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141
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6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
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1345
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Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"
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1525
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Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants
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1569
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Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the C
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1598
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French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty
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1602
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United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms
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1616
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Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana
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1627
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France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism
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1697
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Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land"
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1760
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Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings
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1800
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French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, & advance to Cairo
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1814
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Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands
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1815
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Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule
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1816
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US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions
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1833
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US & Siam sign commercial treaty
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1848
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King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez
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1852
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston)
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1863
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Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals
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1865
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2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC
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1865
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Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives
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1868
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Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14,000
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1883
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Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property
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1885
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John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine
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1885
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Yiddish theater opens in NY with Golldfaden operetta
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1886
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1st AC power plant in US begins commercial operation, Mass
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1888
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Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia"
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1890
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General Federation of Womans' Clubs founded
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1890
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German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
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1896
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Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens
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1896
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Uprising in Matabeleland
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1897
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1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10
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1897
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1st US orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in NY
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1897
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France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
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1906
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George B Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London
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1911
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National Squash Tennis Association forms (NYC)
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1911
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Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway NYC
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1914
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1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven
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1916
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Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium
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1920
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1st flight from London to South Africa lands (1« months)
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1920
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld
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1920
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
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1922
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USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier
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1922
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WIP-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
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1923
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Bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA
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1923
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Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent
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1924
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Finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn
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1924
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Stanley Cup: Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Vanc Millionaires (PCHA) in 2
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1930
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Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph
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1931
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Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin
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1932
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Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR
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1933
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Dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed
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1934
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Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Phila A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers
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1934
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Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany
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1934
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Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Germany
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1935
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"Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio
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1937
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Franco-offensive at Guadalajara Spain
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1939
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7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania
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1940
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Paul Reynoud becomes French premier
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1941
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Nazi-German/Yugoslav pact drawn
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1942
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Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia
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1942
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Gen MacArthur vows, "I shall return"
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1942
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Major German assault on Malta
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1943
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British offensive against Mareth-line
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1943
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German U-384 bombed & sinks
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1944
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Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16
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1944
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Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes
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1945
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US 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar
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1946
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Belgian govt of Spaak, resigns
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1947
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180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic
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1948
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1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90
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1948
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20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on
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1951
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Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java
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1952
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24th Academy Awards - "American in Paris," H Bogart & Vivian Leigh win
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1952
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Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan
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1952
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US senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan
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1953
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Senator Edwin C Johnson offers a bill to give clubs the sole
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1954
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"King & I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances
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1954
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16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76
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1954
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1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania)
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1955
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KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1956
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156-day strike against Westinghouse ends
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1956
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E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP
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1956
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Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes
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1956
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Tunisia gains independence from France
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1956
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Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp
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1956
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USSR performs nuclear test
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1957
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Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it
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1958
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50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line
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1958
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Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting
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1958
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Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission
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1962
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Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater
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1963
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1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC)
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1963
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Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke
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1964
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ESRO established, European Space Research Organization
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1965
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27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80
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1965
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Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 v NZ at Delhi
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1966
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Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open
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1967
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Supremes release "The Happening"
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1967
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WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1968
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LBJ signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money
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1968
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Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)
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1969
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Abebe Bikila's auto-accident, near Addis Ababa
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1969
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Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
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1969
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US president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970
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1971
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Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game
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1972
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19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche
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1972
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S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee
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1973
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Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death
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1976
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Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.70)
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1976
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Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery
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1977
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Communists/socialists win French municipal elections
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1977
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Parisians elect former PM Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century
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1977
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Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India
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1978
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Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders
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1979
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Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center
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1980
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The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks
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1980
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US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran
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1981
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Argentine ex-president Isabel Per¢n sentenced to 8 years
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1981
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Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr
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1982
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1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Is v Barbados
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1982
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France performs nuclear test
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1982
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Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks
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1982
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Rev A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa
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1983
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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1984
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Andy Kaufman & Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres
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1984
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Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools
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1985
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Libby Riddles is 1st woman to win Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race
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1986
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228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (UK record)
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1986
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Jacques Chirac forms French government
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1987
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FDA approves sale of AZT (AIDS treatment)
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1987
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NASA launches Palapa B2P
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1987
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Soap opera "Capitol" final episode
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1987
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Soviet filmmakers arrive in Hollywood for an entertainment summit
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1987
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Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.36)
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1988
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David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in NYC
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1988
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Laura Davies wins Circle K LPGA Tucson Golf Open
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1988
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Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
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1989
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Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation
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1989
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Richard J Kerr replaces Robert M Gates as deputy director of CIA
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1990
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LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33
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1990
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Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident
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1991
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Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney
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1991
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Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records
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1991
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Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially dam
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1991
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US forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland
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1992
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Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set
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1992
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Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses
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1993
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Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec)
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1993
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IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England
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1993
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Morton Downey Jr weds Lori Krebs
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1994
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"Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 137 perfs
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1994
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"Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 41 performances
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1994
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"No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 performances
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1994
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14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins
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1994
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Brett Hart wins WWF championship at Wrestlemania X
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1994
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El Salvador's 1st pres election following 12-year-old civil war
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1994
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Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
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1994
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Mashonaland U-24 beat Matabeleland on 1st inn to win Logan Cup
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1994
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Wrestlemania X at MSG NY, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna
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1994
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Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa
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1995
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Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years
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1995
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Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record)
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1995
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Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured
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1996
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"Love Thy Neighbor," opens at Booth Theater NYC
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1996
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Erik & Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents
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1996
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UK admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease)
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1997
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"Play On!," opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 61 performances
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1997
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Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive
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1997
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Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN)
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BIRTHS
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1634
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Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)
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1680
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Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)
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1725
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Abdl-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89)
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1728
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Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist
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1739
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Eligio Celestino, composer
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1750
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Martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)
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1770
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Johann Friedrich Hlderlin, Tbingen Germany, poet (Der Rhein)
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1774
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John Braham, composer
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1804
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Neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
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1811
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George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election)
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1811
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Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte II, Napoleon's son/King of Rome
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1812
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George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
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1813
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Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High)
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1820
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Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania
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1823
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John Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
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1825
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William Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army)
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1826
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Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor
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1828
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Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler)
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1829
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Charles Albert White, composer
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1830
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Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910
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1833
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Henry Southwick Perkins, composer
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1834
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Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909)
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1846
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Auguste Bender, writer
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1853
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George Godfrey, Chelsea Mass, heavyweight boxer (Old Chocolate)
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1856
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Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management
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1863
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Ernesto Nazareth, composer
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1868
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Obe Postma, Frisian poet/geography/historian (Frisian Clay Farm)
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1870
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Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician (East Africa)
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1872
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Bernhard Seklas, composer
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1872
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Karin Michaelis, writer
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1873
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Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko) [NS=Apr 1]
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1882
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Ren Coty, Le Harve France, president of France (1953-58)
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1883
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Colin Campbell, Falkirk Scot, actress (High Bright Sun, Leather Boys)
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1883
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Karl Hasse, composer
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1885
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Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe
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1885
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Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist
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1888
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S V Vegesack, writer
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1890
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Lauritz Melchior, Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (Natl Symphony)
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1896
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Hal Walker, Ottumwa Ia, director (I Married Joan)
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1902
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Edgar Buchanan, Humansville Mo, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction)
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1902
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Kathryn Forbes, short story writer (mama's bank account)
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1903
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Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro (elected 1961)
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1904
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B[urrhus] F[rederic] Skinner, Pa, Behaviorism pioneer (Skinner box)
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1906
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Abraham Beame, (Mayor-D-NYC), NYC's 1st Jewish mayor
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1906
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Ozzie Nelson, Jersey City NJ, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet)
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1906
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Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer
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1908
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Frank Stanton, Muskegon Mich, broadcasting executive (CBS)
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1908
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Michael Redgrave, Bristol Eng, actor (Browning Version, Lady Vanishes)
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1908
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Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (Czardasvorstin)
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1911
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Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled)
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1913
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Judith Evelyn, Seneca SD, actress (13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window)
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1914
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Sviatosiav Richter, Zhitomir Ukraine, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945)
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1914
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Wendell Corey, Dracut Mass, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl)
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1914
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William Baddeley, rector (St Jame's Piccadilly)
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1915
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Rudolf Kirchschlger, president of Austria (1974-86)
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1915
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Svyatoslav Richter, pianist
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1916
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Pierre Messmer, PM (France)
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1917
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Dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958)
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1917
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Kalervo H Hortamo, Finnish poet (Sydnmaa)
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1917
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Peter Caddy, founder (Findhorn Community)
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1917
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Vera Lynn, singer (Anniversary Waltz)
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1918
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Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers)
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1918
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Jack Barry, Lindenhurst NY, game show emcee (Joker's Wild)
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1920
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Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician
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1920
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Marian McPartland, jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland)
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1920
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Werner Klemperer, Cologne Germany, actor (Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes)
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1921
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Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO)
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1921
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Primoz Ramovs, composer
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1922
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Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea)
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1922
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Carl Reiner, Bronx, comedian (2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show)
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1922
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Doug Barnard Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977- )
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1922
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Jack Kruschen, Winnipeg Canada, actor (Papa-Webster, Busting Loose)
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1922
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Larry Elgart, New Haven Ct, bandleader/alto sax (Elgart Orch)
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1922
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Ray Goulding, Lowell Mass, comedian (Bob & Ray)
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1923
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Marc Saporta, French writer/essayist (Le Grand Dfi)
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1925
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James Pickles, judge
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1925
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John D Erlichman, Politician (Nixon aide, Watergate)
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1926
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Ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle)
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1927
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John Pierre Herman Joubert, composer (Chamber Music for brass quintet)
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1928
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Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book)
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1928
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Christopher Benstead, race horse trainer
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1928
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Fred Rogers, Latrobe PA, children TV host (Mr Rogers' Neighborhood)
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1928
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Hans Kng, Swiss religious theologist
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1928
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Jerome Cousins Biffle, Denver Co, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1952)
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1930
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Michel Magne, composer
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1931
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Antonio Tauriello, composer
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1931
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David Montgomery, chairman (British Forestry Commission)
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1931
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Hal Linden, [Harold Lipshitz], actor (Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic)
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1931
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John Rae, British educator (Conscience & Politics)
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1932
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Tod Dockstader, composer
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1933
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David James Moore, educationalist
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1933
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Jacquez Guyonnet, composer
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1934
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Eric Hebborn, artist/faker
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1934
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Marion Conti, arch bishop (Aberdeen England)
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1937
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Elizabeth Gille, writer translator/editor
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1937
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Helmut Recknagel, Germany, 90m ski jump (Olympic-gold-1960)
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1937
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Jerry Reed, Atlanta GA, singer/actor (Bat 21, Smokey & the Bandit)
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1937
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Joe Rivers, rocker (Johnnie & Joe)
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1937
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Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge
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1938
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Frans J van der Heijden, Dutch journal/Dutch MP (CDA)
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1939
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Brian Mulroney, (P-C) 18th PM of Canada (1984-93)
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1939
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Earl of Seafield, [Ginger], English large landowner
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1940
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Mickey Preger, horse trainer
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1941
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Carlos Lopez, jockey
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1945
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Larry Combest, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- )
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1945
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Pat Riley, Schenectady NY, NBA coach (Lakers, Knicks, Heat)
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1945
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Tim Yeo, British MP/under-sect (State of Environment)
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1946
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Ranger Doug, [Douglas Green], Ill, singer (Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way)
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1947
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Carl Palmer, drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake & Palmer)
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1947
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John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist
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1948
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Bobby Orr, Parry Sound, Ontario, HOF NHL defenseman (Boston Bruins)
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1948
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John de Lancie, actor (Q-Star Trek Next Gen, Days of our Lives)
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1948
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Pamela Sargent, US, sci-fi author (Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives)
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1950
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William Hurt, Wash DC, actor (Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God)
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1951
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Guy Perry, rock guitarist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
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1951
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Jimmie Vaughan, guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
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1951
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John Wetton, rocker (Asia)
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1951
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Madan Lal, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's)
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1951
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Tanya Boyd, Detroit Mich, actress (Celeste-Days of our Life)
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1952
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Anand Armitraj, India, tennis player (Brother of ViJay)
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1954
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Charlie Simmer, Ontario, NHL left winger (LA Kings)
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1954
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Jim Seales, Hamilton Ala, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)
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1956
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Phillip Oppenhein, British MP
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1957
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Spike Lee, Atlanta, dir (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X)
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1957
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Theresa Russell, [Paup], SD Calif, actress (Black Widow, Razor's Edge)
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1958
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Holly Hunter, Atlanta Georgia, actress (Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade)
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1958
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Rickey Jackson, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
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1959
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Dale Reid, Ladybank Scotland, LPGA golfer (European Solheim Cup team)
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1959
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Richard Drummie, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down)
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1961
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John Clark Gable, LA Calif, actor (Bad Jim)
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1961
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Kathy Guadagnino, Albany NY, LPGA golfer (1985 US Women's Open)
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1961
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Slim Jim Phantom, [Jim Mcdonnell], rock drummer (Stray Cats)
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1963
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Paul Annacone, Southampton NY, tennis star
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1963
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Paul Mirkovich, rock keyboardist (Nelson-Love & Affection)
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1963
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Ramon Andersson, Middle Swan Australia, canoeist (Olympics-br-92, 96)
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1964
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Ruth Davidon, Balt MD, rower (Olympics-6th-96)
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1965
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Chris Hoiles, Bowling Green OH, catcher (Baltimore Orioles)
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1965
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Danielle Woodward, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
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1966
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Blas Minor, Merced CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
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1966
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Giulio Caravatta, CFL quarterback (BC Lions)
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1967
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Bryan Genesse, actor, (Rocco-Bold & Beautiful, Grady-Street Justice)
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1967
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Dana Rinehart Dalton, Orlando Florida, Miss Florida-America (1991)
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1967
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Mookie Blaylock, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
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1967
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Randy Gullatt, horse trainer
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1968
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Eric Viscaal, Dutch soccer star (PSV/AA Gent)
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1968
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Jurgen Rumrich, Miesbach GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
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1968
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Sheree Megan Higgins, Matamata NZ, golfer (1991 Bridgestone)
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1969
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Caroline Brunet, Quebec City Quebec, kayaker (Olympics-silver-96)
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1969
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Konstantine Starikovitch, Podolsk Rus, 238lbs US weightlift (Oly-96)
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1969
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Paul Atkinson, jockey
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1969
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Sharon Manning, WNBA center/forward (Charlotte Sting)
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1969
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Thang Thanh Nguyen, Soc Trang Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted)
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1970
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Kristin Klein, Santa Monica Calif, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-96)
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1970
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Ralph Dawkins, NFL running back (NO Saints)
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1970
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Ron George, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
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1970
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Todd Burger, NFL guard (Chic Bears)
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1971
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Janis Kelly, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyball player (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Manny Alexander, Dominican Republic, infielder (Baltimore Orioles)
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1972
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Ajah Wilson-Ogechukwu, soccer player (Roda JC)
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1973
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Jane March, Edgeware England, actress (Lover)
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1973
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Nico Boje, cricketer (South African ODI left-arm spinner 1996)
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1973
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Norman Tome, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
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1974
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P J Bogart, NYC, diver (Olympics-96)
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1975
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Brian Buetsch, Rockford Ill, figure skater (1997 Great Lakes Sr champ)
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1976
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Arno Knapen, Dutch soccer player (Holten, FC Twente)
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1997
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? Hefner, mother of Hugh Hefner (playboy), dies at 101
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DEATHS
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842
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Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies
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1191
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Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies
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1351
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Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies
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1393
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Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed
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1415
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Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45
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1501
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Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72
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1531
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Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded
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1549
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Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded
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1568
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Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77
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1617
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Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50
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1619
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Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies
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1646
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Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35
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1703
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Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
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1727
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Issac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84
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1751
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Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies
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1757
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Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60
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1767
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Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87
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1804
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Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47
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1812
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Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52
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1848
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Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27
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1866
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Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23
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1871
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Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56
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1873
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Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52
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1874
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Hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63
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1887
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Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73
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1892
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Arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41
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1894
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Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), dies at 91
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1898
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Luis Pals Matos, Puerto Rican poet (Tunt£n the paso y grifer¡a), dies
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1899
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Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution
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1910
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Flix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies at 89
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1911
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Jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75
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1913
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Christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75
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1913
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Song Jiao-ren, leader Chinese Guomindang-Party, dies
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1920
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Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60
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1925
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George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66
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1928
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Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)
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1929
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Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77
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1933
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Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR
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1934
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A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76
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1936
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Durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for S Afr 1891-92), dies
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1941
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D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies
|
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1942
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Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41
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1944
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Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83
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1950
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Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59
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1951
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Jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74
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1951
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Kathleen Lockhart Manning, composer, dies at 60
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1953
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Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60
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1962
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Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies
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1962
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C Wright Mills, US sociologist (Power Elite), dies at 45
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1963
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Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73
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1964
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Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41
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1964
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Jean Rogister, composer, dies at 84
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1967
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A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
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1968
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Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies
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1972
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Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51
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1972
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Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71
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1972
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Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Grace-Bus Stop), dies at 50
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1974
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Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62
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1974
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[Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, Black US advocate in Virg, dies at 83
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1976
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Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out), dies at 61
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1982
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Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral, dies at 52
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1987
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Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure
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1988
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Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75
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1990
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Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, Dutch writer, dies at 90
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1990
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Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies at 60
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1991
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Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window at 5
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1992
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Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93
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1992
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Frank Westbrook, dancer/choreographer, dies at 82
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1992
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Georges Delerue, French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies at 67
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1993
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Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85
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1993
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Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA at 3
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1995
|
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Merv Harvey, cricketer (scored 12 & 31 in Test Aus v Eng 46-47), dies
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1995
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Rachida Hammadi, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 32
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1995
|
|
Sidney Kingslei, playwright, dies at 88
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1995
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Sidney Kingsley, US playwright (Pulitzer prize 1934), dies at 88
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1996
|
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Alan Ridout, composer, dies at 61
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1996
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Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist, dies at 86
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1996
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Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist, dies at 71
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1997
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Carlo Fassi, figure skating coach (Fleming, Hamill), dies at 67
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