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741
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Zacharias becomes Pope
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1294
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Pope Coelestinus V becomes Pope (until Dec 13th)
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1508
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League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice)
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1520
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Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demands he recant
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1582
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France begins use of Gregorian calendar
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1652
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Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet
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1672
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NY Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between NY & Boston
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1688
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King James II flees London
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1690
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Mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money
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1745
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Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws into Manchester
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1799
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Metric system established in France
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1810
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Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in 1st interracial boxing championship (40 rounds)
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1816
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Dutch regain Sumatra
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1817
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Mississippi admitted as 20th state
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1831
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"Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet)
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1864
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General Shermans armies reach Savannah & 12 day siege begins
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1869
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Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)
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1882
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John Brahms' "Gesang der the Parzen," premieres
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1887
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Austria-Hungary/Italy/Great-Britain signs military treaty of Balkan
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1896
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1st intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3)
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1896
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Alfred Jarry's "Ubu Roi," premieres in Paris
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1898
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Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR & Guam
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1899
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-15] British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa
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1899
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Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs British army
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1899
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Frank Wedekind's "Der Kammersang," premieres in Berlin
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1901
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1st Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant, Frdric Passy)
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1903
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Nobel for physics awarded to Pierre/Marie Curie
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1904
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King Peter I of Sweden named nationalist regime
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1906
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Pres Theodore Roosevelt (1st American) awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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1907
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Ruyard Kipling receives Nobel prize for literature
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1910
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JD Van de Waals wins Nobel Prize for physics
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1911
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Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of US by airplane (84 days)
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1911
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Tobias Asser given Nobel prize for peace
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1913
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Kamerlingh Onnes receives Nobel prize for physics
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1914
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French government returns to Paris
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1915
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10,000,000th model T Ford assembled
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1915
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Pres Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt
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1918
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John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League
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1919
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NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers
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1919
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Nobel peace prize awarded to US president Wilson
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1919
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NY, Boston, & Chicago, oppose AL resolution accusing Ban Johnson of overstepping his duties
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1922
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Nobel awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr & Albert Einstein
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1922
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Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards
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1923
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Polish govt of Grabski, forms
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1924
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Aggrement reached on permanent rotation of World Series with each league, getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years
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1924
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Willem Einthoven awarded Nobel for medicine
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1925
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George Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel
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1926
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1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS)
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1926
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2nd part of Hitler's Mein Kampf published
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1927
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Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN
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1929
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Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st
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1931
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Jane Addams (1st US woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize
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1931
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Manuel Aza¤a becomes premier/Niceto Zamora president of Spain
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1932
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King Rama VII (Prajadhipok) grants Thailand a constitution
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1934
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Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp
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1934
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NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season
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1934
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Saint-Adelbert cooperation formed by Catholic elite
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1935
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A's sell Jimmie Foxx to the Red Sox for $150,000
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1935
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White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Tigers for $75,000
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1936
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England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI
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1936
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King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson
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1936
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Stockholm: physicist PBJ Debije receives Nobel prize for chemistry
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1938
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26th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 30-7
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1938
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Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen teacher, Rinzai line, enters Zen priesthood
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1939
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Green Bay Packers win NFL championship, beat NY Giants 27-0
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1939
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KNVB celebrates 50th anniversary
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1940
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British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani)
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1941
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British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore
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1941
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Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon in the Philippines
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1941
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Japanese troops overrun Guam
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1942
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Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people"
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1942
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North Africa: 5th German pantser army forms under col-gen von Arnim
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1943
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British 8th Army occupies Orsogna/Ortona Italy
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1944
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9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis
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1944
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German counter attack at Dillingen-bridgehead at Saar
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1945
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Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts
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1945
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Preston Tucker reveals plan to produce the Torpedo, a new 150 MPH car
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1947
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USSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement
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1948
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UN General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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1950
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Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize
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1952
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Izhak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
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1952
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WSLS TV channel 10 in Roanoke, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1952
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Yitchak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
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1953
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"John Murray Anderson's Almanac" opens at Imperial NYC for 229 perfs
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1953
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KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1953
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WSTV (now WTOV) TV channel 9 in Steubenville-Wheeling, OH (CBS) begins
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1954
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Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize
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1954
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Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium
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1956
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Establishment of MPLA in Angola
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1958
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1st domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111
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1958
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U of Pitts agrees to buy Forbes Field from the Pirates
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1961
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Dr Ruth marries Fred Westheimer
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1961
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Houston Oiler Billy Cannon gains record 373 yards against Titans
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1961
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US performs nuclear test at Carlsbad New Mexico (underground)
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1961
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USSR & Albania break diplomatic relations
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1962
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Hunters Point (SF) jitney ends service after 50 years
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1963
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6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on Andy Williams Show
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1963
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Zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth
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1964
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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr Martin Luther King Jr
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1965
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"Yearling" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 3 performances
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1965
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Dutch ends economic boycott of Rhodesia
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1965
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Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters v England at the Gabba
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1966
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Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature
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1966
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Nobel for chemistry awarded to Robert S Mulliken
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1968
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Joe Frazier beats Oscar Bonavena in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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1970
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North American Soccer League awards NY & Toronto franchises
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1971
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West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel prize of peace
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1971
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William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice
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1972
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1973
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1st time since 1885, tennis has 2 top males (S Smith & J Connors)
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1974
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European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament
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1974
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Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun
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1974
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Space probe Helios 1 launched
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1975
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Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize
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1975
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Terry Funk beats Jack Brisco in Miami Beach, to become NWA champ
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1976
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Wings release triple album "Wings Over America"
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1977
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Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
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1978
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"Platinum" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 33 performances
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1978
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67th Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Rancho Mirage (4-1)
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1978
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In Oslo, Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize
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1978
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Islanders ends 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3) to Canadians
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1979
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Piet Dankert appointed as chairman of European Parliament
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1980
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Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth
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1980
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USSR performs underground nuclear test
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1981
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-13] El Salvador army kills 900
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1981
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Jules Feiffer's "Grownups," premieres in NYC
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1982
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Heavyweight Michael Doakes KOs Mike Weaver in 1:03 in Las Vegas
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1982
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Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off
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1983
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58th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats K Jordan (62 76)
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1983
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Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize
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1983
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Last NFL game at Shea Stadium; Steelers beat NY Jets 34-7
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1983
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Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's 1st civilian president
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1984
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1st "planet" outside our solar system discovered
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1984
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South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize
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1984
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WNSY-AM in Newport News VA returns from WGH
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1985
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Bill to balance the federal budget passed by Congress
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1985
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Junta leaders Videla & Massera sentenced in Buenos Aires
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1986
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Atlanta Hawk Dominique Wilkins scores 57 points vs Chicago Bulls
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1986
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France performs nuclear test
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1986
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Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize
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1987
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"Nightline" is seen in USSR for 1st time
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1988
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Washington Capitals 1st NHL scoreless tie, vs Mont Canadiens
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1989
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President Gustav Hus k of Czechoslovakia, resigns
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1990
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Hindu-Muslim rebellion in Hyderabad-Aligargh India, 140 die
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1990
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Soyuz TM-10 lands
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1990
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Space Shuttle STS 35 (Columbia 11) lands
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1991
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"Crucible" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 32 performances
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1991
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Howard Spira sentenced to 2« years in prison for trying to extort money from Yankees owner George Steinbrenner
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1991
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IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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1991
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Jackie Martling walks off of Howard Stern show for 1 day
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1992
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"My Favorite Year" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 37 perfs
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1992
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NHL awards franchises to Mimai & Anaheim (for 1994-95)
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1992
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NY Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key
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1992
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Orlanda Magic scores 14 3-pointers (2 shy of record)
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1993
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Dow Jones hits record 3740.67
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1994
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60th Heisman Trophy Award: Rashaan Salaam, Colorado (RB)
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1994
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European Campaign against Racism "All different, All equal" begins
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1994
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Nobel prize awarded to Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres & Yasser Arafat
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1995
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1st meeting of NBA expansion teams, Raptors beat Grizzlies 93-81
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1995
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Kelly Robbins & Tammie Green wins LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches
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1995
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Michael Slater scores 219 v Sri Lanka at the WACA
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1995
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Muralitharan takes 2-224 in Australian innings of 5-617
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1995
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Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Aust v Sri Lanka, WACA)
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1995
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Worst snowstorm in Buffalo history, 37.9" in 24 hours (Starting Dec 9 at 7 PM, breaks previous record of 25.3" in 1982
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BIRTHS
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1538
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Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd)
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1679
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Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders
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1691
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Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist
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1741
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Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)
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1764
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Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer
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1765
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[Izak J] Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance/patriot
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1787
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Phila, pioneer of educating the deaf
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1794
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James Wolfe Ripley, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1870
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1805
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John E Feisser, theologist/founder 1st Dutch baptist church
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1805
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William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist publisher (The Liberator)
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1813
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Errico Petrella, composer
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1813
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Zachariah Chandler, US, merchant/politician (found Republican Party)
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1820
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David Allen Russell, Army Bvt Major General (Union), died in 1864
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1821
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Nekrassow, writer
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1821
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Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Russkije Zjenjshiny)
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1822
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Cesar-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-H Franck, Lige Belg, composer (Rbecca)
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1822
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Thomas Casimer Devin, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1878
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1823
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Wilhelm Kuhe, composer
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1824
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George MacDonald, Scotland, sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie)
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1830
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Emily Dickinson, Amherst Mass, poet (Collected Poems)
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1830
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K lm n Tisza, premier of Hungary (1875-90)
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1831
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Alexander Conze, German archaeologist
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1851
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Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries
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1868
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Louis Victor Saar, composer
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1870
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Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses)
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1870
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Pierre Louijs, France, novelist/poet (Aphrodite, Woman & Puppet)
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1870
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Rudolf W Canne, Fries playwright (Der de Wier Us)
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1870
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T R McKibbin, cricketer (NSW & Aust off-spinner late 19th century)
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1872
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Johann Babtist Thaller, composer
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1872
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Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (study of graves)
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1882
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Otto Neurath, Aust/Brit philosopher (Foundation of Social Sciences)
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1883
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Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian lawyer/foreign min/UN-ambassador
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1885
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Janos Hammerschlag, composer
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1885
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Mario Varvoglis, composer
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1886
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Victor McLaglen, England, actor (Informer, Acad Award-1935)
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1886
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William Booth, cricketer (Yorks all-rounder, England before WW I)
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1889
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Ray Collins, Sacramento CA, actor (Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie)
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1890
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George Merritt, London England, actor (I Monster, Q Planes)
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1891
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Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (O the Chimneys-Nobel 1966)
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1891
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Nelly Sachs, writer
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1893
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Walter Rein, composer
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1894
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Earnest Haenchen, German new testament expert
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1894
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Gertrud Kolmar, writer
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1894
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Paul Dessau, composer
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1897
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Karl H Waggerl, Austria writer (Power of Love)
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1898
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Anton Mauve, Dutch painter
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1898
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Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer (Birth of Hero) [NS]
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1901
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F Fischer, German war criminal (Breda 4)
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1903
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George J Lewis, Guadalajara Mexico, sacotr (Don-Zorro)
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1903
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Una Merkel, Covington Ky, actress (42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln)
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1903
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William Plomer, Transvaal, author (Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa)
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1904
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Antonin Nov¢tny, Czechoslovakia, Pres of Czechoslovakia (1957-68)
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1907
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Amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor (Lure of Sila)
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1907
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Michael Blankfort, US, writer/producer/director
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1907
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Rumer Godden, England, author (Thursday's Children)
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1908
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Arnold A van Ruler, Dutch theologist
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1908
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Olivier Messiaen, Avignon France, composer (L'Ame en Bourgeon)
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1910
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Dennis Morgan, Prentice Wisc, actor (Dennis-21 Beacon Street)
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1910
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Jill Summers, actress (Agatha Coronation Street)
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1910
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John Hammond Sr, NYC, rock/jazz producer (I Can Tell, So Many Roads)
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1911
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Chet Huntley, Cardwell Mont, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report)
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1912
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Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf)
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1913
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Morton Gould, Richmond Hill NY, prolific composer (Verdun)
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1914
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Dorothy Lamour, [Mary Kaumeyer], New Orleans, actress (Road to Bali)
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1918
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Anne Gwynne, Waco TX, actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein)
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1918
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Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music
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1919
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Sven-Eric Emanuel Johanson, composer
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1920
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Ragnhild Hveger, Denmark, 200m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936)
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1922
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Allen Dwight Sapp, composer
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1923
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Abelardo Quinteros, composer
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1923
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Harold Gould, Schenectady NY, actor (He & She, Martin-Rhoda, Big Bus)
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1923
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Jorge Semprun, French writer (2nd mort de R Mercader, Z)
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1925
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Carolyn Ashley Kizer, US writer (Yin, Pulitzer 1985)
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1926
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Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, composer
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1926
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Eddie Jones, "Guitar Slim" rocker
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1928
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John Colicos, Toronto, actor (Battlestar Galactica)
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1929
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Dan Blocker, Texas, actor (Tiny-Cimarron City, Hoss-Bonanza)
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1930
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Clayton K Yeutter, Nebraska, US trade rep/Republican Natl chairman
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1933
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Grenville Alabaster, cricketer (NZ tourist to Aust 1973-74)
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1937
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Don Bies, Cottonwood ID, PGA golfer (1975 Sammy Davis Jr)
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1937
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Don Sebesky, Perth Amboy NJ, orch leader (Jimmy Dean Show)
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1938
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Yuri Temirkanov, Nalchik Russia, conductor (Kirov)
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1940
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William Fred Dempster, Berkeley Calif, crew member (Biosphere 2)
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1941
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Fionnula Flanagan, Dublin Ireland, actress (Rich Man Poor Man)
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1941
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Jeff Jones, cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler in 60's)
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1941
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Peter Michael Goetz, actor (Jumping Jack Flash, King Kong Lives)
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1941
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Tim Considine, Louisville Ky, actor (Mike-My 3 Sons)
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1941
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Tommy Kirk, actor (Old Yeller)
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1941
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Tommy Rettig, Jackson Heights NY, actor (Jeff's Collie-Lassie)
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1942
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Bear Bossu, [Berend F Gertenbach], actor/vocalist (Pub Chantant)
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1943
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Chad Stuart, rock vocalist/guitarist (Chad & Jeremy)
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1943
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Jessica Cleaves, rocker
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1943
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Theodore Wilson, NYC, actor (That's My Mama, Sanford Arms)
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1944
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Tisha Sterling, Hollywood Calif, actress (Coogan's Bluff)
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1945
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Eric Boom, Dutch guitarist/producer
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1946
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Chris Kefford, rocker
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1946
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Gloria Loring, NYC, actress/singer (Days of our Life)
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1946
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Walter "Clyde" Orange, Florida, rocker (Commodores-Too Hot to Trot)
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1947
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Sinaida Woronin, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold/silver/2 bronze-1968)
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1948
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Brendan Harkin, rocker
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1948
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Ralph Tavares, rocker
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1949
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Linda Galloway, LPGA golfer
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1950
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Simon Owen, Wanganui NZ, Australasia golfer
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1951
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Frank Beard, US country rock drummer (ZZ Topp)
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1951
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Johnny Rodriquez, US, actor (Nashville Girl, La Bamba Party)
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1952
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Susan Hallock Dey, Ill, actress (1st Love, Partridge Family, LA Law)
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1953
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Jack Scalia, actor/director (Amore, Deadly Desire, Donor, T-Force)
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1956
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Michael VerMeulen, journalist
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1958
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John J York, Chicago Ill, actor (Mac Scorpio-General Hospital)
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1958
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Paul Hardcastle, keyboardist (Don't Waste My Time, Just for Money)
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1959
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Burke Moses, NYC, actor (Sean Baxter-As the World Turns)
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1959
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Mark Aguirre, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
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1960
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Kenneth Branagh, Belfast, actor/director (High Season, Dead Again)
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1960
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Paul Assenmacher, Detroit MI, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
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1961
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Mark McKoy, Canadian track star (world record 50m indoor)
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1961
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Nia Peeples, [Vernia], Hollywood, dancer/host (Fame, Party Machine)
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1962
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John de Wolf, soccer player (Feyenoord)
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1963
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Doug Henry, Sacramento CA, pitcher (NY Mets)
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1963
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Gerald Sandel, soccer player (Sparta)
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1963
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Michael Lofton, Montgomery Ala, fencer-sabre (Olympics-96)
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1963
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Robin White, San Diego Cal, tennis player (US Open doubles 1988)
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1964
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Luis Polonia, Santiago City Dom Rep, outfielder (NY Yanks, Orioles)
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1965
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Jennifer Wyatt, Vancouver Canada, golfer (1992 Crestar-Farm Fresh)
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1966
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Eric Naposki, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
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1966
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Norberto Martin, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, infielder (Chic White Sox)
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1968
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Rob Davis, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1969
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Darren Berry, cricketer (Victorian wicket-keeper since 1989-90)
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1969
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Nadim Khan, cricketer (brother of Moin Pakistani lefty spinner 1993)
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1969
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Rob Blake, Simcoe Ont, NHL defenseman (Team Canada, LA Kings)
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1969
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Todd Furdyk, CFL tackle (BC Lions)
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1970
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Bryant Stith, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets)
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1971
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Amanda Hardy, Altona Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Carla Sacramento, Lisbon, 1.5k runner
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1971
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Manjula Munasinghe, cricketer (Sri Lankan ODI pace bowler)
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1973
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Bernard Holsey, defensive tackle (NY Giants)
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1973
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Marcus Wall, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes)
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1973
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Rusty LaRue, NBA guard (Chicago Bulls)
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1985
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Raven-Symon Pearman, actress (Cosby)
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DEATHS
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969
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Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered
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1041
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Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies
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1198
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Averros ibn-Rusjd, Moorish philosopher, dies
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1490
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Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90
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1524
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Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death
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1572
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Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72
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1595
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Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59
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1603
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William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59
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1616
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Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74
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1638
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Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49
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1665
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Tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies
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1749
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Gabrielle Chtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42
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1770
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Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80
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1805
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Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43
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1826
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Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68
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1830
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Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies
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1833
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Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79
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1875
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Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84
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1877
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Federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68
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1877
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Jared Kirtland, US physician/naturalist, dies
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1888
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Mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79
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1889
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Anzengruber, writer, dies
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1889
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Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, dies at 50
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1890
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Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84
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1896
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Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63
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1904
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James Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies
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1909
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Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies
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1910
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Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76
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1911
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Joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94
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1921
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Viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38
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1931
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Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69
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1935
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John H Aberson, 1st rector of Landbouw high school, dies at 78
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1936
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Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (Enrico IV, Nobel 1934), dies at 69
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1936
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Robert Abel, cricketer (744 runs in 13 Tests for Eng 1888-1902), dies
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1938
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Mario Pilati, composer, dies at 35
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1939
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Wilhelm Grosz, composer, dies at 45
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1946
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Damon Runyon, US journalist/writer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 66
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1946
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Walter Johnson, great pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at 59
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1958
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Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, dies at 72
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1959
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Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies
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1959
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Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at 40
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1964
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Sam Cooke, US, singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33
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1965
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Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68
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1966
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Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65
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1967
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Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71
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1967
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Carl Cunningham, rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash
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1967
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Jimmy King, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash
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1967
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Otis Redding, singer (Dock of Bay), dies in plane crash at 26
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1967
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Phalin Jones, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in plane crash
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1967
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Ron Caldwell, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash
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1968
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Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82
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1968
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Patsy Moran, actress (Children of the Wild), dies at 65
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1968
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Thomas Merton, French/US priest/writer (7 Story Mountain), dies at 53
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1969
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Franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75
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1969
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Leigh Harline, composer, dies at 62
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1971
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Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57
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1972
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Mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78
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1973
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Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81
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1974
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Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50
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1978
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Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54
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1978
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Miura Isshu, Zen teacher, Hakuin Rinzai line, dies at 75
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1979
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Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67
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1979
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Fulton J Sheen, bishop (Life is Worth Living), dies at 84
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1981
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John Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89
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1982
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Freeman "Amos" Gosden, US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83
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1982
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Roy Webb, composer, dies at 94
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1983
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Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84
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1983
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Patrick O'Moore, actor (Jungle Gents), dies at 74
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1986
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Kate Wolf, folksinger (Back Roads), dies of leukemia at 44
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1986
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Susan Cabot-Roman, actress (Sorority Girl, Carnival Rock), dies
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1987
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Jascha Heifetz, Russia, violinist, dies at 86
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1988
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Dick Clair, comedian (Clair & McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS
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1988
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Richard Castellano, aqctor (Honor thy Father), dies at 55
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1990
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Armand Hammer, CEO (Occidental Petroleum), dies at 92
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1991
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Berenice Abbott, US photographer, dies at 93
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1992
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Carlomagno Andrade, Equadorian general, dies
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1993
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Maroun Bagdadi, director/writer (Little Wars, Veiled Man), dies at 42
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1994
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Garnett Silk, vocalist, dies at 28
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1994
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George G F van Renesse, concert pianist/music director, dies at 85
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1994
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Keith Joseph, British MP (C), dies
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1994
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Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor, dies at 92
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1995
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Darren Robinson, singer, dies at 28
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1995
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Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer, dies at 48
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1995
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John Francis Boyd, journalist, dies at 85
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1995
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Mary Madge Lascelles, literary critic/poet, dies at 95
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1995
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Phillip Piratin, communist, dies at 88
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1996
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Faron Young, country singer/actor (Hidden Guns), commits suicide at 34
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1996
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John Duffey, bluegrass musician, dies at 62
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1997
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Violet Carlson, stage dancer/singer, dies at 97
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