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1523
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Sermon of Constanz: Zwingli defends 67 Schlussreden
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1574
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Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet
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1587
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Deventer & Zutphen surrender to Spain
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1613
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Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
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1676
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Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia
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1728
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John Gays' "Beggar's Opera," premieres in London [NS=Feb 9]
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1732
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Paris churchyard Saint-Mdard closed after Jansenistic ritual
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1781
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Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" premieres, Munich
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1788
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Australia Day
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1802
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John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress
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1834
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Pres Jackson orders 1st use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute
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1839
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Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood
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1845
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Edgar Allen Poe's "Raven" 1st published (NYC)
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1848
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Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press)
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1850
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Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to US Senate
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1856
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Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery
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1860
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American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX
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1861
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Kansas becomes 34th state
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1863
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Battle at Bear River, Washington: US army vs indians
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1864
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Battle of Moorefield, WV (Rosser's Raid)
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1872
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Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina
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1879
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Custer Battlefield National Monument, Mont established
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1886
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1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe
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1895
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King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed
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1896
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Emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
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1900
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American League organized in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee & Minneapolis
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1900
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Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed
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1903
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Dutch railroad workers strike
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1904
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1st athletic letters given (Univ of Chicago football team)
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1906
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Coen de King skates world record time: 32,370 km
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1908
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, at Cornell University, incorporates
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1912
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Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA
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1913
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates
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1916
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1st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
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1917
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English submarine K13 leaves Gaire Loch
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1919
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Secretary of state proclaims 18th amendment (prohibition)
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1920
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Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with KC Slide Co
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1921
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Hurricane hits Washington & Oregon
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1922
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Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador dissolved
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1923
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1st flight of autogiro (Juan de la Cierva, Madrid Spain)
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1924
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Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
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1925
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British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader
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1927
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4th German govt of Marx forms
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1929
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Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms
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1932
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Test debut of Bill O'Reilly, vs South Africa at Adelaide
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1933
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German president von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor
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1936
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1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame-Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson & Walter Johnson
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1942
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1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC
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1942
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German & Italian troops occupy Banghazi
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1942
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Peru & Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation)
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1943
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New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Jap sub I-1 at Guadalcanal
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1943
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Sidney Kingsley's "Patriots," premieres in NYC
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1944
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285 German bombers attack London
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1947
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Arthur Miller's "All My Sons," premieres in NYC
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1948
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"Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 188 perfs
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1948
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Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, & Phillies $500 each for signing high school players
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1949
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Brit, Belgium, Lux, Neth, NZ & Switz recognize Israel
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1951
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"Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances
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1951
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Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million
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1951
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Liz Taylor's 1st divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr)
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1953
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1st movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres
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1954
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Arnold Schoenberg's "De Profundis," premieres in Cologne
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1955
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John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962)
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1956
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F Drrenmatt's "Der Besuch der Alten Dame," premieres in Zrich
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1957
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Graham Greene's "Potting Shed," premieres in NYC
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1958
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Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming
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1958
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Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward wed
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1959
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Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released
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1961
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen
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1961
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord
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1963
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Jim Thorpe, Red Grange & George Halas elected to football hall of fame
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1964
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9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria
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1964
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Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" & "Sie Leibt Dich"
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1964
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Most lopsided high-school basketball score 211-29 (Louisiana)
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1964
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NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million
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1964
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Stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove," premieres
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1964
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Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit
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1966
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"Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 608 performances
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1966
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Lawry & Simpson complete 244 opening stand v England, Adelaide
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1966
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Snow storm in north east US kills 165
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1966
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
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1966
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen
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1967
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"Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 107 perfs
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1967
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Branch Rickey & Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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1967
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Kees Verkerk becomes European skating champ
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1967
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WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake, ND (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1968
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Nauru adopts constitution
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1969
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Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars
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1969
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Sheahan & Connolly hang on for exciting draw Aust v W Indies
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1970
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1971
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Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, v England at Adelaide
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1972
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5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville
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1974
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27th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 6-4 at Chicago
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1975
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"Men on the Moon" opens at Little Theater NYC for 5 performances
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1975
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1st Annual Comedy Awards of the Year hosted by Alan King
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1975
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W I win Fifth Test against India to take exciting series 3-2
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1976
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Zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire
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1978
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Joanne Carner wins Colgate Triple Crown Match-Play Golf Championship
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1979
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9th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 13-7
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1979
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Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays"
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1979
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Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington, DC
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1979
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer disband after 10 years together
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1979
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NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 13-7
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1979
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Pres Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years
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1980
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6 Iranian held US hostages escape with help of Canadians
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1980
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Cleve Cavaliers beat LA Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT
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1981
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AL approves sale of White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf & Eddie Einhorn for $20 million, & 80% of Mariners to George Argyros for $104
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1982
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Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak
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1982
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Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians
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1983
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"Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on UK pop chart
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1983
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40th Golden Globes: Gandhi, ET & Tootsie win
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1984
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34th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 154-145 (OT) at Denver
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1984
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Actress Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman
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1984
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NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 45-3
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1984
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Pres Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term
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1984
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Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic of Deer Creek
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1984
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Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched
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1985
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Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th pt of season in game 39
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1985
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pop stars in LA record "We Are The World"
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1986
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193.8 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
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1986
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Yoweri Museveni sworn in as president of Uganda
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1987
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Lisa files for separation from husband NY Met Darryl Strawberry
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1987
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William J Casey, ends term as 13th director of CIA
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1988
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Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
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1988
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Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers
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1988
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Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938)
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1988
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United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s
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1989
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77th Australian Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (62 62 62)
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1989
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Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt
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1989
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Dottie Mochrie wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
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1989
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Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-pt loss since Oct 1987; index at 2,256.43
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1989
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Episcopal church appoints 1st female bishop
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1989
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Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use NY Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129
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1989
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L I preacher Gene Profeta pleads guilty to tax-evasion
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1989
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NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 34-3
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1989
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Orlando Arena opens
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1989
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USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit
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1990
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Exxon Valdez capt Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill
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1991
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"Piano Lesson" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 320 perfs
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1991
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Nelson Mandela & Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years
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1993
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Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman
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1995
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Andre Agassi defeats Pete Sampras to win Australian Open
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1995
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Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England, Adelaide
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1995
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Superbowl MVP: Steve Young, San Francisco, QB
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1995
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Superbowl XXIX: SF 49ers beat SD Chargers, 49-26 in Miami
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1996
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23rd American Music Award: Garth Brooks wins
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1996
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6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"
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1996
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Last day of Test cricket for David Boon
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1998
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"Capeman," opens at Marquis Theater NYC
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1998
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Singers Bobby Brown found guiilty of DWI in Ft Lauderdale Fla
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1998
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Soyuz TM-27 launches to MIR
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1998
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Thick Fog causes highway carnage in Belgium & Netherlands, 6 die
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1998
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Woman's Clinic in Birmingham Ala bombed, 1 killed
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BIRTHS
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1584
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Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange
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1688
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Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom)
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1689
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Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet
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1700
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Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)
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1703
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Carlmann Kolb, composer
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1711
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Giuseppi Bonno, composer
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1715
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Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court)composer/pianist
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1717
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Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America/fieldmarshal
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1737
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Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason)
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1756
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Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, (Rep/Gov-Va)/general
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1761
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Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Switz, US minister of Finance (1801-14)
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1763
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J G Seume, writer
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1782
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Daniel-Franois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer (Fra Diavolo)
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1782
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Frantiszek Tucek Scigalski, composer
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1783
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Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9]
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1784
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Ferdinand Ries, composer
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1798
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Henry Neele, London, poet
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1801
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Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer (Felix Meritis)
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1803
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James Outram, Bulterley Hall Derbyshire, general
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1810
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Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician
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1821
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Isaac Ferdinand Quinby, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
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1823
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Franklin Gardner, Major General (Confederate Army)
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1824
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Karl von Perfall, composer
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1836
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Benjamin Franklin Potts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1887
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1836
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James Meech Warner, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
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1843
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William McKinley, Niles Ohio, (R) 25th pres (1897-1901)
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1850
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Ebenezer Howard, London, pioneer of garden cities
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1850
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Lawrence Hargrave, inventor (box kite)
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1852
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Frederick Hymen Cowen, composer
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1852
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Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa)
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1854
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Willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian
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1860
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Tagarov Russia, playwright (Cherry Orchard)
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1862
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Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)
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1864
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Adolf Philipp, composer
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1866
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Romain Rolland, France, writer (Jean-Christophe) (Nobel 1915)
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1867
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Vicente Blasco Ib ¤ez, Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
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1869
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Andrey Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer
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1871
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Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco, composer
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1873
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Luigi A, duke of the Abruzzes, Italy, explorer/climber (Mt St Elias)
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1874
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John David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist
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1874
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Robert Lach, composer
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1876
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Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer
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1876
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Havergal Brian, Dresden Staffordshire, composer
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1878
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Barney Oldfield, Ohio, daredevil
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1880
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W C Fields, [William Claude Dukenfield], Phila, actor (Bank Dick)
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1884
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Juhan Aavic, composer
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1887
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Albert Conti, Trieste Austria, actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion)
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1889
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Francisco Santiago, composer
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1889
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Rudolf Mauersberger, composer
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1890
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Marguerite Canal, composer
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1891
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R N Williams II, tennis champ (US Open-1914)
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1892
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Clifford Gray, US, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1928)
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1893
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Edric Cundell, composer
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1893
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Martian Negrea, composer
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1896
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Teddy Hoad, cricketer (pioneering West Indian Test batsman)
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1898
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Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre)
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1898
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Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist/writer (History of Sascha)
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1900
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Marco Tajcevic, composer
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1900
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Willem F K Hussem, Dutch painter/poet (Coastline, Lookout on Sea)
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1901
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Allen B DuMont, inventor (perfected coml practical cathode ray tube)
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1903
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Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist
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1905
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Barnett Newmann, US painter (postpainterly abstraction)
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1906
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Franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)
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1906
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Joe Primeau, NHL center
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1908
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Adam Clayton Powell, (Rep-D-NY, 1945-70)
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1909
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Alan Marshal, Sydney Aust, actor (White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia)
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1909
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Tonypandy, Viscount
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1910
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Henri Quefflec, French writer (Au bout du monde)
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1910
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Paul Hodder-Williams, publisher
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1911
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Bernard Herrmann, NYC, composes film music
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1911
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George Burns, British major-general
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1912
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"Professor" Irwin Corey, Brooklyn NY, comedian (Car Wash, Doc)
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1912
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Jacob "Jaap" Balk, journalist (AH, Onder de Keizerskroon)
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1915
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Frederic Ramsey Jr, folklorist/author
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1915
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Halfdan Rasmussen, Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter (Skoven)
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1915
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Victor Mature, Louisville KY, actor (1 Million BC, Samson & Delilah)
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1916
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Barbara Skelton, writer
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1917
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John Raitt, Santa Ana Calif, actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game)
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1918
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John Forsythe, NJ, actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty)
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1918
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William Rigney, baseball manager (SF Giants)
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1919
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Norman F Simpson, British playwright (One Way Pendulum)
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1920
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Alec Coppen, psychiatrist
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1923
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Paddy Chayevsky, [Sydney], US, dramatist (Marty, Hospital)
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1924
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Brian Trubshaw, British test pilot
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1924
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Gregson, Lord
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1924
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Luigi Nono, Venice Italy, composer (Canonic Variations)
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1925
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Anthony George, Endicott NY, actor (Untouchables, Checkmate)
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1925
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Lane of Horsell, Lord
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1925
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Pier Tania (Meinte Piet), radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting)
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1926
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Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist
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1926
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Bob Berry, cricketer (England slow lefty 1950)
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1927
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Edward Abbey, US author (Desert Solitaire)
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1928
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Bengt Hambraeus, composer
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1928
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Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician
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1928
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Peter Byrne, actor (Postcards from America, Carry on Cabby)
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1929
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Elio Petri, Italy, director (Property is no theft)
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1929
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William McMillan, US, rapid pistol (Olympic-gold-1960) [or Jul 3]
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1930
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John Junkin, actor/writer (A Hard Day's Night)
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1931
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Leslie Bricuse, English/US composer (Stop the world I want to get off)
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1932
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Clyde, Lord
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1932
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Raman Subba Row, CEO (Test/County Cricket Board)
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1933
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A C Alston, bibliographer
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1933
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Margaret Laird, Commissioner (Third Church Estates)
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1934
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Paul Gutama Soegijo, composer
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1936
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Malcolm Binns, concert pianist
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1937
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Bobby Scott, jazz singer
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1938
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Bill Christian, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
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1939
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Germaine Greer, Melbourne Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunich)
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1939
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O P Kolomitsev, cosmonaut
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1942
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Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez, Cuba, cosmonaut (Soyuz 38)
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1942
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Claudine Longet, France, former Mrs Andy Williams/singer
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1942
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F R Hartley, Vice-Chancellor (Cranfield University)
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1942
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Katharine Ross, Hollywood Cal, actress (Graduate, Francesca-Colbys)
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1942
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Richard Needham, British MP
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1942
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Robin Morgan, Lake Worth Fla, actress (Dagmar-Mama)
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1943
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Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard, Abbot of Downside
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1943
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Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer
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1944
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Barbara Moore, Wardell Mo, actress (Lisa Rogers-Man From UNCLE)
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1944
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Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet (Venus in Holland)
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1945
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Donna Marie Caponi Young, Detroit, LPGA golfer (US Open 1969, 70)
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1945
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James Nicholson, British MEP
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1945
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Tom Selleck, Detroit Mich, actor (Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI)
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1947
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David Byron, vocalist (Uriah Heep)
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1947
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Israel Wetrin, managing director (Elonex)
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1947
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Michael Mavor, Head Master (Rugby School)
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1948
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Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen)
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1948
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Felice Taylor, R&B singer (I Feel Love Comin' On)
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1948
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Marc Singer, Vancouver Canada, actor (V, Dallas)
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1949
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Tommy Ramone, [Thomas Erdelyi], Budapest, rock drummer (Ramones)
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1950
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Ann Jillian, Cambridge Mass, actress (Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here)
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1950
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Jody Schecter, South African auto maker (World Driver's 1979)
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1951
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Andy Roberts, cricketer (brilliant WI quickie with 202 wickets 74-84)
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1951
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Earl Howe
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1952
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Tommy Ramone, [Erdelyi], Hungary, rock drummer/bassist [Ramones)
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1953
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Dalila di Lazzaro, Udine Italy, covergirl/model (Vogue)
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1954
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Alejandro Casa¤as, Havana Cuba, 110m hurdler (Olympic-silv-1976, 80)
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1954
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Dick Manitoba, vocalist (Dictators)
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1954
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Oprah Winfrey, Mississippi, actress/TV host (Color Purple, Oprah)
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1955
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John Tate, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1968)
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1957
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Irlene Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)
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1957
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Jac Bico, Dutch guitarist/singer (Tambourine)
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1958
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Judy Norton-Taylor, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Mary Ellen-Waltons)
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1958
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Ole Mortensen, cricketer (pace bowler for Derbyshire & Denmark)
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1959
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Paul McGann, actor (Dr Who)
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1960
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Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist (Queen Sophia 1st prize)
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1960
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Eddie Jackson, bassist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)
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1960
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Gregory Efthimos Louganis, San Diego Ca, diver (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
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1960
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Matthew Ashford, Davenport IA, actor (Jack Devaraux-Days of Our Lives)
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1960
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Sean Kerly, hockey player
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1960
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Steve Sax, 2nd baseman (LA Dodgers, NY Yankees, Chic White Sox)
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1961
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Mike Aldrete, US baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics, NY Yankees)
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1962
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Nicholas Turturro, Queens NY, actor (James Martinez-NYPD Blue)
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1963
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Michelle Bell, Melrose MA, LPGA golfer (1981 Mass School Girls Champ)
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1964
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Andre Reed, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
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1964
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John Gallagher, rugby league player
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1964
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John Habyan, US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
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1964
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Roddy Frame, rock vocalist/guitarist (Aztec Camera-Stray)
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1965
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Dominik Hasek, Pardubice CZE, NHL goalie (Czech Oly-Gold-98, Buffalo)
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1965
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Peter Lundgren, Sweden, tennis star
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1965
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Tim Johnson, NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
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1967
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David Pitcher, CFL fullback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1967
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Khalid Skah, Midelt Morocco, 5k/10k runner
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1967
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Sean Burke, Windsor, NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers)
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1967
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Stacey King, NBA forward/center (Miami Heat)
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1968
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Aeneas Williams, NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
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1968
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Chris Pringle, (New Zealand cricket pace bowler (since 1990)
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1968
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Ed Burns, director/actor (Brothers McMullen)
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1968
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Harold Green, NFL running back (Cin Bengals, Atlanta Falcons)
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1968
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John Hudson, NFL center/guard (NY Jets, Phila Eagles)
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1968
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Kevin Roberson, US baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs)
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1969
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Aeneas Williams, cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
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1969
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Flora Perfetti, Faenza Italy, tennis star (1995 Futures-Reims-FRA)
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1969
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Karen Fonteyne, Calgary Alberta, synchro swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
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1969
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Robert Young, NFL player (St Louis Rams)
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1970
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Eric Gouka, cricketer (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
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1970
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Heather Graham, Milwaukee WI, actress (Drugstore Cowboy, Diggstown)
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1970
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Scott Davis, guard (Atlanta Falcons)
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1971
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Chris Vargas, CFL quarterback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1971
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Jamal Fountaine, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers, Atlanta Falcons)
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1972
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Hessley Hempstead, NFL guard (Detroit Lions)
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1972
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Scott Davis, Great Falls Mont, figure skater (Olympics-1994)
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1972
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Simon Cook, cricketer (Victorian pace bowler joined NSW 1995-96)
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1973
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Darnell Stephens, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1973
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Jason Schmidt, Lewiston ID, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
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1973
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Scott Milanovich, quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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1974
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David LaFleur, tight end (Dallas Cowboys)
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1974
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Jeff Mitchell, corner (Baltimore Ravens)
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1974
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Kris Burley, Truro Nova Scotia, gymnist (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Pat Walsh, WLAF Tackle (London Monarchs)
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1975
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Hendrik Dreekmann, Germany, tennis star
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1975
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Kelly Packard, Glendale CA, actress (Tiffani Smith-California Dreams)
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1975
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Lorraine Magwenzi, Miss Zimbabwe Universe (1997)
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1975
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Maarten Kerkhof, soccer player (Vitesse, De Graafschap)
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1975
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Sara Gilbert, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Melissa-Roseanne)
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1976
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Ilmira Shamsutdinova, Miss Universe-Russia/best costume (1996)
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1977
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Martin Hohenberger, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
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1979
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Andrew Keegan, actor (Step by Step, Party of Five)
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1980
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Jason James Richter, Medford OR, actor (Free Willy)
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DEATHS
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969
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Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies
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1559
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Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52
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1663
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Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies
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1696
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Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies
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1743
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Andr Hercule Fleury, French cardinal (1726-43), dies
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1814
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Johann G Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51
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1820
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George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81
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1824
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Louise MC countess of Albany, Henegouws salon owner, dies at 71
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1837
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Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel
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1879
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Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80
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1888
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Edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75
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1899
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Alfred Sisley, painter, dies
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1899
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Robert J Fruin, Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at 75
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1906
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Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies
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1910
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Edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at 52
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1912
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Hermann Bang, writer, dies at 54
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1916
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Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62
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1917
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Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75
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1921
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Billy Gunn, cricket (score 392 runs for Eng including a century), dies
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1924
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Joseph Ludwig, composer, dies at 79
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1928
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Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66
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1934
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Fritz Haber, German chemist (Nobel 1918), dies at 65
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1941
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Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69
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1942
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Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer, dies at 92
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1944
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William Allen White, US journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75
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1946
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Harry L Hopkins, US min of Business (Loan & Lease law), dies at 55
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1946
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Sidney James Jones, composer, dies at 84
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1947
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Fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for Eng 1929-30), dies
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1951
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James Bridie, [Osborne Henry Mavor], dramatist, dies
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1955
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Hans Hedtoft, premier of Denmark (1947.. 55), dies at 51
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1956
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H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, US essayist/critic (Smart Set), dies at 75
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1960
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Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54
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1962
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Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86
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1963
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Robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88
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1964
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Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif
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1965
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John Larkin, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52
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1965
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Michael Spisak, composer, dies at 50
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1966
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Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84
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1966
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Pierre Mercure, composer, dies at 38
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1967
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Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62
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1968
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Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies
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1970
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Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74
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1973
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Johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67
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1973
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Ludwig Stossel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 89
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1976
|
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Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59
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1977
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E P "Buster" Nupen, cricketer (50 wickets for S Af, lost eye), dies
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1977
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Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico & the Man), shoots himself at 22
|
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1978
|
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Tim McCoy, actor (Arizona Bound), dies at 86
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1980
|
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Antonio Molina, composer, dies at 85
|
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1980
|
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Jimmy Durante, comedian (Palooka, Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86
|
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1981
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Cozy Cole, rocker (Topsy Part II), dies
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1984
|
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Frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer
|
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1986
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Leif Erickson, actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74
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1987
|
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Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer, dies at 73
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1988
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Bantcho Bantchevsky, US opera singer, commits suicide
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1988
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James R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59), dies at 83
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1988
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Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 46
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1991
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Jan Od, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies
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1991
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Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies
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1992
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Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76
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1993
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Hank Werba, [Herman Werblowski], US journalist (Variety), dies at 79
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1993
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Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies
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1994
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Jevgeni P Leonov, Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at 67
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1994
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Nick Cravat, midget (Gremlin-Twilight Zone), dies of lung cancer at 81
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1994
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Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26
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1995
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Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist (Rhodesia), dies at 88
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1995
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Chris de Marigny, painter/designer, dies at 52
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1995
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Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect, dies at 69
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1995
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Richard Burnell, British rower (Olympics-gold-1948), dies at 77
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1995
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Richard Desborough Burnell, oarsman, dies at 77
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1996
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Jack Sutherland, journalist, dies at 79
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1996
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John Terence Reese, bridge master, dies at 82
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1997
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Eric Schneider, murderer of 2 teachers, executed in MO at 35
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1997
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Louis Pauwels, writer/editor, dies at 76
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1997
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Osvaldo Soriano, writer, dies at 54
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