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1349
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Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand
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1438
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Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara
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1463
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French poet Franois Villon banished from Paris
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1477
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Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switz, 7000+ killed
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1500
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Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan
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1531
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Pope Clemens VII forbids English king Henry VIII to re-marry
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1554
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Great fire in Eindhoven Neth
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1593
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William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe
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1638
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Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues
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1649
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Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone," premieres in Venice
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1675
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Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg
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1709
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Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans
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1717
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Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles
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1719
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Engl/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact
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1757
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Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens
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1776
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Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution
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1781
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British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va
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1800
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1st Swedenborgian temple in US holds 1st service, Baltimore
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1804
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Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement
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1809
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Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain & France
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1822
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Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
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1828
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1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad)
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1834
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Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell
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1836
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Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
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1840
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Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date
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1841
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James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf
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1850
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Calif Exchange opens
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1854
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Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die
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1859
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1st steamboat sails, Red River
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1861
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250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter
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1861
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Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay
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1875
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Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris
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1875
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President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Miss
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1887
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1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University
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1888
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Dutch Heidemaatschappij established
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1892
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1st successful auroral photograph made
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1895
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French Capt Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent
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1895
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Henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London
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1895
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Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 64 days
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1896
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German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
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1896
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Isaac Albeniz' opera "Pepita Jiminez," premieres in Barcelona
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1899
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Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)
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1903
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SF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use
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1904
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-34øF (-36.7øC), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)
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1904
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-42øF (-41.1øC), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)
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1904
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England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68
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1905
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Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara
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1905
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National Association of Audubon Society incorporates
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1909
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Colombia recognizes Panama's independence
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1911
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Portuguese expel Jesuits
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1911
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SF has it's 1st air meet
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1912
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1st National Hockey Assn game (Victoria)
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1914
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Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day
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1916
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Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro
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1918
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British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace
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1919
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National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party
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1919
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Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of siege
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1920
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Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to NY Yankees
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1920
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NY Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth
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1925
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French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, & Hugh Jennings
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1925
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James Gleason & Richard Tabers "Is zat so?," premieres in NYC
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1925
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Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman gov in USA
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1925
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Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office
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1926
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James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hr day & $5 daily minimum wage
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1927
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Fox Studios exhibits Movietone
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1927
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Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago & Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to Wh
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1929
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Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia
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1930
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Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire"
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1931
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1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League
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1933
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Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side
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1934
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Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also)
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1934
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National & American baseball leagues select a uniform ball
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1937
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Fingleton & Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt
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1937
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Only unicameral state legislature in US opens 1st session (Nebr)
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1940
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FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal
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1940
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Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia
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1941
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British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia
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1942
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55 German tanks reach North-Africa
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1943
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Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II
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1943
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William H Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces
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1945
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Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty"
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1945
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Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam
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1946
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"Show Boat" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 417 performances
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1949
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General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra
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1949
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President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"
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1950
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Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding," premieres in NYC
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1951
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf Open
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1952
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Flying Enterprise sinks
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1953
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-6] Passenger ships Willem Ruys & Orange collide in the Red Sea
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1953
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Samuel Beckett's "En Attendant Godot," premieres in Paris
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1955
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KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast
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1956
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Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel"
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1957
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Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to NY Giants
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1957
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Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East
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1959
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"Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV
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1959
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Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter"
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1960
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Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from NY Senator Kenneth Keating
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1961
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US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
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1962
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Tony Sheridan & Beatles produce "My Bonnie" & "The Saints"
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1963
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"Camelot" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 873 performances
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1963
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"Carnival!" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 719 performances
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1963
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San Diego beats Boston 51-10 in AFL championship game
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1964
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Pope Paul VI visits Jordan & Israel
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1964
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San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship
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1967
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KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, CA (IND) begins
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1968
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Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law
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1968
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Dubcek succeeds pres Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia
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1969
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"Maggie Flynn" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 82 performances
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1969
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Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman & Karl Shapiro
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1969
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Neville Williams' "Chronology of the Expanding World" completed
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1969
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USSR Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus)
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1970
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23,000 Belgian mine workers strike
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1970
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KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1970
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Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC
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1971
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1st one-day international, Australia v England at the MCG
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1971
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Globetrotters lose 100-99 to NJ Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak
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1971
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US heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found
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1972
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Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
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1972
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NASA announces development of space shuttle
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1972
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NYC transit fare rises from 30 to 35
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1972
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Pres Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle
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1972
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West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed
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1973
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Mali & Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel
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1973
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Netherlands recognizes German DR
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1974
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Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh, Brother"
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1975
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"Wiz" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1672 performances
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1975
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14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent & Hobart, Tasmania & ship sinks
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1975
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Charlie Smalls' "Wiz," premieres in NYC
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1975
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Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days
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1976
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"MacNeil-Lehrer Report" premieres on PBS
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1976
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Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"
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1976
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Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies
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1977
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Kenya president Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament
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1981
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"Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 mins to 30 mins
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1981
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British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women
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1982
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Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
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1984
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Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws
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1984
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Greg Chappell scores 182* in his last Test innings
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1985
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Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot
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1985
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Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission
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1987
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Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, NJ
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1989
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2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test
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1989
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Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990
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1990
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J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL
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1991
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"Oh, Kay!" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 77 performances
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1991
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Edwin Jongejans of Neth wins 1-meter springboard diving title
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1991
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Kevin Bradshaw of US Intl scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts
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1992
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"6 Degrees of Separation" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 496 perf
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1992
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"Crucible" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 32 performances
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1992
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"On Borrowed Time" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 99 perfs
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1992
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"Peter Pan" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances
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1992
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Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st crick Test wkt
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1993
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Brian Lara completes 277 v Australia at cricket SCG
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1993
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Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident
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1993
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Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame
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1994
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Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82)
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1994
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Yat Weiju swims world record 100m butterfly stroke (58.71)
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1994
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Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool record (58.71)
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1995
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AFC beats NFC 41-13 in the pro bowl
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1995
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Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed
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1996
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Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement
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1996
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Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI v WI at the Gabba
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1997
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"Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC
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1997
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"Love Thy Neighbor," closes at Booth Theater NYC
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1997
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"Show Boat," closes at Gershwin Theater NYC
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1998
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Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec & Ontario
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1998
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Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid
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BIRTHS
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1548
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Francisco Su rez, Granada Spain, philosopher/theologian
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1560
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William Cobbold, composer
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1592
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Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal
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1596
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Henry Lawes, English composer
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1620
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Mikl¢s Zr¡nyi, Hungarian poet/writer (The Peril of Sziget) [or May 1]
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1661
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Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer
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1679
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Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer
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1710
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Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer
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1729
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Paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter
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1759
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Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader
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1769
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Jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics)
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1773
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Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer
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1778
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Fortunato Santini, composer
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1779
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Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)
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1779
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Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)
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1780
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Claire EJ, countess of Rmusat/Vergennes/French author (Salon)
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1787
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John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)
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1788
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Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer
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1806
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Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium)
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1810
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Auguste Mermet, composer
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1811
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Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)
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1813
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Thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
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1822
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Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
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1823
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William Rockstro, composer
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1828
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August Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895
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1835
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Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer
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1835
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Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten
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1837
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A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]
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1840
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John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
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1846
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Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Germany, Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908)
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1848
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Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet
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1850
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Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher
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1855
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King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)
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1858
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Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)
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1859
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DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)
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1871
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Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer
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1874
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Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)
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1876
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Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)
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1880
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Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer
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1881
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Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer
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1889
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Albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal) [or 1899]
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1890
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Cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies
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1891
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Johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893]
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1892
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Francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina)
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1893
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Friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik)
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1895
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Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest
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1896
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Hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP)
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1897
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Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)
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1897
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Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)
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1900
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Dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]
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1900
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Paula Ludwig, writer
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1900
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Yves Tanguy, French/US sailor/surrealistic painter
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1901
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H L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter
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1901
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Mario Scelba, premier Italy (1954-55)
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1902
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Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm)
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1902
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Hubert Beuve-Mry, French newspaper publisher (Le Monde (The Voice))
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1902
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Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist
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1903
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Leighton Lucas, composer
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1903
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Telsforo A Palm, Curaao, composer/pianist
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1905
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L szl¢ Papp, Hungary, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
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1906
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Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho
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1907
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Anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu)
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1907
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Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor
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1907
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Willi Soukop, sculptor
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1908
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George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)
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1909
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Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker)
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1909
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Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile
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1909
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Stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions)
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1910
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Erica Morini, Vienna Austria, concert violinist
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1912
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Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53)
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1914
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George Reeves, [George Lescher Bessolo], actor (Superman)
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1915
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Mabel Leigh, potter
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1915
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Uta Graf, singer/teacher
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1917
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Reginald Smith Brindle, composer
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1917
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Wieland Wagner, German opera director
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1918
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Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)
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1920
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Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist
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1920
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Mohammad Aslam Khokhar, cricket (Pak bat scored 16 & 18 in only test)
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1921
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Friedrich Drrenmatt, Switzerland, playwright/novelist (Visit)
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1921
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Jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964- )
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1923
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Robert L Bernstein, NYC, publisher (Random House)
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1923
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Sam Phillips, musician/record founder (Sun)
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1925
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Wolf Morris, actor (Decoy)
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1926
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Claude (Buddy) Young, NFL running back (Yankees, Texans, Colts)
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1926
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Robert Earle, Baldwin NY, TV host (GE College Bowl)
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1928
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Imtiaz Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistan wicket-keeper in 41 Tests 1952-62)
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1928
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Walter Fritz Mondale, (Sen-D-Minn)/42nd VP (1977-81)
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1928
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Zulfikar Ali Khan Bhutto, president/premier (Pakistan)
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1929
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Wilbert Harrison, singer
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1930
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Edward Galven Givens Jr, Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut
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1930
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Frederick Charles Tillis, composer
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1930
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Richard Hayes, Passaic NJ, singer/emcee (Name That Tune)
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1931
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Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist
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1931
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Alvin Ailey, choreographer (American Dance Theater)
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1931
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Robert Duvall, San Diego Calif, actor (Great Santini, Taxi Driver)
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1931
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Walter Davis, US, running high jumper (Olympic-gold-1952)
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1932
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Chuck Noll, Cleveland, NFL coach (Pittsburgh Steelers)
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1932
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Rasa Maximovna Titorenko Gorbachev, Russia's 1st lady (1982-1991)
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1932
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Umberto Eco, author (Name of the Rose)
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1935
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Nancy L Johnson, (Rep-R-CT, 1983- )
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1938
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Edwin Elliason, Washington, US archer (Olympic-92)
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1938
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Jim Otto, NFL center (Oakland Raiders)
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1938
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Juan Carlos I, king of Spain (1975- )
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1938
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Leo Avery, abbot of Quarr
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1938
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Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer star
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1939
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Bridget Parker, England, equestrian 3 day event (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1939
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Peter Struycken, statues/computer expert/teacher
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1940
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Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)
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1941
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Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)
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1941
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Grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain)
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1941
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Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)
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1942
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Charlie Rose, Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch)
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1942
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Cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant)
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1942
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Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist
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1943
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Eusebio de Silva Ferreira, Mozamb/Port soccer star (Europa Cup 1 1962)
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1943
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Ferreira da Silva Eusebio, Brazilan intl soccer player
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1944
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Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)
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1944
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Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]
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1945
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Sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1946
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"Crazy Barret Diamond" Syd, rocker (Pink Floyd)
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1946
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Diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl)
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1947
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Michael DeWine, (Rep-R-Oh, 1983- )
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1947
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Ted Lange, Oakland Calif, actor (Isaac-Love Boat, Mr T & Tina)
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1948
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Parthasarathy Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's)
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1948
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Thom Mooney, rocker
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1949
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Chris Stein, Bkln, rock guitarist (Blondie-Heart of Glass, Call Me)
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1949
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George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)
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1950
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Michael O'Donoghue, writer/performer
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1953
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Pamela Sue Martin, Westport Ct, actress (Nancy Drew, Fallon-Dynasty)
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1954
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Bryan Hitt, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Keep on Loving You)
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1957
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Vincent Calloway, Kentucky, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking)
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1958
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Suzy Amis, Okla City, actress (Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is)
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1959
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Kapil Dev, India's cricket player
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1961
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Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
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1962
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Brendon Kuruppu, cricketer (Sri Lankan batsman, 201* debut v NZ 1987)
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1962
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Danny Jackson, US baseball pitcher (Royals/Phillies/Cardinals)
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1962
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Donald John Cowie, Auckland NZ, yachting Star class (Olympics-96)
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1962
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Joel Wyner, actor/director (Lyle Springer-Sirens, Listen, Club)
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1963
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Jeff Fassero, Springfield IL, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
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1963
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Rick Ambrose, singer (Jewel)
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1964
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John Erickson, Woodland Hills Calif, golfer (1991 Windsor Charity)
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1964
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Ted Harris Poley, Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It)
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1964
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Tracy Ham, CFL quarterback (Montreal Alouettes)
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1965
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Rick Tuten, NFL punter (Seattle Seahawks)
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1966
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Kate Schellenbach, musician (Luscious Jackson)
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1966
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Renaldo Turnbull, NFL defensive end (NO Saints, Carolina Panthers)
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1967
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Chris Nabholz, US baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
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1967
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J B Brown, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers)
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1967
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Ray Crockett, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1967
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Ricky Paull Goldin, SF, actor (Doug-Hail to the Chief, Another World)
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1968
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Carl Evans, Actor (Guilding Light)
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1968
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Felton Spencer, NBA center (Utah Jazz)
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1968
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Jean Zedlitz, Stockton CA, LPGA golfer (1994 Children's Med-14th)
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1968
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Joe Juneau, Pont-rouge, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
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1968
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Leila Meskhi, Tbilisi Georgia SSR, tennis star (1995 Hobart)
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1969
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David Dixon, NFL guard (Minnesota Vikings)
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1969
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Derrick Ned, NFL fullback (NO Saints)
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1969
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Kurt Barber, NFL defensive end (NY Jets)
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1969
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Marilyn Manson, singer/musician
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1970
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James Patton, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
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1971
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Eric Smith, NFL/WLAF wide receiver (Chicago Bears, Scotland Claymores)
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1971
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Hillary Butler, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1971
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Jason Bates, Downey CA, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
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1972
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Joseph Patton, NFL guard (Washington Redskins)
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1974
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Calvin Collins, center/guard (Atlanta Falcons)
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1974
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John Drew Nichols, Okla, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See)
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1974
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Michelle Scerri, Melbourne Australia, golfer (1995 Tasmanian)
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1975
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Ray Morgan, announcer (I'd Like to See)
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1975
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Warrick Dunn, running back (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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1979
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Sarah Price, Miss Louisiana Teen USA (1997)
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1980
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Garette Patrick Ratliff, actor (Return to Blue Lagoon)
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DEATHS
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1066
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Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies
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1387
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Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67
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1425
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John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned
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1477
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Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43
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1524
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Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies at 73
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1589
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Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69
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1592
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Willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75
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1595
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Ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies
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1603
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Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73
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1684
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Claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44
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1740
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Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72
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1746
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Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer, dies at 53
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1759
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Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79
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1762
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Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52 [NS]
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1783
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Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday
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1788
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Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85
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1796
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Samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64
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1799
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Mohammed Esad Galib Dede, Turkish poet (Hsn- asjk, dies at about 41
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1807
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Michel Adanson, French biologist (Plant classes), dies at 79
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1814
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Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72
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1827
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Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63
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1848
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Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73
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1856
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Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67
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1858
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Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91
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1860
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St John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies
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1862
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Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81
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1888
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Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday
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1891
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Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89
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1904
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Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64
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1922
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Ernest H Shackleton, Brit South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47
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1933
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Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-29), dies in Mass at 60
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1936
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Ram¢n M del Valle-Incl n, playwright (Tirano banderas), dies at 66
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1940
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Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46
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1942
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Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered
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1943
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George Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81
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1944
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Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80
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1945
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Dezs Szab¢, Hungarian writer (Wiped-out Village), dies at 65
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1951
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Andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51
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1952
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Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for Eng 3 for Ind), dies
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1952
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Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64
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1956
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Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84
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1960
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Donald Knight, cricketer (54 runs in 2 Tests for England 1921), dies
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1960
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Pavel P Parenago, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 53
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1963
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Rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at 66
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1965
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Neil Craig, actor (Calling Dr Kildare), dies at 73
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1965
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Paul Arntzenius, painter/graphic artist/etcher, dies at 81
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1966
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George Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies
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1968
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Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79
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1969
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Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83
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1969
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Tom Aherne, actor (Hustler, April Fools), dies of influenza in NY
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1970
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Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered
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1970
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Max Born, German/British physicist (Nobel 1954), dies at 87
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1970
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Roberto Gerhard, composer, dies at 73
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1971
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Sonny Liston, World Champ hw boxer (1962-64), found dead at 36
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1973
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Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79
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1974
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Roy Bargy, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79
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1975
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Don Wilson, pitcher (Astro), dies at 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning
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1976
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Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84
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1977
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Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74
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1979
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Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56
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1981
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Harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87
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1981
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Paul Flix, Flemish architect (Song of the Sun), dies at 67
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1982
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Hans Conried, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy), dies at 64
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1982
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Harvey Lembeck, actor (Phil Silvers, Hathaways), dies at 56
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1987
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Margaret Laurence, Canadian author, dies at 60
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1988
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"Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40
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1990
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Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76
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1990
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Bart LaRue, entertainer, dies
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1991
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John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82
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1991
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Marie Madeline Sullivan, actress (Elvira Mistress of Dark), dies at 80
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1991
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Vasko Popa, Serbian WW II-partisan/poet (Sporedno Nebo), dies at 68
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1993
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George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85
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1993
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Henk Knol, Suriname MP (PvdA), dies at 61
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1993
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Jennifer Raine Bissell, daughter of Alan Napier, dies 60
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1993
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Juan Benet Goitia, Spanish writer (Herrumbrosas Lanzas), dies at 65
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1993
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Klaas Wiersma, Dutch sec of Justice (VVD), dies
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1993
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Leonce Gras, Flemish singer/conductor, dies at 84
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1993
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Nyamuisi Muvingi, Zaire minister of Culture, murdered
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1993
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Ronnie Welsh, actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at 52
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1993
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Westley A Dodd, US murderer, 1st hanging in US since 1965
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1994
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Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator for 40 yrs), dies
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1994
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Louis R J Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor of Zoelen, dies at 87
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1994
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Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill, (D-Ma)/Speaker of House (1977-86), dies at 81
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1994
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Victor van Os, Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39
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1994
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William Raynor, writer, dies at 73
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1995
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Francis Lopez, Fren dentist/operetta composer (Andalousie), dies at 78
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1995
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Mansour Satari, brig-gen/commandant (Iran Air Force), dies at 46
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1995
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Yahya Ayyash, PLO bomb maker, booby trapped cellular phone at 28
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1996
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Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician, dies at 86
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1996
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Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader, dies at 84
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1996
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Lincoln Kirstein, ballet administrator, dies at 88
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1996
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Richard Versaille, tenor, dies at 63
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1997
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Andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72
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1998
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Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82
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1998
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Sonny Bono, (Rep-R-Ca)/singer (Sonny & Cher), dies skiing at 62
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