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987
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Louis IV, crowned king of France
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1205
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Pope Innocent III fires Adolf I as archbishop of Cologne
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1269
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King Louis IX of Frances decrees all Jews must wear a badge of shame
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1286
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Rabbenu Mir of Rothenbur imprisoned in fortress of Ensisheim
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1369
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Duke Philip the Stout marries Margaretha van Male
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1464
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French King Louis XI forms postal service
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1502
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Emperor Maximilian I & England sign treaty of Antwerp
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1572
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Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater
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1586
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English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island NC
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1588
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Spanish Armada heavily destroyed in storm at Coru¤a
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1621
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Battle at Dragetsani: Turkish army beats Greece
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1631
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Peace of Cherasco: Charles de Gonzaga-Nevers becomes duke of Mantua
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1669
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Polish parliament selects Litouwer Michael Wisniopwiecki as king
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1754
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Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies & Iroquois indians
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1770
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General Church of New Jerusalem established
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1778
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Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge
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1825
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Gioacchino Rossini's "Il viaggio a Reims," premieres
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1829
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Sir Robert Peel found London Metropolitan Police (Bobbies)
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1835
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New Orleans gives US govt Jackson Square to be used as a mint
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1846
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1st baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1
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1848
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Elizabeth Stanton & Lucretia Mott open 1st women's rights convention
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1850
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Swedish/Norwegian crown prince Charles weds Dutch princess Wilhelmina
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1861
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Anaheim Post Office established
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1861
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Francis Pierpont is elected provisional governor of West Virginia
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1862
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Slavery outlawed in US territories
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1863
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Battle at Middleburg Virginia (100+ casualties)
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1864
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CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France
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1864
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Skirmish at Pine Knob Georgia
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1865
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Siege of Richmond, VA
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1865
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Union Gen Granger declares slaves are free in Texas
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1867
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1st Belmont: J Gilpatrick aboard Ruthless wins in 3:05
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1868
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Maj Gen E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC
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1875
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Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio
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1881
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Muhammad Ahmad becomes Mahdi of Sudan
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1889
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Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Man with the Twisted Lip"
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1893
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Lizzie Bordon acquitted
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1894
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28th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Henry of Navarre wins in 1:56«
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1910
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1st airship in service "Germany"
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1910
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Father's Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash)
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1912
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Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A & L State College
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1914
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54th British Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 306 at Prestwick Club
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1917
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After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles & surnames, they take the name
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1921
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Census in Great-Britain
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1921
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Turk & Christian of Palestine sign a friendship treaty against Jews
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1922
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Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:28.2)
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1923
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"Moon Mullins," Comic Strip, debuts
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1923
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Baldwin-Mellon-agreement concerning Britain entering the war
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1924
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Paavo Nurmi runs world record 1500m (3:52.6)
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1926
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DeFord Bailey is 1st black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry
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1931
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1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct
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1932
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1st concert given in SF's Stern Grove
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1932
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Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China PR
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1933
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Austrian government-Dollfuss bans nazi-organizations
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1934
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created
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1936
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Dutch Premier Colijn denies relation with German call-girl
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1936
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German boxer Max Schmeling World Champion KOs Joe Louis
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1936
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Joe McCarthy is named to manage AL All-Stars, rather than high-strung Mickey Cochrane, who is very close to a nervous breakdown
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1937
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Franco-troops conquer Bilbao Basques
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1938
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"Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47
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1938
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Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's 3rd World Cup at Paris
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1938
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Paul Waner (Pirates) homers off Pete Sivess (Phillies) in DH
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1938
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Reds Johnny Vander Meer extends his string of hitless innings to 21 2/3 before Debs Garms singles for Boston in 4th
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1940
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"Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago
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1940
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German 7th Armour division under gen-maj Rommel occupies Cherbourg
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1940
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Gring orders seizure of Dutch horses, car, buses & ships
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1941
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Cheerios Cereal invents an O-shaped cereal
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1941
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Romania orders Jews to evacuate Darabani
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1941
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US president Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act
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1942
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Paul Waner, is 7th to get 3,000 hits
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1943
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"Shiek Of Arahy" Spike Jones & City Slickers peaks at #19
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1943
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NFL's Phila Eagles & Pitts Steelers merge, (dissolves on Dec 5)
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1943
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Race riot in Beaumont Texas
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1944
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-20] Battle of Philippines Sea
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1944
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300 Japanese aircrafts shot down
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1944
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French troops free Elba
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1944
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Heavy air raid on US fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot"
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1944
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Japanese troops conquer Changsha China
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1946
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1st TV sports spectacular-Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn
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1947
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1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca
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1948
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Panama & Costa Rica recognize Israel
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1948
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USSR blocks access road to West Berlin
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1952
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"I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host
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1952
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Bkln Dodger Carl Erskine no-hits Chicago Cubs, 5-0
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1953
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Albert W Dent, elected president of Natl Health Council
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1953
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WCSC TV channel 5 in Charleston, SC (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1953
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WTPA (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
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1954
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54th US Golf Open: Ed Furgol shoots a 284 at Baltusrol GC in NJ
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1954
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Betty Jameson wins LPGA Western Golf Open
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1954
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Tasmanian Devil, debuts in "Devil May Hare" by Warner Bros
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1955
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55th US Golf Open: Jack Fleck shoots a 287 at Olympic CC in SF
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1955
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Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100
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1955
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Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history
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1956
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Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin end partnership after 16 films
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1959
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Senate rejects Ike's appointment of Lewis Strauss for Sec of Comm
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1960
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
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1960
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Loretta Lynn records "Honky Tonk Girl"
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1961
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"Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" by Coasters peaks at #23
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1961
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Charlie Finley, changes A's manager Joe Gordon (26-33) for Hank Bauer
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1961
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Kuwait declares independence from UK
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1961
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NY Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs
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1961
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US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God
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1963
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2 Russian space missions return to Earth
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1963
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Charter members of Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen
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1963
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Greek govt of Pipinolis forms
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1963
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Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to Earth
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1964
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Bob Dylan completes UK tour
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1964
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Cambuur Leeuwarden BVO soccer team forms in Leeuwarden
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1964
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27
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1965
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Algerian coup under colonel Houari Boumdienne, pres Ben Bella fired
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1965
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KYW-AM in Cleveland Ohio returns call letters to Philadelphia
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1966
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
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1967
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Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in US Army
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1967
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Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD
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1968
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50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign
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1969
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State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances
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1970
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A Nikolayev & V Sevastyanov return after 18 days in Soyuz 9
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1970
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Conservatives win British parliamentary election
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1970
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Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published
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1970
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Yanks Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 2nd of 3 times in 28 days
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1971
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Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance
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1972
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-29] Hurricane Agnes, kills 118 in NY & Florida
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1972
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40,000 pilots strike against naval officer
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1973
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"Rocky Horror Picture Show," stage production opens in London
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1973
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Pete Rose & Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000
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1974
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KC Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0
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1974
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Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) suspends constitution
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1976
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King Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Dutchess Silvia Sommerlath
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1976
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US Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth
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1977
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77th US Golf Open: Hubert Green shoots a 278 at Southern Hills Tulsa
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1977
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Indians fire manager Frank Robinson & replace him with Jeff Torborg
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1977
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Judy Rankin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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1977
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Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st US male saint
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1977
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Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks
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1978
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"Best Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St NYC for 1577 perfs
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1978
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Garfield, created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip
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1978
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Ian Botham takes 8-34 v Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling
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1979
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In NY 36,211 show up to witness return of Billy Martin as Yank mgr
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1979
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Mali's constitution goes into effect
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1980
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Battle between police & demonstrators in Capetown, 34 killed
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1981
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Boeing commercial Chinook 2-rotor helicopter is certified
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1981
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European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit
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1981
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Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, S Africa
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1981
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India's APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched
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1983
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"Octopussy" premieres in US
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1983
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Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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1984
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"Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair
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1984
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1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Nightline)
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1985
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Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place
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1986
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Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup
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1987
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Ben & Jerry Ice Cream & Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia
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1987
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ETA bomb attack in Barcelona, 15 killed
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1987
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Geffen records sign their 1st artist (Donna Summer)
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1987
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Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation
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1987
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Wee Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak ends
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1988
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32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle,to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins
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1988
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88th US Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Country Club Mass
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1988
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Coup in Haiti
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1988
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Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie
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1988
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Namphy takes control of Haitian govt
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1988
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Shirley Furlong wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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1988
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World's Largest Sausage completed at 13 1/8 miles long
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1989
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Mets Dwight Gooden wins his 100th game (100-37)
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1990
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Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark
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1991
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2 of Mia Farrow's daughters arrested for shoplifting lingerie
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1991
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Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar surrenders to police
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1991
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NY Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987
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1992
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"Batman Returns," opens
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1992
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Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
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1992
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Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa is shot twice in NYC
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1992
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Inkhata-blood bath in Boipatong South-Africa
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1992
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NY Yankees 1st game in Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards
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1993
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Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* v England at Lord's
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1993
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Mandy Smith (Bill Wyman's ex-wife) weds Pat van den Hauwe
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1994
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"Sally Marrand Her Escorts" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 50 perfs
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1994
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"She Loves Me" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC after 294 performances
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1994
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"Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" closes at Cort NYC after 72 perfs
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1994
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94th US Golf Open: Ernie Els shoots a 279 at Oakmont CC in Oakmont Pa
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1994
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Ernesto Samper elected president of Colombia
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1994
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Lisa Kiggens wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament
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1994
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Tigers tie record of hitting HRs in 25th consecutive games
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1995
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NY Yankees announce agreement with Darryl Strawberry
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1997
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"Forever Tango!," opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
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BIRTHS
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1566
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James I Stuart, king of Scotland (James VI)/England (1567/1603-25)
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1595
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, king of Poland (1632-48)
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1608
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Thomas Fuller, England, literary (History of the Holy War)
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1613
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Christian de Placker, composer
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1623
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Blaise Pascal, mathematician/physicist/religious writer (Pascal)
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1633
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Philippus van Limborch, remonstrants theologist/vicar
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1708
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Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, composer
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1717
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Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer
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1741
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Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/art collector
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1749
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Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, France, chairman (National Convention)
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1764
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John Barrow, England, founded Royal Geographical Society
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1764
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Jos Gervasio Artigas, general/father of Uruguay
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1766
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Edmund Weber, composer
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1782
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Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer (L'avenir)
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1782
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John Bray, composer
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1783
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Thomas Sully, US portrait painter (Queen Victoria)
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1790
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John Gibson, British (?) sculptor
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1792
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Gustav Schwab, writer
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1810
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Ferdinand David, violist/compser (Hohe Schule des Violinspiels)
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1811
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Henry Prince, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
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1814
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Johannes H Weissenbruch, landscape painter
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1815
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John William Glover, composer
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1834
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Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina)
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1842
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Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer
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1843
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Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer
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1854
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Alfredo Catalani, composer
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1856
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Elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia)
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1858
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Charles Haddon George Alexander, [George Samson], British actor
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1858
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Dirk Fock, governor-general of Neth Indies (1921-26)
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1861
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Douglas Haig, British fieldmarshal (Sudan, WW I)
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1861
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Jos Protasio Rizal, Philippine optician/author/nationalist
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1865
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Alfred Hugenberg, German RC pres-dir of Krupp/media magnate
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1865
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May Whitty, Liverpool England, actress (Mrs Minerva, Suspicion)
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1867
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Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist
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1867
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Frank Iredale, cricketer (Australian batsman 1894-99)
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1868
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Heinrich Schenker, [A Niloff], Austrian musicologist (Urlinie)
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1877
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Charles Coburn, Macon Ga, actor (Acad-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
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1878
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James M Kilroe, priest of St Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx
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1880
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Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung)
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1885
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Stevan Hristic, composer
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1886
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Duchess of Windsor, divorcee
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1886
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Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer/writer (Hiawatha's Song)
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1889
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Enrico Celio, president (Switzerland)
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1890
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Barbara Everest, London England, actress (Fatal Witness, Inquest)
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1893
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Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch family dr/co-founder (Union Natl Arubano)
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1896
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Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee
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1897
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Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], Bkln NY, comedian (3 Stooges)
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1898
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Paul Muller-Zurich, composer
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1899
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George Calinescu, Romania, literature (Enigma Otilei)
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1900
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Laura Hobson, NYC, TV writer/panelist (I've Got a Secret)
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1901
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Edward Lambert, British diplomat
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1902
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Guy Lombardo, London Ontario Canada, orch leader (Auld Lang Syne)
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1903
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Walter Hammond, cricketer (one of the greatest of English batsman)
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1903
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[Henry] Lou[is] Gehrig, "Iron Horse", 1st baseman (NY Yankees)
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1904
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Balis Dvarionas, composer
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1905
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George Voskovec, Czech, actor (Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag)
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1905
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Taneli Kuusisto, composer
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1908
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Mildred Natwick, Balt Md, actress (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
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1908
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Quentin N Burdick, (Sen-D-ND, 1960-91)
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1909
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Edwin Gerschefski, composer
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1909
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Osamu Dazai, Japan, novelist (Tsugaru, No Longer Human)
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1910
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Frederick Harry Baines, painter
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1912
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Jerry Jerome, Bkln NY, saxophonist (Words & Music)
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1912
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Martin Gabel, Phila, TV host (With this Ring)
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1914
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Alan Cranston, (Sen-D-CA, 1969- )
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1914
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Harry Lauter, White Plains NY, actor (Waterfront)
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1914
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Lester Flatt, Earl Scrugg's partner (Beverly Hillbillies theme)
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1914
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Morgan Morgan-Giles, Brits Lt admiral/MP
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1916
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Pat Buttram, actor (Mr Haney-Green Acres)
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1917
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Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwan minister (ZAPUA)
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1918
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Evelle Jansen Younger, prosecutor (Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan)
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1919
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Louis Jourdan, Marseilles France, actor (Gigi, Can-Can, Madame Bovary)
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1919
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Pauline Kael, movie critic (NY Times, For Keeps)
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1921
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Allan Davis, (mayor-London)
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1921
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Herman Berserik, Dutch painter/graphic artist
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1921
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Howell T Heflin, (Sen-D-Alabama, 1979- )
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1921
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Rosalyn Yalow, famed award winning medical physicist
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1922
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Aage Neals Bohr, Denmark, physicist/study atomic nucleus (Nobel 1975)
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1924
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David Scott, priest
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1924
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Leo Nomellini, NFL defensive tackle (SF 49ers)
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1924
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Wassil Bykau, writer
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1925
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Alfred B Nzo, South African sec-gen ANC (1969- )
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1925
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Charlie Drake, British comic (Plank, Rhubarb Rhubarb, Splish Splash)
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1927
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Karel Kupka, composer
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1928
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Nancy Marchand, Buffalo NY, actress (Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant)
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1928
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Raymond Powell, British MP
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1930
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Bryan Kneale, British sculptor
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1930
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Jul Levi, composer
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1931
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"Against Iain" duke of Atholl, English large landowner
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1932
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Marisa Pavan, Cagliari Italy, actress (Solomon & Sheba, Rose Tattoo)
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1932
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Pier Angeli, Italy (Sodom & Gomorrah, Vintage, Battle of the Bulge)
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1933
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Thelma Barlow, English actress (Mavis-Coronation Street)
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1933
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Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11)
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1934
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Gena Rowlands, Cambria Wisc, actress (Gloria, Tempest, Brinks Job)
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1934
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Hammond Furlonge, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests 1955-56)
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1934
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Terence Clark, British diplomat
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1935
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Tommy Devito, Montclair NJ, rock vocalist (Four Seasons-Sherry)
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1936
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Shirley Goodman, US R&B singers (Shirley & Lee-Feels so Good)
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1938
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Charles Gwathmey, architect (5 Architects)
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1938
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John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge
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1939
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Peter Duffell, Brits lt-general/minister of Defense
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1940
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Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, drag racer (1st woman Top Fuel champ)
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1941
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Marlene Warfield, Queens NY, actress (Victoria-Maude)
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1942
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Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, rocker (Spanky & Our Gang-Lazy Day)
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1942
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Jos Brink, Dutch TV host (Op Zoek)
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1942
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Neil Chalmers, director (National History Museum, London)
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1942
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Robert [Bob] W Kasten Jr, (Sen-R-WI, 1981- )
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1945
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Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician (Nobel)
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1945
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Tim Hovey, LA Calif, actor (Queen Bee, Toy Tiger, Man Afraid)
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1945
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Tobias Wolff, US writer (This Boy's Life)
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1947
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James T Walsh, (Rep-R-NY)
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1947
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Phylicia Ayers-Allen Rashad, Houston, actress (Clair-Bill Cosby)
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1947
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Salman Rushdie, Pak, novelist (Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses)
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1948
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Dervin Gordon, rocker
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1949
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[Mary] Kathleen Turner, Springfield Mo, actress (Romancing The Stone)
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1950
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Constance Forslund, San Diego Calif, actress (Shining Season)
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1951
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Ann Wilson, San Diego Calif, rock vocalist (Heart-What About Love)
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1951
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Daria Nicolodi, Florence Italy, actress (Terror, Shock)
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1952
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Robert Ainsworth, British MP
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1953
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Larry Dunn, [Dunhill], US keyboardist (Earth Wind & Fire)
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1954
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Jim Cooper, (Rep-D-TN, 1983- )
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1954
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Michael O'Brien, British MP
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1957
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David Gleeson, Norfolk England, US, rower (Olympics-1996)
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1959
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Kimberley Leston, journalist
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1959
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Mark DeBarge, Grand Rapids Mich, rock vocalist (DeBarge-Who's Johnny)
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1960
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Heike Walpot, German, cosmonaut
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1960
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Johnny Lee Gray, Jr, LA Calif, 800m runner (Olympics-7th-1996)
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1960
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Patti Rizzo, Hollywood Fla, golfer (Mexican Amateur champion 1980)
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1960
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Simon Wright, heavy metal drummer (AC/DC)
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1962
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Ken Tohill, jockey
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1962
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Paula Julie Abdul, Van Nuys Calif, singer/choreographer (Straight Up)
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1962
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Phillip Hatchett, Russellville Ky, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Quebec)
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1962
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Sid Fenech, jockey
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1964
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David Freedman, cricketer (NSW left-arm Chinese bowler since 1990)
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1965
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Karen Davies, Wrexham N Wales, golfer (1991 PING-Cellular One-6th)
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1967
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Eric Schweig, Inuvik Canada, actor (Dead Man's Walk)
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1968
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Jud Buechler, NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls)
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1970
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Chris Gray, NFL guard (Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears)
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1970
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Claire Mitchell-Taverner, Australian field hockey midfielder (Oly-96)
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1970
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Leonard Humphries, CFL cornerback (BC Lions)
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1970
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Quincy Dushawn Watts, Detroit Mich, 400m runner
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1970
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Scott Brumfield, guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1972
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Andre Strode, CFL defensive back (BC Lions)
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1972
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Anna Van der Kamp, Abbotsford BC, rower (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Millard Coleman, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes)
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1973
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Arne van de Berg, soccer player (Willem II)
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1973
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Jahine Arnold, wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
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1973
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Josie Davis, actress (Charles in Charge) [or Jan 16]
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1975
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Anna Valle, Miss Universe-Italy (1996)
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1975
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Anthony Parker, NBA guard (Phila 76ers)
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1975
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Brandon Mitchell, defensive end (New England Patriots)
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1976
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Darnell Autry, running back (Chicago Bears)
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1978
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Garfield the Cat, animated character "Big fat hairy deal"
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1979
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Soni Meduna, Omaha Neb, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
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1980
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Amy Merrill, Miss Utah Teen USA (1997)
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1984
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Emil Coleman, orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Party)
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DEATHS
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1113
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Odo/Odardus van Kamerijk, French writer/bishop of Kamerijk, dies
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1312
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Piers Gaveston, earl of Cornwall, beheaded
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1341
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Juliana van Falconieri, Italian saint/Swedish tenor, dies
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1542
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Leo Jud[ae], Swiss pastor/church reformer
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1554
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Sixt[us] Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Judith), dies at 53
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1652
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Louis de Geer, Neth/Swedish industrialist/millionaire, dies at 64
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1730
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Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer, dies at 49
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1747
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Alessandro Marcello, composer, dies at 77
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1747
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Nadir, shah of Persia (1736-47), murdered
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1759
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Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer, dies at 31
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1762
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Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer, dies at 60
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1787
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John Brown, (British?) theologist, dies
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1794
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Richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 62
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1811
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Samuel Chase, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 70
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1820
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Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies
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1822
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John Bray, composer, dies on 40th birthday
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1837
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Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle
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1840
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John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50
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1864
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George Lincoln Prescott, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries
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1867
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Maximilian F J, Austrian arch duke/Emperor of Mexico, dies
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1902
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John E E Dalberg baron van Acton, English historian, dies at 69
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1915
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Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev, Russian composer (Oresteia), dies at 58
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1921
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Ram¢n L¢pez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota), dies at 33
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1922
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Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer, dies at 71
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1932
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Solomon Tshkisho Platje, South African writer, dies
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1936
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John Sharpe, cricketer (1-eyed fast bowler for England 1891-92), dies
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1937
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James M Barrie, Scottish writer (Dear Brutus/Peter Pan), dies
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1939
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Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60
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1940
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Aurlien FM Lugn-Poe, French actor (Pirouette), dies at 70
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1940
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Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40
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1944
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Bill Bradley, cricketer (bowled for England in two Tests 1899), dies
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1944
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Han Yong-woon, Zen teacher, dies in Seoul County, Korea at 65
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1947
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Willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84
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1953
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Ethel Rosenberg, executed at Sing Sing, in 5 tries
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1953
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Julius Rosenberg, NYC, 1st US civilian executed for espionage at 37
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1956
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Lulu [Luise] Strauss und Torney, German poet/writer, dies at 82
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1962
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Frank Borzage, US, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69
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1965
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James B Collip, Canadian bio-chemist (insulin), dies at 72
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1966
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Ed Wynn, comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79
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1966
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Marjan Kozina, composer, dies at 59
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1973
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Roger Delgado, actor (Adv's of Sir Francis Drake, Dr Who), dies at 55
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1982
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John Cheever, US writer (Wapshot Chronicle, Pulitzer), dies at 70
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1984
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Lee Krasner Pollock, US painter, dies at 75
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1984
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Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer, dies at 88
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1986
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Coluche, [Michel Colucci], French comic, dies at 41
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1986
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Len Bias, 1st pick of Celtics, suffers fatal cocaine-induced seizure
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1986
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Murray P Haydon, artificial heart recipient, dies in Louisville at 59
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1988
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Zdenek Blazek, composer, dies at 83
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1989
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Hy Gardner, newspaper columnist, dies at 80
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1989
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Isidore Feinstein Stone, author (I F Stone's Weekly), dies at 81
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1991
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Jean Arthur [Gladys Greene], US actress (Shane), dies
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1992
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Kitty McKane Godfree, Tennis champ (Wimbledon 1924, 26), dies at 96
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1993
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William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983), dies at 81
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1994
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Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot, dies at 92
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1994
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Jocelyn Olaf Hambro, financier, dies at 75
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1994
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Ronald Batty, bookseller, dies at 82
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1995
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Al Hansen, artist, dies at 67
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1995
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Murray Dickie, opera singer/director, dies at 71
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1995
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Richard Bernard Pape, POW escaper/writer, dies at 79
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1996
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Alan Ande Anderson, opera director, dies at 78
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1996
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David Schine, businessman, dies at 70
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1996
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Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist, dies at 63
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1996
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Henry Ralph Carr, soldier, dies at 82
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1996
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Vivian Ellis, composer, dies at 91
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1997
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Bobby Helms, singer (Jingle Bell Rock), dies at 63
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