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78
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Origin of Saka Era (India)
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468
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St Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius
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493
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Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker
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1409
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Austrian civil war ends
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1431
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Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV
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1627
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Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil
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1634
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1st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole)
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1638
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Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden
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1746
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Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness
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1776
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US commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas
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1791
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1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)
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1791
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Congress establishes US Mint
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1794
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1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D
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1794
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Richard Allen founded AME Church
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1801
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1st US Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia
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1803
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1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins
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1805
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Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms
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1812
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US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)
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1813
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Office of surgeon general of the US army forms
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1815
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US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute
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1817
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Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory & Mississippi
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1820
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Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri
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1835
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Congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans Louisiana
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1837
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Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9
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1837
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US president Andrew Jackson & Congress recognizes Republic of Texas
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1838
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Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada
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1842
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1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd "Scottish" Symphony
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1842
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1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass)
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1843
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Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US
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1845
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1st time, US Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto
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1845
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Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery
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1845
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Florida becomes 27th state
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1847
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Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps
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1849
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Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle gold coin
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1849
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Home Dept (Interior Dept), forms
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1849
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Minnesota Territory is organizes
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1849
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Territory of Minnesota organizes
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1849
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US Department of the Interior established by Congress
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1851
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Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3 piece)
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1853
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Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized by Congress
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1853
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US Assay Office in NYC authorized
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1855
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Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use
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1855
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Congress authorizes registered mail
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1861
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Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [OS=Feb 19]
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1862
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Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces
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1862
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General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid
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1863
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1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted
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1863
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Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences
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1863
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Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City, Nevada
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1863
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Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia
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1863
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Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired
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1863
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Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress
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1863
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Idaho Territory forms
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1863
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Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences
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1865
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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established
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1865
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Freedmen's Bureau is created to help destitute free blacks
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1869
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University of South Carolina opens to all races
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1871
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Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent
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1871
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Congress establishes the civil service system
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1873
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Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps
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1873
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US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively
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1875
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1st recorded hockey game (Montreal)
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1875
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Congress authorizes 20 coin, lasts only 3 years
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1875
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Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris)
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1877
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Rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th president
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1878
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Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)
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1879
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1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)
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1879
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US Geological Survey director authorized in Dept of the Interior
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1882
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NY Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings
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1883
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Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in US navy
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1885
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1st US state (Calif) establishes a permanent forest commission
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1885
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American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates
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1885
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Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt)
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1885
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US Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail
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1887
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American Protective Assn forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa
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1887
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Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller
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1891
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Congress creates Office of Supt of Immigration (Treasury Dept)
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1891
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Congress creates US Courts of Appeal
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1891
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Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created
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1892
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1st cattle tuberculosis test in US made, Villa Nova, Penn
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1893
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Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized
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1893
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Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Dept of Agriculture
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1894
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1st Greek-language publication in US begins, "NY Atlantis"
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1894
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4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns
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1899
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Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar
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1899
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George Dewey becomes 1st in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy
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1900
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US Steel Corporation organizes
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1901
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Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Dept of Commerce
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1903
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North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses
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1905
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US Forest Service forms
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1906
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Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France
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1909
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Wanderers, 8-3
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1911
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1st US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri
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1913
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Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC
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1915
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Natl Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created
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1917
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Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations
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1917
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Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar
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1917
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Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (OS)
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1918
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Richard Gring's "Seeschlacht," premieres in Berlin
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1918
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Germany, Austria & Russia sign
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1919
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1st international air mail service from US, Seattle-Victoria, BC
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1919
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Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike
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1920
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Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs
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1921
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Toronto's Dr Banting & Dr Best announce discovery of insulin
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1922
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Italian fascists occupy Fiume & Rijeka
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1922
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WWJ-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions
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1923
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Time magazine publishes 1st issue [or March 23]
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1923
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US Senate rejects membership in Intl Court of Justice, The Hague
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1924
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German & Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed
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1924
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Sean O'Casey's "Juno & the Paycock," premieres in Dublin
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1926
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International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Fla)
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1931
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"Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem
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1931
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Cab Calloway records "Minnie Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller)
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1933
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German presidential candidate Earnest Thlmann (KPD) arrested
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1933
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Mount Rushmore dedicated
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1933
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NYC premiere of "King Kong"
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1934
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John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol
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1935
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Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms
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1936
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Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test v S Afr
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1937
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Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down
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1938
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American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors)
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1940
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Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label
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1941
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Neth NSB-leader Mussert visits Gring in Berlin
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1942
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1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane
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1943
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Bomb fleeing crowd falls into London shelter; 173 die
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1943
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F Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet," premieres in NYC
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1943
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US defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea
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1944
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1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony
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1945
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Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter
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1945
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RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511
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1945
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Roermond/Venlo Neth, freed
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1945
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US & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor
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1945
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US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall
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1946
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
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1946
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
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1950
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3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name
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1951
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Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 pts
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1952
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Puerto Rico approves their 1st self written constitution
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1953
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Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee
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1953
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Canadian Comet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed
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1955
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Elvis Presley made his 1st TV appearance
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1956
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Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 m freestyle (1:04.2)
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1956
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Indonesian govt of Harahap resigns
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1956
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Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in NY
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1956
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Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne)
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1957
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Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as then"
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1957
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Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Spr won by Markham & Jones (GRB)
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1957
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Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner & Paul (CAN)
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1957
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Men's Figure Skating Champ in Colo Springs won by David Jenkins (USA)
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1957
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
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1957
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Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Colo Spr won by Carol Heiss (US)
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1958
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KTVU TV channel 2 in Oakland-San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast
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1958
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Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq
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1959
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1st US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, launched
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1959
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Brit govt arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis
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1959
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SF Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park
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1960
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9th largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5")
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1961
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King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco
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1962
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British Antarctic Territory forms
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1963
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Senegal adopts constitution
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1965
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Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1
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1965
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1965
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1966
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Buffalo Springfield form (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)
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1966
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James Goldman's "Lion in Winter," premieres in NYC
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1966
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Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guine
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1966
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Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms
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1966
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Twister hits Jackson Miss; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die
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1966
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WRFT (now WVFT) TV channel 27 in Roanoke, VA (IND) begins broadcasting
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1967
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Grenada gains partial independence from Britain
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1967
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1967
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White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)
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1968
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"Here's Where I Belong" opens/closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC
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1968
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Greece, Portugal & Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague
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1968
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Jean Beliveau (Mont) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 pts
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1969
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Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days)
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1971
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South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles
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1971
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Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa
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1972
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Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia
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1973
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"Shelter" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 31 performances
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1973
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White Sox Dick Allen signs 3 year contract for record $750,000
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1974
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"Sextet" opens at Bijou Theater NYC for 9 performances
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1974
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Despite Billy Harris' hat trick Islanders lose 3-4
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1974
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George Foreman KOs Ken Norton
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1974
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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1974
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World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die)
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1975
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"Goodtime Charley" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 104 performances
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1975
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Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana
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1976
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Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia
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1977
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Ice Pairs Champs at Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina/Alexandr Zaitsev (URS)
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1977
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Islanders allow Red Wings only 11 shots on goal
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1977
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Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms
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1977
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Men's Figure Skating Champions in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (USSR)
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1977
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Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champ in Tokyo won by Linda Fratianne (USA)
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1978
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1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI v Australia)
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1978
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Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland
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1980
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1981
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Isle's Mike Bossy 9th & final hat trick of season-4 goals
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1981
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NY Islanders & Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie
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1982
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Senate begins debate on expulsion of Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ)
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1984
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NY Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6)
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1984
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Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1)
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1985
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"Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis, premieres
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1985
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"My One & Only" closes at St James Theater NYC after 767 performances
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1985
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Betsy King wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
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1985
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Bill Shoemaker is 1st jockey to surpass $100 million
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1985
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National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike
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1985
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Willie Shoemaker becomes 1st jockey to win $100 million
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1987
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Ray Dandridge, 3rd baseman in Negro Leagues, eleected to Hall of Fame
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1989
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Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines
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1989
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Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 yrs probation for Iran-Contra
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1990
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Carole Gist, 20, (Michigan 1st black), crowned 39th Miss USA
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1991
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"Big Love" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 41 performances
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1991
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25 die as United Boeing 737 crashes in Colorado Springs
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1991
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4 LA cops beat Rodney King, it is video taped
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1991
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Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* v WI at Kingston
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1991
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Iraqi generals & Gen Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire
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1991
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LA Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video
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1991
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Latvia & Estonia vote to become independent of the USSR
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1991
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Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (22.24 sec)
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1991
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Miguel Trovoada installed as president of Sao Tom e Principal
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1991
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Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18
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1991
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United Airlines crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 25
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1992
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Charges are filed in Florida against NY Mets Darryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden of rape (dropped in April)
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1992
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Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die
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1992
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Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd # retired by NY Islanders
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1992
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Pres Bush apologizes for raising taxes after pledging not to
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1993
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Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston (WBCN 104.1 FM-evenings)
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1994
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"Damn Yankees" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 510 performances
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1994
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"Philoktetes Variations," with Ron Vawter, premieres in Brussels
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1994
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IRS investigates Darryl Strawberry
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1995
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Camilla Parker Bowles & her husband Andrew divorce
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1996
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26th Easter Seal Telethon
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1996
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Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final
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1997
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville NC on WRCQ 103.5 FM
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1998
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Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee
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BIRTHS
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1500
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Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"
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1583
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Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher
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1589
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Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist
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1606
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Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)
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1652
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Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)
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1705
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Michael Schevenstuhl, composer
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1747
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Kasamir Pulaski, US general (Revolutionary War)
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1756
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William Godwin, philosopher/political writer (Caleb Williams)
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1793
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Ch Sealsfield, writer
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1809
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Sophia Hawthorne, writer
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1811
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Vissarion Belinsky, Sveaborg Finland, Russian author (Literary Review)
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1814
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Charles Kensington Salaman, composer
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1820
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Eduard Douwes Dekker, [Multatuli], Dutch writer (Max Havelaar)
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1823
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Guyla Andr ssy Sr, premier of Hungary (1867-71)
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1828
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Karl Collan, composer
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1831
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George M Pullman, inventor (railway sleeping car)
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1838
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George W Hill, US astronomer (Moon orbit)
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1841
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John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Depths of the Ocean)
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1845
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Georg Cantor, German mathematician (discover transfinite numbers)
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1846
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Desiderio FA Pietri, Italian baker/marathon runner Dorando's father
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1847
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Alexander Graham Bell, Scotland, inventor (telephone)
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1849
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Jacques Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer
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1853
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Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter
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1857
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Alfred Bruneau, composer
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1865
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Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer
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1867
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Gustav Strube, composer
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1868
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Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer
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1869
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Henry J Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms)
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1872
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Wee Willie Keeler, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897
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1873
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William Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)
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1877
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Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor
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1880
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Anne C Veth, Dutch cartoonist/art critic
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1882
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Floris H L Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp
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1886
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James Friskin, composer
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1886
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Reginald Owen Morris, composer
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1889
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Fritz Behrend, composer
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1890
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Norman Bethune, Canada, Doctor in Spain & China
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1891
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Federico Moreno Torroba, composer
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1891
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Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice/president High Council
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1892
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Edmund Lowe, actor (Black Sheep, Good Sam, Dillinger, Hot Pepper)
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1892
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Rui Coelho, composer
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1893
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Beatrice Wood, potter/artist/author
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1893
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Bill Nestell, CA, actor (Dangerous Venture, Buckskin Frontier)
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1893
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Karel Lotsy, Dutch insurance director/Olympic-chief d'quipe
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1895
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Alexander Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer
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1895
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Alex[ander] Nearmolen, composer
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1895
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Juanita Hansen, Iowa, actress (Fast Company, Broadway Love)
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1895
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Matthew B Ridgway, US gen (WW II/China/Nicaragua/Korea/NATO)
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1895
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Ragnar Frisch, Norway, economist (1st Nobel prize in economy-1969)
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1895
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Robert Gordon, Ks, actor (Loveless)
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1897
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Jose Moreno Gans, composer
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1899
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Alfred M Gruenther, US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56)
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1899
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Juri Olescha, writer
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1900
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Edna Best, Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo)
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1902
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Ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride)
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1903
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Gilbert Adrian, [Greenberg], Naugatuck CT, costume designer
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1903
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Rabbe A Enckell, Fins author/poet (Lutad about Brunnen)
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1906
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Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir)
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1906
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Donald Novis, Hastings England, actor (Monte Carlo)
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1906
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Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist/diplomat
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1907
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Aar van de Werfhorst, [Pieter G Jansen], Dutch writer
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1907
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Canada Lee, NYC, actor (Lost Boundaries)
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1907
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Joy Finzi, [Joyce A Black], British painter
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1908
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Riccardo Nielsen, composer
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1909
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Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician
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1909
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Kenton Kilmer, poet/translator
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1911
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Francesco Siciliani, opera composer
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1911
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Jean Harlow, [Harlean Carpentier], KS, 30s' sex goddess (Dinner at 8)
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1912
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Joe Stydahar, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears)
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1913
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Margaret AR Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger
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1913
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Roger Caillois, French writer (Les Jeux et les Hommes)
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1914
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Martin Ritt, actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game)
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1915
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George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur
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1917
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Bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer (Elevator, Women)
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1918
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Arnold Newman, photographer (Faces USA)
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1918
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Arthur Kornberg, US biochemist (Nobel 1959)
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1918
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Frank Wigglesworth, composer
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1920
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James Doohan, Vancouver BC, actor (Montgomery Scott-Star Trek)
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1920
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Julius Boros, golfer (PGA Champ 1968, US Open 1952, 63)
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1921
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Allen Ginsberg, beat generation poet (1969 Arts & Letters Award)
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1921
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Diana Barrymore, NYC, actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife)
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1921
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Junior Parker, Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter (Mystery Train)
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1922
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Kazimierz Serocki, composer
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1925
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Enzo Stuarti, Italy, singer (Yesterday)
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1925
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Richard Vernon, England, actor (Servant, Gandhi, Hard Days Night)
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1926
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James Ingram Merrill, US poet/author (Scripts for the Pageant)
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1927
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Charles O Whitley, (Rep-D-NC, 1977- )
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1927
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Frank Singleton, librarian
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1927
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John McLaughlin, commentator (McLaughlin Report)
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1927
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[Herman] Junior Parker, rocker (Driving Wheel, In the Dark)
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1928
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Dave Dudley, singer (Six Days on the Road)
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1928
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Don Gibson, singer/writer (I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me)
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1928
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G Pausewang, writer
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1929
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Nicos Mamangakis, composer
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1931
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Henk Knol, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
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1931
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Piet [van] Bambergen, Dutch cabaretier (Mounties, Sherlock Jones)
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1932
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Mara Corday, Santa Monica CA, playmate (Oct, 1958)
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1933
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Lee Radziwell Ross, NYC, princess (Jackie O's sister)
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1933
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Marco Antonio Mu¤oz, Mexico, spanish singer (Murmullos)
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1934
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Gia Scala, Italy, actress (Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water)
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1935
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Zhelyu Zhelev, president of Bulgaria (1990- )
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1936
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Jim Clark, Formula 1 racer (1963 champ)
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1938
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Douglas Leedy, composer
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1938
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Lew De Witt, singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall)
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1938
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Willie Chambers, guitarist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers)
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1939
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Hans Pieter Verhagen, poet (Hoepla/Holland's Hole)
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1939
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M L Jaisimha, cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties)
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1942
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Mike Pender, Liverpool, vocalist/guitarist (Searchers-Needles & Pins)
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1942
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Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovolyonok, USR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 29/31, T-4)
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1943
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Roger Swaybill, actor/writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point)
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1944
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Janice Garfat, rocker (Dr Hook)
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1945
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Farooq Hamid, cricketer (1-107 in Test, Pakistan v Australia 1964)
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1945
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Hattie Winston, Greenville Miss, actress (Nurse, Electric Company)
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1946
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James C Adamson, Warsaw NY, Lt Col USA/astronaut (STS 28, STS 43)
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1947
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Dave Mount, rocker
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1948
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Byron MacGregor, newscaster
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1948
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Reed Hundt, FCC chairman
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1949
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Bonnie J Dunbar, Sunnyside Wash, PhD/astro (STS 61-A, 32, 50, 71, 89)
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1949
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James S Voss, Cordova Alabama, Major USA/astronaut (STS 44, 53, 69)
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1950
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Ed Marinaro, actor (Hill Street Blues)
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1950
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Re Styles, rock vocalist (Tubes)
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1950
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Tim Kazurinsky, Johnstown Pa, comedian (SNL, Police Academy 2, 3, 4)
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1951
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Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov, Russian cosmonaut
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1952
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Robyn Hitchcock, rocker (Moss Elixir)
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1953
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Aleksandr Viktorovich Borodin, Russia, cosmonaut
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1953
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Dave Amato, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Can't Fight this Feeling)
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1954
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Christopher Hughes, drummer
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1954
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Keith Carlton Fergus, Temple TX, PGA golfer (1995 Honda Classic-8th)
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1954
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Merrick, [Chris Hughes] rock drummer (Adam & The Ants)
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1956
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Jim Barton, Lincoln Neb, soling yachter (Olympics-bronze-1996)
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1956
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John F Reid, cricketer (New Zealand batsman of 70's/80's)
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1956
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Miguel Bos, Panama, spanish actor (Lo Mejor del A¤o)
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1958
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Bob Bradley, Montclair NJ, soccer coach (Olympics-gold-96)
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1958
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Miranda Richardson, Southport England, actress (Damage, Crying Game)
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1959
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Romeo Zondervan, Dutch soccer player (NAC)
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1961
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Mary Page Keller, actress (Duet, Scared Stiff, Baby Talk)
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1962
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Herschel Walker, WFL/NFL running back (NJ Generals, Dallas Cowboys)
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1962
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee, E St Louis IL, heptathele (Olympic-gold-88, 92)
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1963
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Elizabeth Chavez, Santa Monica Ca, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-91)
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1963
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Jacqueline Sheen, Dallas Texas, playmate (July, 1990)
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1963
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Kelly Miller, Detroit, NHL left wing (Washington Capitals)
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1964
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Arturo Huerta, Mexico, Canadian walker (Olympics-96)
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1964
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Atif Rauf, cricketer (Pakistani Test batsman v New Zealand 1994)
|
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1964
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Laura Martinez-Herring, Sinaloa Mexico, Miss USA (1985)/(Gen Hospital)
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1964
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Lisa Ann Poggi, Grand Rapids Mich, actress (Jolie-Loving)
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1965
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A J Sager, Columbus Ohio, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
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1966
|
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Claus Boekweg, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen, FC Zwolle)
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1966
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Dmitri Volkov, Russian swimmer (world record)
|
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1966
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Ellen Minzner, Lawrence Mass, rower (Olympics-96)
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1966
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Gary Parker, WLAF kicker (Scotland Claymores)
|
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1966
|
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Hope Marie Carlton, Riverhead NY, playmate (July, 1985)
|
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1966
|
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Noelle Daghe, Decatur IL, LPGA golfer (1994 PING-Cellular One-21st)
|
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1966
|
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Tone-Loc, [Anthony Terrell Smith], LA Calif, rocker (Let's Do It)
|
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1966
|
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Wendy Fletcher, Boston Mass, WPVA volleyballer (National-5th-1993)
|
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1967
|
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Alexander Volkov, Russia, tennis star
|
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1967
|
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Calvin Williams, NFL wide receiver (Phila Eagles)
|
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1967
|
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Elizabeth Cheshire, Burbank Calif, actress (Jill-Sunshine)
|
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1968
|
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Brian Leetch, Corpus Christi TX, NHL defenseman (Team USA, NY Rangers)
|
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1968
|
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Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, Warsaw NY, alpine skier (Oly-gold/silver-92)
|
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1968
|
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Scott Radinsky, Simi Valley CA, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
|
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1969
|
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Ronald Humphrey, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
|
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1970
|
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Donovan Bergstrom, US 3K steeplechase runner
|
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1970
|
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Inzamam-ul-Haq, cricketer (dashing Pakistani batsman)
|
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1970
|
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Kristine Radford, Sydney Australia, tennis star (1996 ITF/Lyneham)
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1970
|
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Rick Mirer, NFL QB (Seattle Seahawks)
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1970
|
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Scott Keswick, Nevada, gymnast (Coca-Cola-1st-94, Olympics-96)
|
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1970
|
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Shawn Marie Brogan, Miss USA-Iowa (1997)
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1971
|
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Terryl Ulmer, CFL defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
|
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1972
|
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Christian Oliver, actor (Baby Sitters Club, Brian-Saved by the Bell)
|
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1972
|
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Martin Prochazka, Slany CZ, NHL forward (Toronto, Czech Oly-Gold-98)
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1973
|
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Cory Raymer, NFL center (Washington Redskins)
|
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1973
|
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James Dexter, tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
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1973
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Jim Mills, tackle (San Diego Chargers)
|
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1973
|
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Tisha Venturini, Modesto Calif, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96)
|
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1973
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Victoria Nika Zdrok, Kiev Ukraine, playmate (Oct, 1994)
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1973
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Winslow Oliver, running back (Carolina Panthers)
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1974
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Jared Rushton, actor (Big, Honey I Shrank the Kids)
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1975
|
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Albert Fields, Gary Indiana, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
|
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1975
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Danica McKellar, actress (Winnie Cooper-Wonder Years) [or Jan 3]
|
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1975
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David Faustino, CA, actor (I Had 3 Wives, Bud-Married With Children)
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1977
|
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Bas Zuiderent, cricketer (Holland all-rounder 1996 World Cup)
|
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1977
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Ronan Keating, Bayside Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)
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1978
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Carol Aquino, Miss Guatemala Universe (1997)
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1978
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Douglas Osmond, Provo Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys)
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DEATHS
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561
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Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies
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1191
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Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52
|
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1459
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Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies
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1554
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Johan F de Greatmoedige, ruler of Saxon, dies
|
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1554
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Johan Frederik, the Generous, elector of Saxon (1532-47), dies at 50
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1580
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Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies
|
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1635
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Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies
|
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1703
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Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London
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1706
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Johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52
|
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1707
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Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88
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1717
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Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75
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1766
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Gregor Joseph Werner, composer, dies at 73
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1768
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Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer, dies at 81
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1792
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Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63
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1800
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Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, composer, dies at 64
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1822
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Franz Adam Veichtner, composer, dies at 81
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1824
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Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violist/composer, dies at 70
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1848
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Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies
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1858
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J¢zsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic, dies at 54
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1864
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Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21
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1889
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Edward Sydney Smith, composer, dies at 49
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1896
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... Dabormida, Italian general (Eritrea), dies of injuries
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1902
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Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79
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1921
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Petrus Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at 93
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1926
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Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer, dies at 58
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1928
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Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69
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1932
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Eugene Francis Charles D'albert, composer, dies at 67
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1934
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Norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer, dies at 58
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1935
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Neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies
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1938
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Arthur Koestler, writer, dies at 32
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1941
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Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59
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1941
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Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed
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1942
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Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43
|
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1943
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George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
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1945
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Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61
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1945
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Koos Speenhoff, Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at 75
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1948
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Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51
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1956
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Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79
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1959
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Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52
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1960
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Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65
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1965
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Carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88
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1966
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Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52
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1966
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William Frawley, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 89
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1967
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Georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66
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1974
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Barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43
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1974
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Frank Wilcox, actor (John-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 66
|
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1975
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L szl¢ Nmeth, Hungarian physician/author (Galilei/Iszony), dies at 73
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1976
|
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Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92
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1977
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Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93
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1982
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Georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45
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1983
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Arthur Koestler, Hung/Brit writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77
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1985
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Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86
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1987
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Danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74
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1988
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Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies
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1988
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Sewall Wright, US geneticist (evolution model), dies at 98
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1990
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Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86
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1990
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Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Md), dies at 88
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1991
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Arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia
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1991
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Clara Eggink, [Ebbele], Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), dies at 84
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1992
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Robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82
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1992
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Sandy Dennis, actress (Up the Down Staircase), dies of cancer at 54
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1992
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Ted Liss, actor (Child's Play), dies of heart attack at 72
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1993
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Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86
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1993
|
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Carlos Montoya, flamenco guitarist, dies at 89
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1993
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Cyril Collard, French composer/dir/actor (A Nos Amours), dies at 35
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1994
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Anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50
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1994
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Bob Crisp, cricketer (9 Tests for S Afr, 20 wickets at 37 35), dies
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1994
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Karel Kryl, folk singer, dies at 49
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1995
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Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84
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1995
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Howard Hunter, US leader of Mormon Church (1994-95), dies at 87
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1995
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Howard Yanks, founder of the Philadelphia folk festival, dies at 65
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1995
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Pierre Tisseyre, publisher (Circle du livre de France), dies at 85
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1995
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Shiv Verma, soldier, dies at 85
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1996
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David Bowman, trade unionist, dies at 82
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1996
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John Joseph Krol, cardinal, dies at 95
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1996
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Leo Malet, writer, dies at 86
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1996
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Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, journalist, dies at 76
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1996
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Lyle Talbot, [Henderson], actor (Plan 9 From Outer Space), dies at 76
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1996
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Marguerite Duras, writer, dies at 81
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1996
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Meyer Schapiro, art historian, dies at 91
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1997
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Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies
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