1946
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Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of Year"
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1947
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Cleve Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stad
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1947
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Lt General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA
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1947
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Radar for coml & private planes 1st demonstrated
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1947
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Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of CIA
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1948
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74th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:05.4
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1948
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Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham Alabama for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes"
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1948
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North Korean proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea
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1948
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Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Auspicia quaedam
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1949
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A's Elmer Valo is 1st AL'er to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game
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1949
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Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)
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1950
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Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry)
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1950
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Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade
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1950
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New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China
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1950
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers & Hammerstein (South Pacific)
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1950
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WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1951
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600,000 march for peace & freedom in Germany
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1951
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Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir
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1951
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Mickey Mantle's 1st HR
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1951
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Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox
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1952
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Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada
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1952
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Mr Potato Head, introduced
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1952
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TWA introduces tourist class
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1954
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80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York aboard Determine wins in 2:03
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1954
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Bishops publish Mandement (member socialist org forbidden)
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1954
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HSA-UWC Forms (Unification Church) (Moonies)
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1954
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WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, PR (NBC/SFN) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament
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1955
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Bob Feller's 15th 1 or less hitter (12 1-hitters, 3 no-hitters)
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1957
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Flevo Boys soccer team forms in Emmeloord
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1957
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Larry King's 1st radio broadcast
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1957
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US give Poland credit of $95 million
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1957
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Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km
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1958
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Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai
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1958
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Arturo Frondizi sworn in as president of Argentina
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1959
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Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
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1959
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West Germany introduces 5 day work week
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1959
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White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own HR
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1960
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India's Bombay state split into Gujarat & Maharashtra states
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1960
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Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis
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1960
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Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovsk
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1961
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1st US airplane hijacked to Cuba
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1961
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Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba
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1961
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)
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1961
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Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain
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1962
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1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara
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1962
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Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start
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1962
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France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
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1962
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JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)
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1963
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1st American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest
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1963
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Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Neth
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1964
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1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)
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1965
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91st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker on Lucky Debonair wins in 2:01.2
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1965
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3
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1965
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USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon
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1966
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Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)
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1966
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
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1966
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Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting
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1966
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US troops shooting targets in Cambodia
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1967
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Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes president of Nicaragua
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1967
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Elvis Presley & Pricilla Beaulieu wed
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1967
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Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank
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1967
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Priscilla Beaulieu & Elvis Presley wed in Las Vegas
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1967
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (Fixer)
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1968
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"Ben Franklin in Paris" closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 215 perfs
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1968
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Phillies J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warmup
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1969
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43 Unification church couples wed in NYC
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1969
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Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 4-0
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1969
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Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000
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1969
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Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting
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1971
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97th Kentucky Derby: Gustavo Avila on Canonero II wins in 2:03.2
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1971
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Amtrak Railroad begins operation
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1971
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Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar"
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1972
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"Different Times" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 24 performances
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1972
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North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee
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1972
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose)
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1972
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Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres
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1973
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SF Giants score 7 runs with 2 outs in 9th to beat Pirates, 8-7
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1975
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Islander Parise & Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
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1976
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102nd Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Bold Forbes wins in 2:01.6
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1976
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Jos Hermens, runs Dutch record for 20K (57:24.2)
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1977
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Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4)
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1977
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Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
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1977
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Empress Lilly dedicated
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1978
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1st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated
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1978
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MVV soccer team forms in Maastricht
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1978
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Naomi Uemura became 1st to reach North Pole overland alone
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1979
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Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel
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1979
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Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
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1979
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Marshall Islands (in Pacific) become self-governing
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1980
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"Day in Hollywood, A Night..." opens at John Golden NYC for 588 perf
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1980
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15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins
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1980
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Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff)
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1980
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Sabres & Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff
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1981
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Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett
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1981
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Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) convicted on FBI Abscam charges
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1981
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Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3
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1982
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108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Gato Del Sol wins in 2:02.4
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1982
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1982 World's Fair in Knoxville Tennessee opens
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1982
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Nordiques 4-Isles 5 (OT)-semifinals-Isles hold 3-0 lead
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1983
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"My One & Only" opens at St James Theater NYC for 767 performances
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1983
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Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC International Golf Tournament
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1983
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Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508)
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1984
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Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1984
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Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
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1985
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"Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels
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1985
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US president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua
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1985
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William Hoffman's "As Is," premieres in NYC
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1986
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Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph
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1986
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Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap
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1986
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Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole
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1987
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46 HRs hit in 13 baseball games
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1987
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Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun
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1988
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"Romance/Romance" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 297 perfs
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1988
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IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3
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1988
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Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
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1989
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135 acre Disney's MGM studio officially opens to public
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1989
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Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days
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1989
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US Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting
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1990
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"Prelude to a Kiss" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC
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1991
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"Will Rogers Follies" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 983 performances
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1991
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A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yanks
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1991
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Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy
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1991
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Angola's civil war ends
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1991
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Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge
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1991
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Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago Cubs, 10-9, in 19 innings
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1991
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Nolan Ryan pitches his 7th no-hitter, beating Toronto
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1991
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Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal
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1991
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Skin-Spit-Skin featuring lesbain, homosexual & hetrosexual nude couples caressing, is seen by 5,000 in NYC
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1991
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Tx Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0)
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1992
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Eric Houston kills 4 in a Calif HS where he failed history 4 yrs prior
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1992
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LA Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King
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1992
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NY Rangers wins their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs NJ Devils)
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1992
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Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base
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1993
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119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Sea Hero wins in 2:02.4
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1993
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Bomb attack on Sri Lankan president (26 die)
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1994
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"My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 165 performances
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1994
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"Rise & Fall of Little Voice" opens at Neil Simon NYC for 9 perfs
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1994
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-3] Tornado & hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed
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1994
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Charles Kuralt, retires as CBS newsman (On the Road)
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1994
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Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament
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1994
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Sherri Steinhauer wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship
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1995
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"On the Waterfront" opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 8 performances
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1995
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Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia v WI at Sabina Park
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1996
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"Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances
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1996
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Gerald Williams is 1st NY Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game
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1997
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in San Diego CA on KIOZ 105.3 FM
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1997
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Toni Blair elected PM of UK
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1999
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125th Kentucky Derby
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BIRTHS
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1238
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Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)
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1493
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Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)
|
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1545
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Franciscus Junius, [Franois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist
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1567
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Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter
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1577
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Franois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer
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1582
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Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer
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1592
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Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer
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1620
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Mikl¢s Zr¡nyi, Hungarian general [or Jan 5]
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1633
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Sbastien le Prestre de Vauban, French fortress architect
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1672
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Joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator)
|
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1735
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John H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp
|
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1759
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Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor
|
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1764
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Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)
|
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1764
|
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Gottfried Rieger, composer
|
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1769
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|
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30)
|
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1771
|
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George Guest, composer
|
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1775
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Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer
|
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1800
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Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874
|
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1807
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John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)
|
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1818
|
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Jos Amador de los R¡os, Spanish historian/poet
|
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1819
|
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William Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
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1825
|
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George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap)
|
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1829
|
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Jos M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice
|
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1830
|
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Mary Harris Jones, [Mother Jones], hell-raiser
|
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1835
|
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Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers)
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1839
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Chardonnet, inventor (rayon)
|
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1851
|
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Eberhard Nestle, German orintalist/biblical scholar
|
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1852
|
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Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter
|
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1858
|
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Anthony Johnson Showalter, composer
|
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1859
|
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Bohuslav Jeremias, composer
|
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1859
|
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Willem J Leyds, Dutch/South Africa lawyer/politician/diplomat
|
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1862
|
|
Anthony G Krller, entrepreneur/govt advisor/husband of Helene Mller
|
|
1862
|
|
Marcel Prvost, French publisher/writer (Les demis-vierges)
|
|
1872
|
|
Hugo Alfvn, Stockholm Sweden, composer (Midsommarvaka)
|
|
1880
|
|
Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo)
|
|
1880
|
|
Konrad Weiss, Dutch German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo)
|
|
1881
|
|
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist
|
|
1884
|
|
Felipe Boero, composer
|
|
1887
|
|
Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48)
|
|
1892
|
|
Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone)
|
|
1895
|
|
Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946)
|
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1898
|
|
Eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62)
|
|
1899
|
|
J¢n Leifs, Iceland, composer/conductor
|
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1900
|
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Ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine)
|
|
1905
|
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Leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap)
|
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1905
|
|
Nikolai Tikhonov, Soviet PM (1980-85)
|
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1907
|
|
Jan Pauw, CEO (Aruban Theater Group)
|
|
1908
|
|
Giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone)
|
|
1909
|
|
Ethel Jane Cain, original UK Speaking Clock voice
|
|
1909
|
|
George Melachrino, composer
|
|
1909
|
|
Janis Ritsos, writer
|
|
1909
|
|
Kate Smith, Virg, singer (God Bless America)/Phila Flyer luck charm
|
|
1909
|
|
Yannis Ritsos, Greek poet
|
|
1910
|
|
Cliff Battles, Akron Oh, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Redskins)
|
|
1912
|
|
Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano
|
|
1912
|
|
Felipe Padilla de Leon, composer
|
|
1913
|
|
Walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor
|
|
1916
|
|
Glenn Ford, Quebec Canada, actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway)
|
|
1916
|
|
Jack Paar, Canton Ohio, TV host (Jack Paar Show)
|
|
1916
|
|
Jane Jacobs, Scranton, Pa, urbanologist
|
|
1917
|
|
Danielle Darrieux, France, actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling)
|
|
1917
|
|
John Beradino, LA Calif, actor (Steve Hardy-General Hospital)
|
|
1917
|
|
Louis G "Lo" van Hensbergen, actor/author (Amsterdam Affair)
|
|
1919
|
|
Alwyn Farquharson, Scottish clan-captain/large landowner
|
|
1919
|
|
Dan O'Herlihy, Ireland, actor (Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop)
|
|
1921
|
|
12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
|
|
1921
|
|
Paul Daels, president (Flemish Iron Pilgrimage committee)
|
|
1923
|
|
Joseph Heller, Bkln NY, novelist (Catch-22, 1963 Arts & Letters Award)
|
|
1924
|
|
Earl George, composer
|
|
1924
|
|
Enrico Josif, composer
|
|
1924
|
|
Patricia Roberts Harris, 1st US black woman cabinet member
|
|
1924
|
|
Terry Southern, writer
|
|
1925
|
|
Chuck Bednarik, Penn, NFL hall of fame center/linebacker (Phila)
|
|
1925
|
|
Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Boulder Colo, astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7)
|
|
1927
|
|
Greta Andersen, Denmark, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948)
|
|
1927
|
|
Harry Belafonte, calypso singer (Banana Boat Song)
|
|
1927
|
|
Israr Ali, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani in 4 Tests 1952-59)
|
|
1927
|
|
Lord Bathurst, English earl/large landowner/multi-millionaire
|
|
1927
|
|
Roland Verhavert, Flemish screen writer (Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor)
|
|
1927
|
|
William Mitchell Byers, musician
|
|
1928
|
|
Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist/pres (l'ASIFA)
|
|
1929
|
|
Sonny James, [James Loden], Hackelburg AL, rocker (Young Love)
|
|
1929
|
|
Sonny Ramadhin, cricket spin bowler (great WI)
|
|
1930
|
|
Little Walter, [Marion Walter Jacobs], rocker
|
|
1930
|
|
Ollie Matson, NFL halfback (Cardinals, Rams, Lions, Eagles)
|
|
1933
|
|
Uwe Greámann, writer
|
|
1934
|
|
Alette Beaujon, Curaaos poet (Gedichten on the Bay & Elsewhere)
|
|
1937
|
|
Bo Nilsson, Swedish composer (Doppelspiel)
|
|
1939
|
|
Judy Collins, Seattle Wash, singer (Send in the Clowns, Clouds)
|
|
1939
|
|
Max Robinson, Richmond VA, black news anchor (ABC Evening News)
|
|
1939
|
|
Ray Aranha, Miami FL, actor (Nick-Married People)
|
|
1941
|
|
Barbara Barendrecht, [BHM Wurfbain], actress (Dirty Picture)
|
|
1941
|
|
Juraj Hatrick, composer
|
|
1942
|
|
Stephen Macht, Phila Pa, actor (Joe-Knots Landing, Cagney & Lacey)
|
|
1943
|
|
Joy Harmon, St Louis Mo, actress (Cool Hand Luke)
|
|
1944
|
|
Rita Coolidge, Nashville Tn, singer (Higher & Higher, We're All Alone)
|
|
1946
|
|
Bruce Robinson, actor (Story of Adele H)
|
|
1946
|
|
Jerry Weiss, NYC, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears)
|
|
1946
|
|
Joanna Lumley, Kashmir India, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service)
|
|
1946
|
|
Nick Fortune, [Nicholas Fortuna], rock bassist (Buckinghams Chicago)
|
|
1946
|
|
Tony Ashton, rocker
|
|
1946
|
|
Valentin Muratov, USSR, floor exercise gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956)
|
|
1947
|
|
Carlos Ward, rocker (B T Express)
|
|
1947
|
|
Ghulam Abbas, cricketer (scored 12 & 0 in only Test for Pakistan 1967)
|
|
1948
|
|
James Wise, US soul singer (Archie Bell & the Drells)
|
|
1949
|
|
Douglas Barr, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (Howie-Fall Guy)
|
|
1949
|
|
Margo Miller, SF Calif, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
|
|
1950
|
|
Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler (world record 1986)
|
|
1951
|
|
Gordon Greenidge, cricketer (great West Indian opener 1974-91)
|
|
1953
|
|
Elquemedo Willett, cricketer (WI lefty spinner early 70's)
|
|
1953
|
|
Felix Hanemann, rocker (Zebra)
|
|
1953
|
|
Mindy Moore, LPGA golfer
|
|
1954
|
|
Michael Scott, reporter (Entertainment Tonight)
|
|
1954
|
|
Ray Parker Jr, Detroit Mich, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters)
|
|
1954
|
|
Taslim Arif, cricketer (Pakistani keeper/batsman, 210 v Aust 1980)
|
|
1955
|
|
Julien Wiener, cricketer (Australian opening batsman 1979-80)
|
|
1956
|
|
Byron Stewart, Baxter Springs Ks, actor (Warren Coolidge-St Elsewhere)
|
|
1957
|
|
Dick Swett, (Rep-D-New Hampshire)
|
|
1957
|
|
Paul D Ronney, LA Calif, ScD/astronaut (STS 83 alt)
|
|
1957
|
|
Rick Darling, cricketer (accident-prone/dashing Aussie opener 1978-79)
|
|
1957
|
|
Steve Farris, rock guitarist (Mr Mister)
|
|
1959
|
|
Eddie Johnson, NBA guard/forward (Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers)
|
|
1959
|
|
Paul Smith, rock saxophonist (Haircut 100)
|
|
1960
|
|
Albert McDonald, Dartmouth NS, US canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
|
|
1961
|
|
Charlie O'Brien, Tulsa OK, catcher (Brewers, Mets, Braves, Blue Jays)
|
|
1961
|
|
Steven Cauthen, jockey (1978 Kentucky Derby-Affirmed)
|
|
1962
|
|
Gary Clark, NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
|
|
1962
|
|
Paula Weishoff, Hollywood CA, volleyballer (Oly-Sil-84, br-92, 96)
|
|
1962
|
|
Reggie Pleasant, CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos)
|
|
1963
|
|
Robert Seguso, Minneapolis MN, tennis star
|
|
1964
|
|
Carlos Aalbers, Dutch soccer player (NEC)
|
|
1964
|
|
Ruth Picardie, journalist
|
|
1964
|
|
Sarah FE Armstrong-Jones, daughter of princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon
|
|
1965
|
|
Jon Warren, Akron Ohio, 1.5k runner
|
|
1966
|
|
Armando Reynoso, San Luis Potosi Mexico, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
|
|
1966
|
|
Charlie Schlatter, NYC, actor (18 Again, Heartbreak Hotel)
|
|
1966
|
|
Johnny Colt, Cherry Point NC, rock bassist (Black Crowes)
|
|
1966
|
|
Mark Coogan, Manhaset NY, marathoner (Olympics-96)
|
|
1967
|
|
Bill Schultz, NFL/WLAF offensive tackle (Den Broncos, Scot Claymores)
|
|
1967
|
|
Marvcus Patton, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
|
|
1967
|
|
Scott Coffey, HI, actor (Satisfaction, Shout)
|
|
1967
|
|
Tawni Cable, Salem Oregon, playmate (June 1989)
|
|
1967
|
|
Yael Arad, Israel, Women's half middleweight judoka (Oly-1996)
|
|
1968
|
|
Anton Scheutjens, soccer player (Roda JC)
|
|
1968
|
|
Lisa Campbell, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
|
|
1968
|
|
Mark Scott, Paramus NJ, rock drummer (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
|
|
1969
|
|
Billy Owens, NBA forward/guard (Sacramento Kings)
|
|
1969
|
|
Bryan Marchment, Scarborough, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers)
|
|
1969
|
|
Carrie Stevens, Buffalo NY, playmate (June 1997)
|
|
1970
|
|
Alex Van Pelt, NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills)
|
|
1970
|
|
Allen DeGraffenreid, WLAF wide receiver (Scotland Claymores)
|
|
1970
|
|
Alundis Brice, NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
|
|
1970
|
|
Damon Diletti, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Oly-silver-92, 96)
|
|
1971
|
|
Ethan Albright, NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills)
|
|
1971
|
|
Jamie Marie Swenson, Miss USA-South Dakota (1997)
|
|
1971
|
|
Renee Poetschka, Australian 200m/400m (Olympics-92, 96)
|
|
1971
|
|
Stuart Appleby, Cohuna Australia, Nike golfer (1994 Victorian PGA)
|
|
1972
|
|
Bobby Chouinard, Manilla Phillipines, pitcher (Oakland A's)
|
|
1973
|
|
Curtis Martin, NFL running back (NE Patriots)
|
|
1973
|
|
Frank Beede, NFL center (Seattle Seahawks)
|
|
1974
|
|
Keri Phebus, Laguna Beach Calif, tennis star
|
|
1974
|
|
Matthew Hatchette, NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings)
|
|
1974
|
|
Vladimir Zavyalov, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998)
|
|
1975
|
|
Austin Croshere, NBA forward (Indiana Pacers)
|
|
1976
|
|
Darius McCrary, actor (Edward Winslow-Family Matters)
|
|
1977
|
|
Anna Louise Wilson, Dunedin NZ, 100m breast stroke (Olympics-96)
|
|
1979
|
|
Jennifer Botterill, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
|
|
1979
|
|
Kimberly Grigsby, Miss Virginia Teen USA (1997)
|
|
|
DEATHS
|
|
|
1171
|
|
Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies
|
|
1277
|
|
Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies
|
|
1308
|
|
Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered
|
|
1447
|
|
Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies
|
|
1456
|
|
Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies
|
|
1471
|
|
Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91
|
|
1555
|
|
Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53
|
|
1572
|
|
Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies
|
|
1679
|
|
Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43
|
|
1700
|
|
John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies
|
|
1703
|
|
Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered
|
|
1733
|
|
Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (San), dies at 75
|
|
1772
|
|
Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52
|
|
1831
|
|
Antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82
|
|
1863
|
|
Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29
|
|
1869
|
|
?, colt reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord Ohio
|
|
1870
|
|
Francisco Solano L¢pez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay
|
|
1872
|
|
Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies
|
|
1873
|
|
David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60
|
|
1874
|
|
Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39
|
|
1886
|
|
Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens)
|
|
1886
|
|
Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer, dies at 56
|
|
1892
|
|
Willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89
|
|
1896
|
|
Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65
|
|
1898
|
|
Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81
|
|
1900
|
|
Mih ly von Munk csy, [Michael von Lieb], German painter, dies at 56
|
|
1902
|
|
John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85
|
|
1903
|
|
Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies
|
|
1903
|
|
Luigi Arditi, violist/composer, dies at 80
|
|
1904
|
|
Anton¡n Dvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62
|
|
1917
|
|
Jos E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies
|
|
1921
|
|
Louis Campbell-Tipton, composer, dies at 43
|
|
1924
|
|
August Cuppens, Flemish author (Limburgs Driemanschap), dies at 62
|
|
1926
|
|
Nicolaus Adriani, translator (Middle-Celebes Language), dies at 60
|
|
1932
|
|
Paul Doumer, Pres France (1931-32), assassin by Russia's Paul Gargalov
|
|
1934
|
|
Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer, dies at 35
|
|
1937
|
|
Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75
|
|
1939
|
|
Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (harden van olin), dies
|
|
1941
|
|
John R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71
|
|
1945
|
|
Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59
|
|
1945
|
|
Paul Josef Goebbels, Nazi minister on propoganda, commits suicide
|
|
1946
|
|
Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71
|
|
1946
|
|
Percy William Whitlock, composer, dies at 42
|
|
1947
|
|
Sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed
|
|
1948
|
|
Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered
|
|
1952
|
|
William Fox, [Fried], US film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73
|
|
1954
|
|
Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50
|
|
1957
|
|
Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82
|
|
1959
|
|
Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies
|
|
1965
|
|
Leo Spies, composer, dies at 65
|
|
1965
|
|
Spike Jones, composer (Spike Jones Show), dies at 53
|
|
1968
|
|
Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71
|
|
1969
|
|
Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56
|
|
1969
|
|
George Parker, cricketer (2 Tests for S Afr 1924), dies
|
|
1971
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Edith Day, actress (Romance of Air), dies at 75
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1971
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Glenda Farrell, actress (Grand Slam, Exposed), dies at 66
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1972
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Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator (Orfeo), dies at 82
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1976
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Rex O'Malley, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight, Thief), dies at 75
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1978
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Aram Katchaturian, Russian composer (The Earth), dies at 74
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1979
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Berkeley Bertram McGarrell Gaskin, cricketer (2 Tests for WI), dies
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1981
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Clarence A Bacote, historian/political scientist, dies at 75
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1981
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Peter Huchel, writer, dies at 78
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1982
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Gene Sheldon, actor (Bernardo-Zorro), dies at 72
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1983
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V N Swamy, Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies
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1984
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Gordon Jenkins, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73
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1988
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Carroll Righter, astrologer, dies at 88 of postrate cancer
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1988
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Paolo Stoppa, actor (Garibaldi, Visit, Freedom Fighters), dies
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1989
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David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered
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1989
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Douglass Watson, actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 68
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1989
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Marion Mack, actress (General), dies
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1990
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Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62
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1991
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Richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies
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1993
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Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman, provo (Full-time Provo), dies at 50
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1993
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Pierre Brgovoy, PM of France (1992-93), commits suicide at 67
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1993
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Ranasinghe Premadasa, pres (Sri Lanka, 1989-93), assassinated at 68
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1994
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Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34
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1994
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Imre Gyngyssy, Hungarian director, dies at 64
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1996
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Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67
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1996
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Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, film scholar/exhibitor, dies at 74
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1996
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William Mitchell Byers, musician, dies on 79th birthday
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1997
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Bebe, AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40
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