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860
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Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople
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1155
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Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor
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1178
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5 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only known observation)
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1178
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Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno
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1316
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Peace of Fexhe: prince-bishop Adolf II of Mark & Luikse towns
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1529
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Blackfriars begin: Henry VIII & Catharina of Arag¢n
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1538
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Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V & King French I
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1541
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Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland
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1574
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Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland
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1580
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States of Utrecht forbid catholic worship
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1583
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Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on William Gibbons, premium was 383
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1629
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Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape
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1639
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Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war
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1643
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Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies
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1682
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William Penn found Philadelphia
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1757
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Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia
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1778
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British Redcoats evacuate Phila
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1779
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French fleet occupies St Vincent
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1812
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War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain
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1815
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Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington & Blcher
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1821
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Opera "Der Freischtz" is produced (Berlin)
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1822
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Part of US-Canadian boundary determined
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1822
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Slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey & Peter Poyas arrested in SC
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1836
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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-Africa
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1837
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Spain gets new Constitution
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1839
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Dutch prince Willem Alexander PFL weds niece Princess Sophia
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1863
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After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg
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1864
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At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults
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1872
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Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall
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1873
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Susan B Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President
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1879
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W H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage
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1892
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Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
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1894
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Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate
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1898
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1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, NJ
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1898
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4th US Golf Open: Fred Herd shoots a 328 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass
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1900
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Empress Douairire orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners
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1900
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Gen Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy
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1903
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1st transcontinental auto trip begins in SF; arrives NY 3-mo later
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1909
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Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women
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1910
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16th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Phila Cricket Club PA
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1914
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Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km)
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1915
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21st US Golf Open: John Travers shoots a 297 at Baltusrol GC NJ
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1916
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Yanks score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3
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1924
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Pope Pius XI's encyclical Maximam gravissimamque
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1926
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Theodor Lessing laid-off "because he is a Jew" in Hanover
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1927
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Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000 m: 5:24.6
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1928
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Amelia Earhart becomes 1st female to fly across Atlantic Ocean
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1934
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US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized
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1936
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1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, WI
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1936
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Polish parliament gives pres Ignacy Moscicki dictatorial power
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1938
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Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season
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1940
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Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers
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1940
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German occupiers slaughter cattle, pigs & chickens
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1940
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Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour"
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1941
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Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
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1941
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Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany
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1942
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Bernard W Robinson, becomes 1st black ensign in US Navy
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1942
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Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m
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1943
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SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau
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1944
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Farewell concert of Willem Mengelberg in Paris
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1944
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U-767 sinks
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1945
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William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) Brit radio traitor charged with treason
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1947
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Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
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1948
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American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights
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1948
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National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time
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1948
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Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates
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1948
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UN Commission on Human Rights adopts Intl Decl of Human Rights
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1949
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"Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 perfs
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1950
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Cleve Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2
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1951
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De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election
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1953
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Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president
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1953
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Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits & Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3
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1953
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USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen
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1954
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Pierre Mends-France forms French government
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1955
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"3 for Tonight" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 85 performances
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1956
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Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal
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1957
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John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as PM of Canada
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1959
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1st telecast transmitted from England to US
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1960
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"Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 472 perfs
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1960
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60th US Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots 280 at Cherry Hills in Denver
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1960
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Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66)
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1960
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Real Madrid wins 5th Europe Cup 1
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1961
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CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke
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1961
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KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1961
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Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
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1963
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3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school
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1964
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African Groundnut Council forms in Dakar
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1967
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67th US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 275 at Baltusrol GC NJ
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1967
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Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
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1967
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Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California
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1967
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Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
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1968
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Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing
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1972
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72nd US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 290 at Pebble Beach Calif
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1972
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BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
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1972
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US Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws
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1972
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West Germany wins soccer world championship
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1973
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NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
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1974
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Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg govt
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1975
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Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers
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1975
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Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi v England
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1975
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NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) premieres on radio
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1976
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A Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for 340,000
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1976
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Bowie Kuhn voids A's sales, totaling $35 million, of Joe Rudi & Rollie Fingers to Red Sox, & Vida Blue to Yankees
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1976
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St Louis Cards Lou Brock & Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs
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1977
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Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
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1977
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Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten & Paul Cook, beaten & robbed by London pub
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1977
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Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for 1st time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747
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1978
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78th US Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 285 at Cherry Hill CC in Denver
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1978
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bankers Trust Golf Classic
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1978
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Victor de la Torre wins Peru election
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1979
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Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon
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1979
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Pres Carter & Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty
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1979
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Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset
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1979
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US Pres Carter & Soviet Pres Leonid Brezhnev sign SALT II treaty
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1980
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"Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi premieres
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1980
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Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
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1980
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Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
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1981
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Kimberley Ann Smith, of NC, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss
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1981
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Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires (replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court)
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1981
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Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, v England at Trent Bridge
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1981
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Vaccine to prevent hoof & mouth disease announced
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1982
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ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations
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1982
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote
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1983
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"Pump Boys & Dinettes" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 573 perfs
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1983
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7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st US woman
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1983
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IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
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1984
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84th US Golf Open: Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 276 at Winged Foot GC NY
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1985
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Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs
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1986
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52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
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1986
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De Havilland Twin Otter & Bell 206 helicopter collide, kills 25
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1986
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Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games
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1986
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Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55)
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1986
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Papua New Guinea score 9-455 in 60 overs v Gibraltar, ICC Trophy
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1987
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Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
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1988
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Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run
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1989
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"Starmites" closes at Criter Ctr SR Theater NYC after 60 performances
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1989
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89th US Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Oak Hill CC NY
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1989
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Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion
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1989
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John Wayne Bobitt marries Lorena L Gallo
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1989
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Laura Davies wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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1990
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1st ever lose for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0
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1990
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1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin
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1991
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Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in US
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1991
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Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80
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1991
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SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated
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1991
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Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays
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1992
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Actor Jameson Parker weds actress Darleen Carr
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1992
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Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft
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1992
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Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft
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1993
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Expo's Dennis Martinez is 92nd to win 200 games
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1993
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Toru Takemitsu's "Archipelago" premieres in Aldeburgh England
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1994
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Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec)
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1994
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Gay Games open in NYC
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1994
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US ties Switzerland 1-1 in their 1st game of 1994 soccer World Cup
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1995
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95th US Golf Open: Corey Pavin shoots a 280 at Shinnecock Hills NY
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1995
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Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament
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2000
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100th US Golf Open: at Pebble Beach Golf Links Calif
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BIRTHS
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1511
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Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect
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1511
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Ponte Santa Trinita, Florence
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1581
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Thomas Overbury, poet (baptized)
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1681
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Feofan Prokopovich, theologian, archbishop of Novgorod, westernizer
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1716
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Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter
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1723
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Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer
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1740
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Karel van Poucke, Flemish sculptor
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1744
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Augustin Holler, composer
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1757
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Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, composer
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1758
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Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch jurist/patriot
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1780
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Michael Henkel, composer
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1794
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George Grote, British historian
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1799
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Prosper Mnire, French ear doctor (Mnire Syndrome)
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1799
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William Lassell, discoverer (satellites of Uranus & Neptune)
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1809
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Sylvanus William Godon, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1879
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1812
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Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer (Oblomov)
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1813
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Pavel Annenkov, Rus literature historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti)
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1820
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Martin Andreas Udbye, composer
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1822
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Henry David Leslie, composer
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1824
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Johannes Heykamp, Catholic archbishop of Utrecht
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1839
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William Henry Seward Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1920
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1850
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Richard Heuberger, composer
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1854
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Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist
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1857
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Henry Clay Folger Jr, US, businessman/Shakespeare fan
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1858
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Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist
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1860
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Hugo Loudon, CEO (Royal Dutch Oil [Shell])
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1861
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Jos FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os Meus Amores)
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1868
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Mikl¢s Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent (1910-44)
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1877
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James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator ("I want you" Uncle Sam)
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1881
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Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch labor leader
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1882
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Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28]
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1884
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Edouard Daladier, premier France (1933..40)
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1886
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George Mallory, England, mountain climber ("because it is there")
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1887
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Blanche Yurka, St Paul MN, actress (Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities)
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1888
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Margarita Xirgu, Barcelona Spain, actress (Bloody Wedding)
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1888
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S S Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], author (Canary Murder Case)
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1889
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Paul Joostens, Flemish painter
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1891
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Hans Ruin, Finnish Swedish-language historian
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1892
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Edward Steuermann, composer
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1896
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Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)
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1896
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Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936)
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1896
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Philip Barry, US, dramatist (Philadelphia Story)
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1898
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Carleton Percy Hobbs, Farnborough England
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1898
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M C Escher, Dutch graphic artist
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1899
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James Ralph Darling, teacher
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1901
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Jeanette MacDonald, Phila, actress/singer (When I'm Calling You)
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1901
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Jimmy Dale, Bronx NYC, orch leader (Sonny & Cher)
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1901
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Llewellyn Rees, British theater actor (Invisible Creature)
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1902
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Henry Wadsworth, Maysville KY, actor (Applause, Fast & Loose)
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1903
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Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Le diable ouch corps)
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1904
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Keye Luke, Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident)
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1904
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Manuel Rosenthal, Paris France, composer (Bootleggers)
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1905
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Eduard Tubin, composer
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1905
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John Gardener, boatbuilder/writer
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1906
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Kay Kyser, Rocky Mount NC, orch leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege)
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1907
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Benny Payne, Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show)
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1907
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Froelich Rainey, Wisc, quiz moderator (What in the World)
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1908
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Bud Collyer, NYC, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth)
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1908
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Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Infinite Passage)
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1910
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Avon Long, Balt Md, actor (Roots: Next Generation)
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1910
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Dick Foran, Flemington NJ, actor (OK Crackerby)
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1910
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E G Marshall, Owatonna Minn, actor (Playhouse 90, Chicago Hope)
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1910
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Ray McKinley, Ft Worth Tx, orch leader/drummer (Glenn Miller Time)
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1912
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Glen Morris, MO, Olympic champion/actor (Tarzan)
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1912
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Henry Brandon, Berlin Germany, actor (Drums of Fu Manchu)
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1913
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Sammy Cahn, lyricist (3 Coins in a Fountain)
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1913
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Sylvia Porter, financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book)
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1914
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Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper (S African in 11 Tests 1938-50)
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1915
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Arthur Fagg, cricketer (dual double-centuries in a game for Kent 1938)
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1915
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Red Adair, oilman (fought oil fires in Kuwait)
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1915
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Victor Legley, composer
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1916
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John Young, actor/TV panelist (Masquerade Party)
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1917
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Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, composer
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1917
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Richard Boone, LA Calif, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel)
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1918
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Bob Carroll, singer/actor (Stage Two Revue, Stranger)
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1919
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Edward Leadbitter, politician
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1919
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Edwin Clarke, historian/neurologist
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1919
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Mel Brandt, Bkln NY, actor (Faraway Hill)
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1919
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Ted Leadbitter, British MP (Lab)
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1920
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Aster Berkhof, [Louis Van de Bergh], Flemish writer (Furious Christ)
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1920
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Ian Carmichael, Hull England, actor (Lucky Jim, I'm Alright Jack)
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1922
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Donald L Keene, NYC, Japanese translator/critic
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1923
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Herman Krebbers, Dutch violist/concert master
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1924
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George Mikan, NBA center (6-time all-pro)
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1924
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Liesbeth den Uyl-van Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop den Uyl
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1925
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Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer
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1925
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Rex Collings, writer/publisher
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1925
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Robert Arthur, Aberdeen Wash, actor (12 O'Clock High, Just For You)
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1926
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Patricia Hutchinson, British ambassador (Uruguay)
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1926
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Tom Wicker, columnist (NY Times)
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1927
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Dennis Landau, CEO (Cooperative Wholesale Society)
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1927
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John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher
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1927
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Paul Eddington, actor (Devil Rides Out, Devil's Bride)
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1927
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Simeon Pironkov, composer
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1928
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Maggie McNamara, NYC, actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal)
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1928
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Michael Blakemore, British theater director (Country Life)
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1929
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Eva Bartok, Budapest Hungary, actress (Assassin, Crimson Pirate)
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1929
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James Bishop, editor (London News Publications)
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1929
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Jrgen Habermans, German sociologist (Frankfurter Schule)
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1930
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Peter Phillips, CEO (AB Electronics) [or Feb 10]
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1931
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Della Smith, cookbook writer/British broadcaster
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1931
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Peter Batty, TV/movie producer
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1932
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Gnter Seuren, writer
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1933
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Jean Wicki, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1933
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Tommy Hunt, US singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
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1934
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Brian Kenny, deputy supreme allied commander (Europe)
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1934
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Carl de Winter, sect-gen (Federation of British Artists)
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1936
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Ian Spurling, ballet designer
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1936
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R Ronald Venetian, [Vene], president Suriname (1991- )
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1937
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Gail Godwin, US, author (Perfectionists, Odd Woman)
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1937
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John D [Jay] Rockefeller IV, (Sen-D-WV, 1985- )
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1937
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Varbara Ann Teer, US actress/director (Natl Black Theatre Company)
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1937
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Vitaly Mikhailovich Zholobov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 21)
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1938
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Joop M Worrell, Dutch MP (PvdA)
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1939
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Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards)
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1939
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Lynn Whiting, horse trainer
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1940
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Bob Duncan, prison warden (Gartree Prison in UK)
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1940
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Jim Albus, Staten Island NY, PGA golfer (1991 Mazda Senior Players)
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1942
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Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor
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1942
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Paul McCartney, Liverpool, rocker (Beatles), writes silly love songs
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1942
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Roger Ebert, Urbana Ill, film critic (Siskel & Ebert at the Movies)
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1942
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Thabo M Mbeki, South African economist/1st vice-president (1994- )
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1943
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Barry Evans, actor (Dr Upton-Dr in the House, Mind Your Language)
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1944
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Paul Lansky, composer
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1947
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Bernard Giraudeau, La Rochelle France, actor (L'Annee des Meduses)
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1947
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Douglas Young, composer
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1947
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Linda Thorson, Toronto, actress (Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live)
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1948
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Nick Drake, rocker (Back to Fruit Tree)
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1949
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Jerry Hollendorfer, horse trainer
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1949
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William Randolph Hearst III, publisher/editor
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1950
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Annelie Ehrhardt, German DR, 100m hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972)
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1951
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Henny Huisman, Dutch TV host (Playback Show)
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1952
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Barry Champagne, Louisiana, stunt coorindator (Licence to Kill)
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1952
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Carol Kane, Cleveland Ohio, actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Simka-Taxi)
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1952
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Isabella Rossellini, Rome Italy, actress (Big Night, Blue Velvet)
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1952
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Rickey Gazda, rocker
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1953
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Jerome Smith, US guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band-Boogie Shoes)
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1954
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William Beard, rock drummer (Face To Face)
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1956
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Brian Benben, Winchester Va, actor (Dream On, Gangster Chronicles)
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1957
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Andrea Evans, actress (Young & Restless, Tina-One Life to Live)
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1957
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Tom Bailey, England, rocker (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor)
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1958
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Daniels Koran, saxophonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
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1961
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Andres Galarraga, Caracas Venezuela, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
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1961
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[Genevieve] Alison Moyet, Essex England, rock vocalist (Yaz, Alf)
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1962
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Jan[ice] Merrill, track star (US record long distance holder 1979)
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1963
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Bruce Smith, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
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1963
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Darren "Dizzy" Reed, US musician (Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine)
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1963
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Joe Walter, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)
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1963
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Omar Londono, jockey
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1964
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Thanh Nguyen, Saigon Vietnam, 141 lbs US weightlifter (Olympics-1996)
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1966
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Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-96)
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1966
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Doug Bodger, Chemainus BC, NHL defenseman (Team Canada, San Jose)
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1966
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Kurt Browning, Alberta, figure skater (Olympic-5-1994)
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1966
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Luke Jensen, Grayling Mich, tennis star (1993 French Open doubles)
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1966
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Robert Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Oly-1996)
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1966
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Sandy Alomar, Salinas Puerto Rico, catcher (Cleveland Indians)
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1968
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John Lumkes, Chicago Illinois, 3k steeplechase runner
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1969
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Fernando Valenzula, jockey
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1969
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Jay Leeuwenburg, NFL guard/center (Chic Bears, Indianapolis Colts)
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1969
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Laura Brown, LPGA golfer
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1971
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Blair Pocock, cricketer (New Zealand opening batsman 1993)
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1971
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Mara Hobel, NYC, actress (Mommie Dearest)
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1971
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Nathan Morris, [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)
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1972
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Otakar Vejvoda, Kladno CZE, hockey forward (Team Czech Rep)
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1973
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Rayna Stewart, safety/cornerback (Tennessee Oilers)
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1973
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Tracy Noonan, Lawrence Mass, soccer goalkeeper (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Bumper Robinson, actor (Webster, Night Court)
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1974
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Keith Poole, wide receiver (New Orleans Saints)
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1992
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Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-66)
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DEATHS
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741
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Leo III de Isaurier, Byzantine Emperor (717-41), dies
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1164
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Elisabeth von Schnau, German mystic (Visiones), dies at about 34
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1291
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Alfonso III, King of Aragon (1285-91), dies
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1464
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Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter, dies at 65
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1580
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Juliana van Stolberg, Engraver of Nassau, dies
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1588
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Anna, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna van Saksen, dies at 24
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1629
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Piet Heyn, lt-admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies in battle at 51
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1667
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Louise Henritte, daughter of Frederik Hendrik, dies at 39
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1669
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Abraham Crijnssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies
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1686
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Johann Quirsfeld, composer, dies at 43
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1726
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Michel-Richard Delalande, composer, dies at 68
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1772
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Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72
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1799
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Johann Andre, composer, dies at 58
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1817
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Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies
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1821
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Charles Hague, composer, dies at 52
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1824
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Ferdinand III JJ-B, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane, dies at 55
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1850
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Antoni Weinert, composer, dies at 99
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1853
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Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising), dies
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1859
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Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65
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1866
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Jacobus T Abels, painter, dies at 62
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1876
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August Rockel, composer, dies at 61
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1880
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John Sutter, US colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77
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1884
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Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Arg writer (Crime of War), dies at 74
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1886
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Joannes A Paredis, Belgian/Neth bishop of Roermond, dies at 90
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1898
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George Ulyett, cricketer (949 runs 50 wkts for England 25 Tests), dies
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1902
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Samuel Butler, British writer (Erewhom), dies at 66
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1909
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Learmont Drysdale, composer, dies at 42
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1911
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Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer, dies at 76
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1916
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Helmuth J L von Moltke, German chief general of staff, dies at 67
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1916
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Max Immelmann, German pilot (WW I), killed
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1921
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Eduardo Acevedo D¡az, Uruguay writer (Nativa, Lanza y Sable), dies
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1921
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Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Kantkennis), dies at 37
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1922
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John C Kapteyn, astronomer, dies at 71
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1928
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Roald E G Amundsen, Norwegian pole explorer, dies
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1934
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Francisco Lacerda, composer, dies at 65
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1935
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August Reusner, composer, dies at 64
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1936
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Maxim Gorki, [Alexei M Peshkov], Russian writer (Mother), dies at 68
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1937
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Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies
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1939
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French LM "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish actor, dies at 73
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1942
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Adolf Opalka, Czech resistance fighter, shot down
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1942
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Arthur Willard Pryor, composer, dies at 71
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1942
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John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter, killed Heydrich, dies at 28
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1942
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Josef Gabc¡k, Czech resistance fighter, shot by Heydrich
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1945
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Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle
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1945
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Simon B Buckner, US lt-gen/commandant of 10th Army, dies in action
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1952
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Efim D Bogolyubov, Russian chess player, dies at 63
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1955
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Walter Rein, composer, dies at 61
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1955
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Willy Burkhard, composer, dies at 55
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1958
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Douglas Jardine, cricketer (22 Tests for England), dies
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1959
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Ethel Barrymore, [Blythe], actress (None but the lonely), dies at 79
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1962
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Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82
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1964
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Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58
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1965
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George Melachrino, composer, dies at 56
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1967
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Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-67), dies at 66
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1973
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Fritz Mahler, composer, dies at 71
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1973
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Roger Delgado, actor (Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June), dies at 55
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1973
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Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84
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1974
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Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77
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1975
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Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh shopping
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1982
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Curt Jurgens, actor (Disorder), dies of an acute heart attack at 66
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1982
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Djuna Barnes, writer, dies
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1982
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John Cheever, Pulitzer prize winning author, dies at 70 in Ossining
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1982
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Roberto Calvi, director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself
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1987
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Bruce Marshall, writer, dies at 87
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1990
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Dennis Dyer, cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies
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1991
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Joan Caulfield, actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at 69
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1992
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Peter Allen, entertainer (Legs Diamond), dies of aids at 48
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1994
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Jack Harkness, rose grower, dies at 75
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1995
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Arthur John Howard, actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso), dies at 85
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1995
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Charles Martin, cartoonist, dies at 85
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1996
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Maitland Mackie, farmer, dies at 84
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1996
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Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist, dies at 73
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