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535
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John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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615
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St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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685
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St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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1360
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Treaty of Brtigny signed by English & French
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1429
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French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orlans
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1450
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Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI
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1521
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Parliament of Worms installs edict against Marten Luther
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1541
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Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River
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1624
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Hung king Bethlen G bor & emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna
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1639
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William Coddington founds Newport RI
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1660
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English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns
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1721
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Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII
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1741
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France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg
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1784
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Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
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1792
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British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash
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1792
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US establishes military draft
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1794
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US Post Office established
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1823
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"Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
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1834
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Charles Darwin's expedition returns to the Beagle
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1834
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Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
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1840
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Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process
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1842
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Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die
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1846
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1st major battle of Mxican War fought at Palo Alto Texas
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1847
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Robert Thompson patents rubber tire
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1858
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John Brown holds antislavery convention
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1861
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Richmond Va, is named the capital of the Confederacy
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1862
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Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va
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1863
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Confederaci¢n Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia
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1864
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Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
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1864
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Atlanta Campaign: Sever fighting near Dalton
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1864
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Battle of Antietam, VA (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
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1866
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Australian Rules Football is created
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1871
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English-US treaty ends Alabama dispute
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1877
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1st Westminster Dog Show held
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1878
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1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
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1879
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George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
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1881
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Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch
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1882
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David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC
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1885
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Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl
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1886
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Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine)
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1895
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China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
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1896
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Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
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1897
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22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¬
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1900
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250 grave robbers shot to death
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1900
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Galveston Texas, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die
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1900
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John McGraw & Wilbert Robinson sign with Cardinals
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1901
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In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Phila 12-4
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1902
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Mt Pele erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000
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1906
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Phila A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs
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1907
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Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0
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1907
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Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
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1909
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Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6)
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1909
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Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31)
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1915
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41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4
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1916
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German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes
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1919
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1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane
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1919
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Appingedam soccer team forms
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1920
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46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09
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1921
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Sweden abolished capital punishment
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1923
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Hobbs scores his 100th 100, 116* v Somerset at Bath
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1924
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Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231," premieres
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1924
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Memel territories given to Lithuania
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1924
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Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut
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1925
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51st Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59
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1925
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French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco
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1926
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1st flight over North Pole (Bennett & Byrd)
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1926
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A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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1926
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Fire breaks out in Fenway Park
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1929
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Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
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1929
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NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0
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1931
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Operette "Land of Smiles," premieres in London
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1935
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Cin Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-4
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1936
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Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
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1937
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63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2
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1938
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Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks," premieres in Washington, DC
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1941
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German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
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1942
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1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
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1942
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Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
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1942
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German summer offensive opens in Crimea
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1943
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69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4
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1943
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Adm Cunningham of Brit fleet: "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass"
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1944
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1st eye bank opens (NYC)
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1944
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33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death
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1944
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U-575 sinks Asphodel
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1945
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Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
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1945
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Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet
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1945
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Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov
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1945
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V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe
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1946
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Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
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1947
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A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson & the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam
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1948
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Bradman scores 146 Aust v Surrey, 174 mins, 15 fours
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1949
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West German constitution approved
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1950
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Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons
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1951
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Dacron men's suits introduced
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1951
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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1952
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"Of Thee I Sing" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
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1952
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"Shuffle Along" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 4 performances
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1952
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Mad Magazine debuts
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1953
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WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1954
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1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 m)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA
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1956
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John Osbornes "Look Back in Anger," premieres in London
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1958
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Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
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1958
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VP Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru
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1959
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3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore
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1960
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USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations
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1960
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Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Golf Open
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1961
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1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport Texas
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1961
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Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
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1962
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"Funny Thing Happened" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 965 perfs
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1962
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1st Atlas Centaur Launch
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1962
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London trolley buses go out of service
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1963
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"Dr No" premieres in US
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1963
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JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression
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1965
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1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7")
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1966
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
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1966
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Last game at old Busch stadium, St Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF
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1966
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Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)
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1967
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Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
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1968
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Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0)
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1968
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Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)
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1969
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Cambodia recognizes German DR
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1969
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Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Sacra Ritum Congregation
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1970
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Beatles release "Let it Be" album
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1970
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Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in NYC's Wall Street
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1970
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NBA championship: Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99
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1971
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"Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 5 performances
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1971
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Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Sq Garden
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1972
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Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
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1973
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Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs mgr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black
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1973
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Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
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1974
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50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
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1974
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Canada govt of Trudeau falls
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1974
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FC Magdenburg wins 14th Europe Cup II
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1976
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"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 7 perfs
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1977
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David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings
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1977
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Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
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1978
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ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"
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1978
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Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
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1979
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Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
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1980
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Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game
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1980
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World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated
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1981
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Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record
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1982
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Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
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1983
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Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
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1984
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Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9)
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1984
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1984
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Minn Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
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1984
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Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
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1984
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USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
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1985
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20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win
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1985
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1987
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Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)
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1988
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"Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 46 performances
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1988
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Amateur referees work NJ Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devi
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1988
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Franois Mitterrand elected president of France
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1988
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Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
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1988
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Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC
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1989
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Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
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1989
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US space shuttle STS-30 lands
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1990
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Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway
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1991
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CIA director William H Webster resigns
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1993
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16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman & takes NYC subway train & 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
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1993
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ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware
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1993
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Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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1994
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"Rise & Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 9 perfs
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1994
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500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
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1994
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Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
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1994
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Ernesto Prez Balladares elected president of Panama
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1994
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Jos Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica
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1994
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Laura Davies wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
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1994
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Pres Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
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1996
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NY Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3
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1996
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S Afr's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution
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1997
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Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village
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BIRTHS
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1078
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Cindy Parlow, Memphis Tenn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
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1492
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Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer
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1521
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Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint
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1527
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Johann Walter, composer
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1592
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Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)
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1629
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Niels Juel, Danish admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjgebocht)
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1641
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Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam)
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1668
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Alain R Lesage, French author (Turcaret ou le Financier)
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1673
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Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer
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1703
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Gottlob Harrer, composer
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1737
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Edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)
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1742
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Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer
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1745
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Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer
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1750
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Elias Mann, composer
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1753
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Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mxican independence
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1763
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John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman
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1778
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Johann Gansbacher, composer
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1786
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Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry
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1803
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Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
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1806
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Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer
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1810
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James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
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1814
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Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist
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1824
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William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57)
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1828
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Jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901)
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1829
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist
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1833
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Frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
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1836
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Bryan Morel Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905
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1839
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Francis W Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton/writer
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1842
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Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist
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1844
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Hermann Gradener, composer
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1846
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Oscar Hammerstein, Germany, opera/playwright (Kohinoor)
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1853
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Charles Lee Williams, composer
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1857
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Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, Dutch actor/husband of Alida Klein
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1858
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John Meade Falkner, novelist (Moonfleet)
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1871
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[mile M] Louis Madelin, French historian (French revolutionary)
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1873
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Henry Leveson-Gower, cricketer (England capt 1909-10 later official)
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1882
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Philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat
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1884
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Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953)
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1886
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Jef van Hoof, composer
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1891
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Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
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1892
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Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show)
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1893
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Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913)
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1895
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Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)
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1895
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Fulton J Sheen, El Paso Ill, bishop (Life is Worth Living)
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1895
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Jos G¢mez, [Joselito el Gallo], bullfighter
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1899
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Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter
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1899
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[Friedrich] August von Hayek, Aust/British economist (Road to Serfdom)
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1902
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Andre Michel Lwoff, physiologist
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1902
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Milford "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ bat early 1930's, All Black half)
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1903
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Fernandel, [Fernand JD Contandin], French actor (Paris Holiday)
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1903
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Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian (Grand Chef)
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1904
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John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator
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1904
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John Snagge, commentator (BBC)
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1905
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Inglis Gundry, composer
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1906
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David Van Vactor, Plymouth Indiana, composer (Chaconne)
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1906
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Roberto Rossellini, Rome Italy, director (Open City)
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1908
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Arturo De Cordova, [Rodriguez], Merida Mexico, actor (Medal for Benny)
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1910
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Mary Lou Williams, US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite)
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1910
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Ronald Russell, actor/manager (We are Angels, Little Dorrit)
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1911
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Robert Johnson, blues singer (King of Delta Blues Singer)
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1911
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Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman, Dutch lawyer/foreign minister
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1912
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George Woodcock, author
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1912
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Gertrud Fussenegger, [Dorn], Austrian writer (Mohrenlegende)
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1913
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Sidney James, [Cohen], Johannesburg, actor (Carry On)
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1914
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Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman (Comm House of Lords)
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1915
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John Archer, Osceola Nebraska, actor (Destination: Moon)
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1916
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Gordon Scarrott, engineer
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1919
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Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer
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1920
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Maurice Cranston, political scientist
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1920
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Sloan Wilson, Norwalk, Conn, novelist (Man in the Gray Flannal
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1921
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Graham Leonard, bishop of London
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1921
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Saul Bass, designer
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1922
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Brian Kellett, CEO (Port of London Authority)
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1922
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Friedrich Dppe, writer
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1924
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Tristan Jones, sailor
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1925
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Ali Hassan Mwinyi, president of Tanzania (1985- )
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1925
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Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, lord of appeal in ordinary
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1926
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David Attenborough, naturalist
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1926
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David Attenborough, producer/TV host/scientist
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1926
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Don Rickles, Queens NY, comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey)
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1926
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Erico Menczer, Fiume Italy, cinematographer (Chosen, Miranda)
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1926
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Richard F Attenborough, environmentalist/zoologist (BBC)
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1926
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Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge
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1927
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Ian Denholm, CEO (Murray Investment Trust)
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1927
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Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman (National Westminster Bank)
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1928
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Theodore Sorenson, presidential advisor (JFK)/author (1000 Days)
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1928
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William Jay Sydeman, composer
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1929
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V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice (CDA)
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1930
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Doug Atkins, Humbolt Tn, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bears, Saints)
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1930
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Gary Snyder, [Japhy Ryder], beat poet (Rip Rap & Cold Mountain Poems)
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1930
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Heather Harper, soprano
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1931
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Charles M Wilson, composer
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1933
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Alistair Service, writer/publisher
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1934
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Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge
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1934
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Roger Kendrick, governor (Dartmoor Prison)
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1934
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Sonny Liston, US heavyweight boxing chmap (1962-64)
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1935
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Jack Charlton, soccer manager (Rep of Ireland)
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1935
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Salome Jens, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (From Here to Eternity)
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1935
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Viscount Falkland, British peer (Lib-Dem)
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1936
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James Darren, actor (Time Tunnel)
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1936
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Neville Purvis, British vice admiral (Chief of Fleet Support)
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1937
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Danil Robberechts, Belgian writer (Labia Majora)
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1937
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Dennis DeConcini, (Sen-D-AZ, 1977- )
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1937
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Michael Simmons, Air Marshal (British Ministry of Defense)
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1937
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Thomas Pynchon, novelist (V)
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1938
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Javed Burki, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1960-69)
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1938
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Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran
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1939
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Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove NY, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1964)
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1940
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James Blyth, CEO (Boots)
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1940
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Peter Benchley, NYC, novelist (Jaws, The Deep)
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1940
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Ricky Nelson, NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party)
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1941
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James A Traficant Jr, (Rep-D-OH, 1985- )
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1941
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Jim Mitchum, Bridgeport CT, actor (Blackout, Invincible 6)
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1941
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John Fred, rocker
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1942
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Angel Cordero Jr, Santurce PR, jockey (Seattle Slew) [or Nov 8]
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1942
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Euclid "Motorhead" Sherwood, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
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1942
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Norman Lamont, MP/Chancellor of Exchequer
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1942
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Robin Hobbs, cricketer (England leg-spinner 1967-71)
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1942
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Ruth Holland, journalist
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1943
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Paul Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
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1943
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Rick Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
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1943
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Toni Tennille, Montgomery Ala, female Beachboy (Capt & Tennille)
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1944
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Gary Glitter, [Paul Gadd], England, rocker (Rock & Roll Part II)
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1945
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Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist (Holland's secret service)
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1945
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Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer)
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1947
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Felicity Lott, English soprano (We come to the river)
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1947
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Phil Sawyer, rocker (Spencer Davis Group)
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1947
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Rick Zehringer, Ohio, rocker (McCoys)
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1948
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John Reid, MP
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1948
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Maurizio Nichetti, actor (Icicle Thief, Volcano)
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1951
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Chris Frantz, Ky, rock drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
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1951
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Deborah Harmon, actress (Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us)
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1951
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Philip Bailey, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)
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1952
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Beth Henley, Jackson Miss, actress/playwright (Miss Firecracker)
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1952
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Charles J Camarda, NYC, PhD/astronaut
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1954
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David Keith, Knoxville Tenn, actor (Back Roads, Firestarter)
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1954
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Pat Meyers, LPGA golfer
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1955
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Alex Van Halen, Nijmegen Neth, rock drummer (Van Halen-1984, Jump)
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1955
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Stephen Furst, Norfolk Va, actor (Animal House, Elliot-St Elsewhere)
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1956
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Gary Wilmot, British? entertainer
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1956
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Jeff Madrigali, Walnut Creek Calif, soling yachter (Olymp-bronze-96)
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1957
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Deana Deardruff, US, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1957
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Jeff Wincott, Toronto Canada, actor (Night Heat)
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1959
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Ronnie Lott, Albuquerque, NM, NFL defensive back (SF 49er)
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1961
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Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer (Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy)
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1962
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Terry Baker, CFL kicker (Montreal Alouettes)
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1963
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Clemens Lothaller, Austria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13 backup)
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1964
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Cheryl Richardson, Palo Alto Calif, actress (Jennie-General Hospital)
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1964
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Eric Brittingham, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
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1964
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Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, LA, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
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1964
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Peter Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or Mar/Jan 8]
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1966
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Eddie Brown, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
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1968
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Franklin Langham, Augusta GA, Nike golfer (1993 Permian Basin Open)
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1968
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John Johnson, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
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1968
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Omar Camporese, Italy, tennis star
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1969
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Brad Culpepper, NFL defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1969
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Duane Forde, CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
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1969
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Swift Burch, CFL defensive end (Montreal Alouettes)
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1970
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Christine Stark, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Marco Heering, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
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1970
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Michael Bevan, cricketer (dashing NSW & Australian lefty bat)
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1971
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Carlos Brooks, NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
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1971
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Chris Wolf, actor/musician (Guys Next Door)
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1971
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Stephen Ingram, NFL tackle/guard (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1972
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Chris Sanders, NFL wide receiver (Tennessee/Houston Oilers)
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1972
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Keelin Curnuck, Miss New York USA (1996)/Ms Venus Swimwear (1994)
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1973
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Wolf Wigo, Abington Penn, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Calvin Branch, cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
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1974
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Colin Daynes, Windsor Ontario, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympic-96)
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1974
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Korey Stringer, NFL tackle (Minn Vikings)
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1976
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Oleg Tverdovsky, Donetsk Ukr, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
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1978
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Cindy Parlow, Memphis Tenn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
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1978
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Sandra Kleinova, Prague Czech, tennis star (1995 Futures-Turku-FIN)
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1979
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Jayna Cronin Geneva NY, dance skater (& Dreger-1997 Natl-13th)
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DEATHS
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535
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John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies
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685
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Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies
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1319
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Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies
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1577
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Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies
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1684
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Henri Dumont, composer, dies
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1725
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John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle
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1773
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Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies
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1785
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Pietro Longhi, painter, dies
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1794
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Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined
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1809
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Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78
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1818
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Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78
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1829
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Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47
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1844
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Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies
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1846
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Giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59
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1853
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Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67
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1861
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L sel¢ Teleki, Hungarian earl/revolutionary, commits suicide
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1864
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James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56
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1873
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John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66
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1876
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Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies
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1880
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Gustave Flaubert, French writer (Salammb), dies
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1885
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Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65
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1887
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Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar
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1891
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Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies
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1894
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Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79
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1903
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Eugne-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies
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1904
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Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies
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1909
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Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies
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1915
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Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82
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1924
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Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23
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1930
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Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 61
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1932
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Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
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1936
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Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies
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1941
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Heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86
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1943
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Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed
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1948
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Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81
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1950
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Franklin Dyall, dies at 76
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1951
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Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40
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1957
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Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75
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1958
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Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered
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1959
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Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55
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1960
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Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88
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1961
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James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63
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1965
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H T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for Engld), dies
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1967
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Barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39
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1967
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Elmer Rice, NY playwright/director/novelist, dies at 74
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1967
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Laverne Andrews, singer (Andrews Sisters), dies at 51
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1973
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Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies
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1974
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Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train
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1975
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Avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87
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1976
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Alan Baxter, dies at 67
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1976
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Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies
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1979
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Talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76
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1981
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Daniel Gills, Belgian writer, dies at 64
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1981
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Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies
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1981
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Maurice Fernandes, cricket capt (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 v Eng), dies
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1982
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Colin Blunstone, rocker (Zombies), dies of cancer at 36
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1982
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Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident
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1985
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Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74
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1985
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Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies of Alzheimer's at 69
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1985
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Karl Marx, German composer/conductor, dies at 87
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1987
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Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
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1988
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Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80
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1990
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Tomas O'Fiach, [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies
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1991
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Jean Langlais, composer, dies at 84
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1991
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Lloyd Ford, stuntman, dies at 79
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1991
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Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse), dies at 72
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1992
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Addeke H Boerma, dir-gen (FAO), dies at 80
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1992
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Brian Moore, writer (Catholics), dies of heart failure at 59
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1992
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Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), dies
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1992
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Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java), dies
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1992
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Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer
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1993
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Kees Deenik, singer/conductor
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1994
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Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, peace activist, dies at 88
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1994
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George Peppard, actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, A-Team), dies at 65
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1994
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Rupert Haselden, journalist/screenwriter, dies at 36
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1994
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Steven Keats, actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at 48
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1995
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Carroll Best, bluegrass banjo, dies at 63
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1995
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Jerry Zipkin, socialite, dies at 80
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1995
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Prem Bhatia, journalist, dies at 83
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1995
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Teresa Teng, singer, dies at 41
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1996
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Jane Cowan, cello teacher, dies at 80
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1996
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Luis Miguel Domiguin, bullfighter, dies at 69
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1996
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Serge Chermayeff, architect/designer, dies at 95
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1997
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Kai-Uwe Von Hassel, German Pres of Bundestag (CDU 1969-72), dies
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