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871
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Battle at Basing: Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex
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1371
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King Robert II Stuart of Scotland crowned
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1510
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Jews are expelled from Colmar Germany
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1517
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Turks conquer Cairo
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1528
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England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V
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1575
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English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis & William Byrd music press monopoly
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1584
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Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (& parts in 1812)
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1588
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Pope Sixtus V decrees "Immense aeterni" (Reformed curia)
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1673
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Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated
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1689
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Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords
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1689
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Prince Willem III calls English parliament together
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1690
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Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French
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1758
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Russian troops occupy Knigsberg, East Prussia [OS=Jan 11]
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1760
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Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French
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1771
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Spain cedes Falkland Islands to Britain
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1775
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Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw Poland
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1798
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Coup of Midderigh
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1813
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Americans capture Frenchtown, Canada
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1814
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1st Knights Templar grand encampment in US held, NYC
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1816
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Lord Byron completes "Parisina" & "Siege of Corinth"
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1817
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English freighter Diana sinks off Malaysia
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1831
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Charles Darwin takes his Bachelors of Art exam
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1837
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Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands
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1850
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Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif
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1857
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National Association of Baseball Players founded, NY
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1859
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Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover
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1862
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Confederate govt raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20
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1863
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Union Gen Burnside's "Mud March"
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1873
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Britains SS Northfleet sinks at Dungeness England, 300 die
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1879
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James Shields (D) elected US senator from Missouri after previously serving as US senator from Illinois & Minnesota
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1879
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Zulus attack British Army camp in Isandhlwana South Africa
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1881
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Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park
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1883
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England complete 1st innings victory in Tests v Aust MCG
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1890
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Jos Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in NYC
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1895
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National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati
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1901
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After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series & begins King Edward VII series
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1905
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Bloody Sunday: Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops
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1909
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Vassily Kandinsky forms Knstlerverein in Munich
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1910
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Opera "Germania," premieres in NYC
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1914
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Paul Claudel's "L'change," premieres in Paris
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1918
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Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet)
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1924
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Baldwin govt resigns in England
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1924
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Dutch Blast Furnace & Steel Factory opens
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1924
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KGO-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions
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1925
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Albania Republic proclaimed under Pres Achmed Zogu
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1926
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Belgian chief of staff Gen Maglinse quits
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1930
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-35øF (-37øC), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)
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1931
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French govt of Steeg falls
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1931
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VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam
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1932
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British Anglicans & Old-Catholic church merge
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1934
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Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady MacBeth," premieres in Leningrad
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1936
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French Laval govt falls
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1938
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"Our Town," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, NH, premieres (NJ)
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1939
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Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, SF, is dedicated
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1939
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Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University
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1940
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1st radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS
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1941
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1st mass killing of Jews in Romania
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1941
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British/Australian troops capture Tobruk from Italians
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1942
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Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain
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1942
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Sietze de Groot wins 8th Dutch 11 city skate (8:44:06)
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1943
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66.3 cm precipitation at Hoegees Camp, Calif (state record)
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1943
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Battle of Anzio: Italy; Allies stopped on beach[1944]-
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1943
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Joint Chiefs of Staff determine invasion in Sicily for July 10th
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1943
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Temperature rises 49øF (9øC) in 2 minutes in Spearfish, SD
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1944
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During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy
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1945
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Burma highway reopens
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1945
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Heavy US air raid on Okinawa
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1946
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US president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
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1947
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1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA
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1947
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KTLA TV channel 5 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
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1948
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Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his 1st Test Cricket innings v WI Barbados
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1949
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"All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 perfs
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1949
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Chinatown telephone exchange closed
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1950
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Polly Riley wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
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1951
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom
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1951
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Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter
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1953
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Arthur Miller's "Crucible," premieres in NYC
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1955
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Norwegian government of Einar Gerhardsen forms
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1956
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30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles
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1956
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
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1956
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Canadian Football Council forms
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1957
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Israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula
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1957
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Mad Bomber (George P Metesky) accused of 30 explosions, arrested
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1958
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KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast
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1959
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USAF concludes less than 1% of UFO's are unknown objects
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1960
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10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia
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1960
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Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die
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1960
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French president De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu
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1960
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Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title
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1963
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Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Naples Professional Golf Tournament
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1964
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Kenneth Kaunda becomes premier of North-Rhodesia (Zambia)
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1964
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World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin
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1965
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US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite
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1967
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NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-10
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1968
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"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC
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1968
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Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made
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1968
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NBA announces it will expand to Milwaukee & Phoenix
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1969
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"Celebration" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 110 performances
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1969
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Billy Preston becomes 5th Beatle
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1969
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Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit
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1969
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Roy Campanella & Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame
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1970
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1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, NY to London in 6« hours
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1970
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Test debut of Barry Richards, S Africa v Australia, Cape Town
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1971
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John & Yoko record "Power to the People"
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1972
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"Emergency" with Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV
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1972
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22nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 112-110 at LA
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1973
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George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
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1973
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Roe vs Wade: US Supreme Court legalizes some abortions
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1973
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US, North & South Vietnam & Vietcong sign boundary accord
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1975
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Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched
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1976
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Bank robbery in Beirut nets $20-50 million (record)
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1980
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Dissidents Andrei Sacharov & Jelena Bonner banished to Gorki
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1980
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PGA begins a senior golf tour
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1980
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West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st World Series Cup
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1981
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40th Islander shut-out opponent-3-0 vs Red Wings-Billy Smith 15th
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1981
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O A "Bum" Phillips becomes head coach of New Orleans Saints
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1982
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75% of North America is covered by snow
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1983
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2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds
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1983
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Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 & win 113-96
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1984
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Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts
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1984
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Hilbert van de Thumb becomes European all-round skates
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1984
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Superbowl XVIII: LA Raiders beat Wash Red Skins, 38-9 in Tampa Superbowl MVP: Marcus Allen, LA Raiders, RB
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1985
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-30øF (-34øC), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record)
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1985
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Cold wave damages 90% of Florida's citrus crop
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1985
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Kelly Hu, 16, of Hawaii, crowned 3rd Miss Teen USA
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1985
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Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) marries Sarah Menikides
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1986
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Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North
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1987
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Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, NJ wins 7-5
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1988
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1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago v Leeward Is
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1988
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1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS v Transvaal
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1988
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Mike Tyson TKOs Larry Holmes in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
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1989
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Superbowl XXIII: SF 49ers beat Cin Bengals, 20-16 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Jerry Rice, San Francisco, WR
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1989
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1990
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17th American Music Award: Milli Vanilli
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1990
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Wasim Akram scores Test century (123) at Adelaide
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1990
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Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with SF Giants
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1992
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Princess Sarah Ferguson wears paper bag over her head on airline ride
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1992
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Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space
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1993
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Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77
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1994
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45th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 9-8 at NY Rangers
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1994
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5.5 earthquake strikes Sumatra
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1994
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51st Golden Globes: Schlinder's List, Steven Speilberg
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1994
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East beats West 9-8 in 45th NHL All Star Game at MSG in NYC
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1995
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Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed
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1995
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Pat Bradley wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament
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1997
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Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns to Earth, Successful
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1998
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NHL's Minnesota franchise selects the nickname Wild
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1998
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Rickey Henderson, rejoins Oakland A's for 4th time
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1998
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STS 89 (Endeavour 12) launches into orbit
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1998
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World League of American Football becomes NFL East
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BIRTHS
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1440
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Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania
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1561
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Francis Bacon, England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum)
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1571
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Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician
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1592
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Pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher
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1649
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Pascal Collasse, composer
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1655
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Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand)
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1707
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Carl Hockh, composer
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1709
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Joseph Reipel, composer
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1727
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Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer
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1729
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G E Lessing, writer
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1729
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Giuseppe Luigi Tibaldi, composer
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1729
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Germany, critic/dramatist
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1748
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Lewis Edson, composer
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1753
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Peter Fuchs, composer
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1756
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Vincenzo Righini, composer
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1766
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Antoine-Vincent Arnault, French writer (Les Vnitiens)
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1779
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Stefano Pavesi, composer
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1781
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Franois-Antoine Habeneck, composer
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1788
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Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan)
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1800
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Nat Turner, slave that revolted [or Oct 2]
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1802
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Richard Upjohn, US, gothic architect (Trinity Chapel, NY)
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1815
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Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer
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1820
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Hermann von Lingg, German playwright/poet
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1820
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Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter (Jahresringe)
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1824
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Josef Leopold Zvonar, composer
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1826
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[Merriwether] Jeff Thompson, Partisan (Confederate Army), died in 1876
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1842
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Charles Henri Marechal, composer
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1845
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Jacob Verdam, Dutch philologist
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1845
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Paul Vidal de la Blanche, France, geographer
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1848
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Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages)
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1849
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August Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia)
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1855
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Ernst Kullak, composer
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1858
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Beatrice Potter Webb, England, economist
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1858
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Frederick Lugard, British captain/baron (Congo)
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1861
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Karel Stecker, composer
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1865
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Friedrich Paschen, German physicist
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1870
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Charles Arnold Tournemire, composer
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1871
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Leon Jessel, composer
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1874
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Wincenty Witoz, Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)
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1875
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Bonifacius C de Jonge, governor (Dutch East Indies)
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1875
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D[avid] W Griffith, movie producer/director (Birth of a Nation)
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1875
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Thomas W Ross, actor (Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm)
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1877
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Hjalmar Schacht, president of German Reichsbank/minister of Economics
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1878
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Constance Collier, Windsor England, actress/writer (Kitty, Whirlpool)
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1878
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Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator
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1886
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John Joseph Becker, composer
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1890
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Fred M Vinson, Ky, 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53)
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1891
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Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analytical
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1891
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Moise Kisling, Polish/French painter (La Souris Boiteuse)
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1892
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Marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder
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1893
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Conrad Veidt, Potsdam Germany, actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary)
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1894
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Charles Morgan, England, writer (Fountain)
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1894
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Matt McHugh, PA, actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast, Innocent Affair)
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1897
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Josef Stanislav, composer
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1897
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Rosa Ponselle, opera diva (Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino)
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1898
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Alexander Abramsky, composer
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1898
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Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch writer (Arid Earth)
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1898
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Gustaf Paulson, composer
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1898
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Hans van Werveke, Flemish historian (Diocese Terwaan)
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1898
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Ross R Barnett, lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss)
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1899
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Guido Kisch, Czech/German/US historian (Jews in medieval Germany)
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1899
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Martti Haavio, [P Mastap], Finnish linguist/poet
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1900
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Franz Salmhofer, composer
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1901
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Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Sonata Ritmica)
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1903
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Robin Humphrey Milford, composer
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1904
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George Balanchine, composer/choreographer [OS=Jan 9]
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1906
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Robert E[rvin] Howard, US, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror)
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1906
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Willa B Brown (Coffey), US black air pioneer (NAAA)
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1907
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Marie Dressler, actress (Anna Christie, Dinner at 8)
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1909
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Ann Sothern, [Harriette Lake], ND, actress (Lady in a Cage)
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1909
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Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962)
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1909
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[Sithu] U Thant, Burma, 3rd UN sec-genl (1962-72)
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1911
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Bruno Kreisky, Austria, bandleader/chancellor (1970-83)
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1911
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Roberto Garcia Morillo, composer
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1913
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Verdina Shlonsky, composer
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1914
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Dimitri Dragatakis, composer
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1914
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Suzanne Danco, Belgian singer
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1915
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Tom Burtt, cricketer (slow left-armer took 33 wickets for NZ)
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1916
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Henri Dutilleux, Angers France, composer
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1917
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Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist
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1917
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Herwig Hensen, [Flor Mielants], Flemish poet/playwright
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1918
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Richard Eastham, Opelousas La, actor (Falcon Crest) [or Jun 22]
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1920
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George Breakston, Paris France, actor/director (Jungle Stampede)
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1920
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Piet Van Lishout, Flemish writer (Eva & I)
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1920
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William Warfield, singer (Show Boat)
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1921
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Andre Hodeir, composer
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1921
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Andy Ganteaume, cricketer (WI batsman, 112 in only Test innings 1948)
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1922
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Howard Moss, poet/editor (New Yorker)
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1923
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Diana Douglas, Devonshire Bermuda, actress (The Cowboys)
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1923
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Friedrich Zehm, composer
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1923
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Leslie Bassett, composer
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1924
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J J Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist
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1924
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Margaret Whiting, big band singer
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1925
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Leslie Silver, English paint manufacturer/multi-millionaire
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1926
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Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer
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1926
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Tom Blackburn, writer
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1927
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Joe Perry, NFL Hall-of-Famer
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1927
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Lou Creekmur, Baseball Hall-of-Famer
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1928
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Birch Bayh, (Sen-D-Ind)
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1929
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Rita Gillespie, TV director
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1931
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Galina Zybina, USSR, discus thrower (15 world records between 1952-58)
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1931
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Rauno Mkinen, Finland, Greco-Roman featherweight (Olympic-gold-1956)
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1932
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Piper Laurie, [Rosetta Jacobs], Detroit Mich, actress (Twin Peaks)
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1934
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Bill Bixby, SF Calif, actor (Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian)
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1934
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Graham Kerr, chef (Galloping Gourmet)
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1935
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Pierre S Du Pont IV, (gov-Del)
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1935
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Sam Cooke, Chicago Ill, soul singer (Sam & Dave-You Send Me)
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1935
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Seymour Cassel, Detroit, actor (Faces, Plain Clothes, Valentino)
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1937
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Edn Pastora G¢mez, Nicaraguan contra leader
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1937
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Joseph Wambaugh, East Pittsburgh Pa, police writer (Onion Fields)
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1940
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Addie "Micki" Harris, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
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1940
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John Hurt, England, actor (Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express)
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1940
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Tilo Medek, German composer
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1943
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H James "Jim" Saxton, (Rep-R-NJ, 1984- )
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1945
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Michael Cristofer, actor/writer (Little Drummer Girl)
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1945
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Oliver, rocker
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1946
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Andrew Rubin, New Bedford Mass, actor (Hometown, Joe Bash) [or Jun 22]
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1949
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James P Pennington, rocker (Exile)
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1949
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Rein P Hummel, Dutch MP (PvdA)
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1949
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Steve Perry, Hanford Calif, vocalist (Journey-Open Arms, Oh Sherry)
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1952
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Karen Moe [Thornton], US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1972)
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1952
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Teddy Gentry, Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music)
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1953
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Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor
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1954
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Chris Lemmon, LA Calif, actor (Brothers & Sisters, Duet) [or Jun 22]
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1955
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Thomas David Jones, Balt Md, PhD/Astronaut (STS 59, 68, 80, sk: 98)
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1956
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Becky Pearson, LPGA golfer
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1957
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Mike Bossy, NHL forward (NY Islanders), 1st 50 goals in 50 game
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1959
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Linda Blair, St Louis Mo, actress (Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St)
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1960
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Michael Hutchence, Australia, rock vocalist/actor (INXS-Dogs in Space)
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1961
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Barb Thomas Whitehead, Sibley IA, LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian Open)
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1962
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Robert Mailhouse, New Haven Ct, actor (Brian-Days of our Life)
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1963
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Jeff Treadway, US baseball infielder (LA Dodgers)
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1964
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Ann Rowe, Auburn Maine, Miss Maine-America (1991)
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1964
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Maria Ellingsen, Reykjavik Iceland, actress (Katrina-Santa Barbara)
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1964
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Stojko Vrankovic, NBA center (LA Clippers)
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1964
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Wayne Kirby, Williamsburg VA, outfielder (Cleve Indians, LA Dodgers)
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1965
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Jazzy Jeff Townes, rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand)
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1965
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Ray Mayhew, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
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1965
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Steven Adler, Cleveland Ohio, drummer (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child)
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1965
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Tim Prukop, WLAF linebacker-secondary coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1966
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Carlton Haselrig, NFL guard (NY Jets)
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1966
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Nishantha Ranatunga, cricket (bro of Arjuna Sri Lankan ODI allrounder)
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1967
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Manabu Nakanishi, wrestler (NJPW)
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1967
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Nicholas Gillingham, British swimmer (world record 200m freestyle)
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1967
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Olivia d'Abo, London England, actress (Wonder Years, Single Guy)
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1968
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Andrey Sokolov, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
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1968
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Brian Jones, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
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1969
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Christina Marie Leardini, St Petersburg Fla, playmate (Apr, 1991)
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1969
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Keith Gordon, US baseball outfielder (Cincinnati Reds)
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1969
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Ousmane Bary, WLAF cornerback (Barcelona Dragons)
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1969
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Shelley Sandie, Australian basketball guard (Olympics-88, 96)
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1969
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Vinnie Clark, NFL cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1970
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Brian Gaskill, actor (David Michaels-Models Inc, Bob-All My Children)
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1970
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Keith Wagner, NFL/WLAF tackle (NY Giants, Redskins, Scot Claymores)
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1971
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Bucky Brooks, wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1971
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Jennifer Christine Joseph, Wendover Nev, Miss America-Nevada (1996)
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1972
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Steve Scifres, guard/tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
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1972
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Toddrick McIntosh, NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1973
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Deon Minor, Paris Texas, 400m runner
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1973
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George Noga, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1973
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Reggie Barlow, wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1973
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Said Larossi, soccer player (Emmen/Vitesse)
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1973
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Vincent Bradford, linebacker (San Francisco 49ers)
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1974
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Pavel Mikhalevitch, soccer player (NEC)
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1974
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Stephanie Rottier, St Niklaas Belgium, tennis star (1995 semi Prague)
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1975
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Lee Maxwell Francis Vertongen, Palmerston North NZ, cyclist (Oly-96)
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1976
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Balthazar Getty, actor (Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies)
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1979
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Melanie Winiger, Miss Switzerland Universe (1997)
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1982
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Kevin Sheridan, actor (Soul Man)
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2179
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Hikaru Walter Sulu, SF, California (character on Star Trek)
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DEATHS
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1336
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Louis III, last Earl of Loon, dies
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1531
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Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter, dies at 44
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1552
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Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason
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1581
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Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer, dies
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1581
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Seerp Galama, Dutch nobleman/military/politician, dies at 52
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1599
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Cristofano Malvezzi, composer, dies at 51
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1640
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Erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55
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1700
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Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer, dies at 39
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1781
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Johann Siebenkas, composer, dies at 66
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1796
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Bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78
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1798
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Lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 71
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1798
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Matija A Reljkovic, Croatian writer (Satire of Wild Man), dies at 66
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1799
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Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at 58
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1847
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Georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71
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1850
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Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54
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1852
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George Rodwell, composer, dies at 51
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1868
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Moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61
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1879
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Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle
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1879
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George Shepstone, British political affiliate, dies in battle
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1893
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Vincenz Lachner, composer, dies at 81
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1895
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Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39
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1901
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Victoria, [Alexandrine], Britain's Queen (1837-1901), dies at 81
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1909
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Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83
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1913
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Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliographer, dies at 82
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1914
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Frederik Rung, composer, dies at 60
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1916
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Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63
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1922
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Benedictus XV, [Giacomo Markies D Chiesa], pope (1914-22), dies at 67
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1923
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Max Nordau, [Sdfeld], German physician/zionists leader, dies at 73
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1924
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Maurice du Plessys, French poet (Le Feu Sacr), dies at 59
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1936
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Louis Glass, composer, dies at 71
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1942
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Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch Natl Front, dies at 81
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1942
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Walter Richard Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies at 81
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1945
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A Wolfenstein, writer, dies at 61
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1945
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Carlo Felice Boghen, composer, dies a day before 76th birthday
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1945
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Else Lasker-Schler, writer, dies at 48
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1945
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Johan Eykman, theologist (World Church), dies at 52
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1950
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Alan Hale, actor (Little John-Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 57
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1951
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Eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71
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1952
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Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at 52
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1956
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P A M Speet, Dutch broadcast CEO (KRO), dies
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1959
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A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73
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1964
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Marc Blitzstein, US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58
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1966
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Herbert Marshall, actor (Dark Angel, Duel in the Sun), dies at 75
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1967
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Jobyna Ralston, actress (Wings, Girl Shy, Freshman), dies at 66
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1968
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Duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-12, 20, 24), dies at 77
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1969
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Judy Garland, singer/actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at 48 of an overdose
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1973
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Lyndon B Johnson, president (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at 64
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1974
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Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry-Burke's Law), dies at 64
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1975
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Klaas Voskuil, Dutch journalist, dies at 79
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1978
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Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer (54 Tests for England 4555 runs), dies
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1979
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Ali Hassan Salameh, [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have
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1980
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Iris Meredith, actress (Lawless Land, Gambling Terror), dies at 64
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1981
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Fannie Thomas, US, dies at 113
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1982
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Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70), dies at 71
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1983
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Fred Bakewell, cricketer (dashing England bat of 30s, 6 Tests), dies
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1987
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R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy & per
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1988
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Georgi M Malenkov, Russian premier (1953-55), dies at 86
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1988
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Parker Fennelly, actor (Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm), dies at 96
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1992
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A J Antoon, director (That Championship Season), dies at 47
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1992
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Ali Amini, PM of Iran (1961-62), dies
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1993
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Alexander Bodon, Hung-Dutch architect (RAI, Dollywood), dies at 86
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1993
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Charlie Gehringer, baseball player, dies at 89
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1993
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Kobo Abe, Japanese writer (Wife in the Sand), dies at 68
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1993
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Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author, dies at 75
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1994
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Frances Gifford, dies of emphysema, at 71
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1994
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Irving B Kahn, inventer (teleprompter), dies at 76
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1994
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Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor (La Ronde), dies at 83
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1994
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Telly Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies of prostate cancer at 70
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1995
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Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author, dies at 48
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1995
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Mahmoud Sayed Selim, Egyptian moslim leader, shot to death at 29
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1995
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Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian (Saar), dies at 88
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1995
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Nico Adriaans, founder of Rotterdam Junkiebond, dies of AIDS at 37
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1995
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Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of pres John F Kennedy, dies at 104
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1996
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Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert, dies at 77
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1996
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Efua Theodore Sutherland, writer, dies at 71
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1996
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Mabel Leigh, potter, dies at 80
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1996
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Yisrael Eldad, extremist politician, dies at 85
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1997
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Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist, dies at 73
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1997
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Irwin Levine, composer (Tie a Yellow Ribbon), dies at 58
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1997
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Mollie Panter-Downes, writer , dies at 90
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1997
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Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster, dies at 66
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