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69
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Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor
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533
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John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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1235
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Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names
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1492
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Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)
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1570
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Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins
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1585
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Spain & Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville
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1602
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Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish
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1602
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Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale
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1678
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Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva"
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1757
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British troops occupy Calcutta India
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1776
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1st revolutionary flag displayed
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1776
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Austria ends interregation torture
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1788
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Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution
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1790
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Mozart's opera "Cos fan tutti" premieres, Vienna
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1800
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Free black community of Phila petitions Congress to abolish slave
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1811
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US Sen Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the US)
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1814
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Lord Byron completes "The Corsair"
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1818
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Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto)
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1831
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Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston
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1832
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1st Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens
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1839
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1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)
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1842
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1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn
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1843
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Wagner's opera "Der Fliegende Hollnder" premieres, Dresden
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1861
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Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia
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1861
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SC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor
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1863
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Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends
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1870
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Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins
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1871
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King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25
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1879
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1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG
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1879
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British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die
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1879
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Dr Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education
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1879
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Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill
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1881
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Camille Saint-Sans' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres
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1882
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Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust
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1885
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Gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of Gen Gordon in Khartoum
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1890
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Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer
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1890
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Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny
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1893
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1st US commemoratives & 1st US stamp to picture a woman issued
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1893
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World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago [or 0501]
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1896
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Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops)
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1900
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E Verlinger begins manufacturing 7" single-sided records (Montreal)
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1900
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Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise," premieres in Paris
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1903
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Pres T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was bl
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1905
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Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine
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1905
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Japanese troops capture Port Arthur
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1908
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Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa
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1909
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1st official Dutch 11 city skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13:50)
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1910
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1st junior high schools in US opens (Berkeley Calif)
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1911
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Bkln Dodgers pres Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000
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1913
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National Woman's Party forms
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1914
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Philips installs research dept in Eindhoven
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1917
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Royal Bank of Canada takes over Qubec Bank
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1918
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Dodgers trade Casey Stengel & Cutshaw to Pitts for Grimes & Mamaux
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1918
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NHL Montreal Wanderers disband after Westmount arena burns down
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1919
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Anti-British uprising in Ireland
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1919
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Lithuania gains independence
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1920
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10,000 US union & socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids)
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1921
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1st religious service radio broadcast in US, KDKA-Pittsburgh
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1921
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DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens
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1923
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Ku Klux Klan surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood Fla, 8 killed (compensation awarded in 1995)
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1925
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Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR)
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1929
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US & Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls
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1932
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Young gang shoot dead 6 police in Springfield Missouri
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1933
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Bradman scores 103* against the Bodyline attack in the 2nd Test
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1933
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Bruins beat Rangers in NY 13-3
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1933
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Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th)
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1933
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US troops leave Nicaragua
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1934
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1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania
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1934
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Bradman scores 253 NSW v Queensland, 204 mins, 29 fours 4 sixes
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1935
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Bruno R Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby
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1936
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1st electron tube to enable night vision described, St Louis, Mo
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1936
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Bradman scores 357 for SA v Vic, 424 minutes, 40 fours
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1938
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Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded
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1939
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Bradman scores 107 SA v Victoria, his 4th consecutive century
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1942
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28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace
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1942
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German troops in Bardia surrender
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1942
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Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines
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1944
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1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)
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1945
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Allied air raid on Neurenberg
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1945
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George Bush (pres 1989) & Barbara Pierce wed [or January 6]
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1945
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Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955
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1945
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Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion
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1947
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Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali
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1948
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WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, NY (PBS) begins
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1949
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KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1951
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Philip Barry's "Second Threshold," premieres in NYC
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1952
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"Pal Joey" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 542 performances
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1953
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NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak
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1954
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Herman Wouks "Caine Mutiny," premieres in NYC
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1955
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1st "Bob Cummings Show" premieres on NBC (later on CBS)
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1956
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Poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections
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1958
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Dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Piano concert, premieres in NY
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1959
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Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees
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1959
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USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit
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1960
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1st redshank old world shore bird reported in N America (Halifax)
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1960
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John F Kennedy announces run for US Presidency
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1960
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John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years
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1960
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Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, premieres
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1960
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Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for president
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1961
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1st AFL Championship Game, Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16
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1961
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Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14øF recorded atop Haleakale
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1962
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Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS
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1964
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Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan
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1964
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Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana
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1965
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Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters
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1965
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NY Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath
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1965
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Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day
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1966
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1st Jewish child born in Spain since 1492 expulsion
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1966
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Green Bay Packers beat Cleve Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game
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1968
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"Zizi" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances
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1968
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Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant
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1968
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KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
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1969
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"Fig Leaves Are Falling" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 perfs
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1969
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"Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy
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1969
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Lorraine Hansberry's "To be Young, Gifted & Black," premieres in NYC
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1970
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Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam
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1970
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US population is 293,200,000; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1%)
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1971
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A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66
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1972
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"Rothschilds" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 505 perfs
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1972
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Dallas Cowboys beat SF '49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game
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1972
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Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars
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1972
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Miami Dolphins beat Balt Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game
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1974
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55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon
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1974
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Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres
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1975
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US Dept of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species
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1977
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Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing
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1978
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Blent Ecevit forms govt in Turkey
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1978
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Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania"
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1979
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30th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 9-0 vs Vancouver
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1979
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Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (v WI)
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1979
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Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen begins
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1980
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68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)
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1981
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Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 m butterfly (2:05.65)
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1981
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Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, WI v Pakistan
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1982
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"Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 48 performances
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1982
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70th Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64)
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1982
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Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins
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1982
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SD Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of OT
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1983
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"Annie" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 2,377 performances
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1983
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"Sophisticated Ladies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 767 perfs
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1983
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Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
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1983
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Gary Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing "Doonesbury"
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1983
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Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes
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1984
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Darryl Cullinan, 16, scores his 1st first-class cricket century
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1984
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Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship
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1984
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Riot in Tunis kills over 100
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1984
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Wilson Goode, sworn-in as Phila's 1st black mayor
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1985
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90th hat trick in Islander history-Brent Sutter
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1985
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Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts
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1985
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Egyptian Pres Mubarak reappoints Coptic pope Shenuda III
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1985
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Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score
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1985
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Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions
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1986
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191.66 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
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1986
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NY Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal
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1987
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Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ
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1987
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Troops of Chad Pres Habr conquer Fada oasis
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1988
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Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn
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1988
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Mulroney & Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement
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1989
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Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship
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1989
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UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game
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1990
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Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)
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1990
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Sting joins wrestlings 4 Horsemen (Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson)
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1991
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Colorado wins its 1st AP national title poll
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1992
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Test debut of Shane Warne, v India at Sydney
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1993
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"Gypsy Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 55 performances
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1994
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"Abe Lincoln in Illinois" closes at Beaumont NYC after 40 perfs
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1994
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"Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 266 perf
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1994
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Battles between army & rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57
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1995
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Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed
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1995
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Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21
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1995
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Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away)
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1997
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM
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1998
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Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates & cocaine
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BIRTHS
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1642
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Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)
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1647
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Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)
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1699
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Osman III, sultan (Turkey)
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1727
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James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Qubec)
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1728
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Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium
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1732
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Franz Xaver Brixi, composer
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1752
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Philip Freneau, poet of American Revolution (The American Village)
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1777
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Christian D Rauch, German sculptor
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1803
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Gugliemo Libri, [della Somaia], Ital/Fren mathematician/book collector
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1807
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Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer
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1809
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Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer
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1822
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Rudolph J E Clausius, Germany, physicist (thermodynamics)
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1830
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Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer
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1831
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Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard)
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1835
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Charles Russell Lowell Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers)
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1837
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Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)
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1842
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Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist
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1846
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Sandor Erkel, composer
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1857
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Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)
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1857
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Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)
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1860
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William C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds)
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1861
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Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)
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1861
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Wilhelm Blsche, writer
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1863
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Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)
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1870
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Ernst Barlach, writer
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1873
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Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)
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1879
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Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)
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1879
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Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)
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1880
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Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer
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1884
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Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame)
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1885
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Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)
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1886
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Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet (In New-York)
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1889
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Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine)
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1889
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Walter Baldwin, Ohio, actor (Gay Amigo)
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1892
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Lura Anson, Nebraska, entertainer
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1894
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Robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie)
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1895
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Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)
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1896
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Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)
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1896
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Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer
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1899
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Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer
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1899
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Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61)
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1901
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Rex O'Malley, London England, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight)
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1901
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Robert Marshall, founder (Wilderness Society)
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1901
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Torsten Ralf, Swedish tenor (Daphne)
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1903
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Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem JMA Asselbergs], literary
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1904
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James Melton, Moultrie Ga, opera tenor (Ford Festival)
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1904
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Sally Rand, Hickory County MO, stripper (fan dance)
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1905
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Michael Kemp Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time)
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1907
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Edward Albert Radice, economist
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1907
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Salvador Ley, composer
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1908
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Ben Grauer, NYC, newscaster (Big Story)
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1908
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Janis Kepitis, composer
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1909
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Rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais)
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1910
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Ulrich Becher, writer
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1912
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Andre Ameller, composer
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1912
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Anna Lee, Ightham England, actress (Scruples, Lila-General Hospital)
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1912
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Barbara Pentland, Winnipeg Canada, composer
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1912
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Renato Guttuso, Italian painter (Flight from Etna, Crucifixion)
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1913
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Ernest Sidey, British air marshal
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1913
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Gardner Read, Evanston, Illinois, composer
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1913
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Juanita E Jackson Mitchell, US head (NAACP)
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1913
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Lon P Teisserenc de Bort, France, meteorologist
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1915
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John Hope Franklin, historian
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1920
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Duke of Devonshire, English large landowner/art collector
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1920
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Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy)
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1920
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Penelope Jessel, politcal activist
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1920
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Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker
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1922
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Jason Evers, NYC, actor (Wrangler, Channing)
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1922
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Nico Schuyt, composer
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1922
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Renata Tebaldi, Pesaro Italy, lyric soprano
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1925
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Andry Maryanovich Nikodemovich, composer
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1925
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William J Crowe Jr, Kentucky, chairman joint chief of staff
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1927
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David Herbert, publisher
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1927
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Gino Marchetti, NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts)
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1927
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Richard Belmont Ray, (Rep-D-Ga) [or Feb 2]
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1928
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Dan Rostenkowski, (Rep-D-Il, -94)
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1928
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Gerhard Amanshauser, writer
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1928
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Harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner (Center Point)
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1928
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Howard Caine, Nashville TN, actor (Brushfire)
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1928
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Tiberiu Olah, composer
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1928
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Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Mass, CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle)
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1929
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Art Prysock, jazz musician
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1930
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Julius LaRosa, Bkln NY, singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air)
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1931
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Toshiki Kaifu, premier of Japan (1989-91)
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1932
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Dabney Coleman, Austin Texas, (That Girl, Mary Hartman, Buffalo Bill)
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1936
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Roger Miller, Ft Worth Tx, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me)
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1937
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Marianne McDonald, classicist/philanthropist
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1938
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John Considine, actor (Reginald Love-Another World)
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1939
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Jim Bakker, televangelist (PTL Club)/rapist (Jessica Hahn)
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1944
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Peter Eotvos, composer
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1947
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Aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80)
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1947
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Calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
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1947
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Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976)
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1949
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Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home)
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1949
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Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)
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1950
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Lou Gramm, rocker
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1951
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Nadia Cassini, [Gianna Lou Muller], Woodstock NY, model (Oui)
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1952
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Ricky Van Shelton, Grit Va, country singer (Wild-Eyed Dream)
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1952
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Wendy Phillips, Bkln NY, actress (Executive Suite, Promised Land)
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1954
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Ludmila Borozna, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1957
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Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Gorky Park, Kiss)
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1959
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Kirti Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83)
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1960
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Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87)
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1963
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David Cone, KC Mo, baseball pitcher (NY Mets/Tor Blue Jays/NY Yankees)
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1963
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Edgar Martinez, NYC, baseball 1st baseman (Seattle Mariners)
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1964
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Christopher John Gray, priest
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1964
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Pernell Whitaker, boxer (Olympic-gold)
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1964
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Rumesh Ratnayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92)
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1965
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Diane Lane, NYC, actress (Streets of Fire, Lady Beware, Lonesome Dove)
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1965
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Greg Swindell, Fort Worth TX, pitcher (Houston Astros, Cleve Indians)
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1965
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Russ Courtnall, Duncan, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks)
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1966
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Tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World)
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1967
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Harlon Barnett, NFL safety (Minn Vikings)
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1968
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Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)
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1968
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Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)
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1969
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Christy Turlington, SF Calif, model (Calvin Klein Eternity)
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1969
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Rick Tabaracci, Toronto, NHL goalie (Calgary Flames)
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1969
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Robert Svehla, Martin Cze, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers, Slovakia)
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1969
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Stephen Davies, Aust field hockey forward/vice capt (Oly-sil-92, 96)
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1970
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Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
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1970
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Anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997)
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1970
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Glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1970
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Royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals)
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1971
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Aamer Nazir, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1993- )
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1971
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Aaron Williams, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics)
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1971
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Brad Parpan, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)
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1971
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Horace Copeland, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1971
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Robert O' Neal, WLAF DB (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1972
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Jeff Jackson, US baseball outfielder (Phila Phillies)
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1972
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Lake Dawson, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
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1972
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Mattias Norstrom, Mora SWE, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, LA Kings)
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1973
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Abu Wilson, running back (Indianapolis Colts)
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1973
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Chris Woodruff, Knoxville Tenn, tennis star (1993 NCAA Division I)
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1973
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Fredric Ford, WLAF CB (Scotland Claymores)/NFL cornerback (Eagles)
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1973
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Sarah Schwald, Bellingham Wash, 1.5k runner
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1974
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Juha Lind, NHL forward (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998, Dallas)
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1978
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Devin Doherty, actor (Jimmy Clayton-Swan's Crossing)
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1980
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Stephanie Stiegler, Santa Monica Calif, pairs skater (& Zimmerman)
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DEATHS
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17
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Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies
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1726
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Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37
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1740
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Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63
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1763
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John Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72
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1780
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Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66
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1789
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Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68
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1790
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Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies
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1801
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Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59
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1803
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Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69
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1861
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Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65
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1863
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Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35
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1892
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George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90
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1904
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James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82
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1908
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Dom Joo G da Cmara, Portuguese journalist/playwright, dies at 55
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1913
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Lon P Teisserenc de Bort, Fr meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57
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1915
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Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84
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1917
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Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84
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1918
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Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42
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1921
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Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ger chancellor/PM (Prussia), dies at 64
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1923
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Sam Carter, black resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched by KKK
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1929
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Erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38
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1937
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Ross Alexander, actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29
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1941
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Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42
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1945
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Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61
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1946
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Joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies
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1950
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Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65
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1955
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Jos Antonio Remon, president of Panam (1952-55), assassinated
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1960
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Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60
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1960
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Chris van Abkoude, author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79
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1960
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Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40
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1960
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Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered PM Strgkh, dies at 80
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1961
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Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies
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1963
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Dick Powell, actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58
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1963
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Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52
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1965
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Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63
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1968
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Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies
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1969
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Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74
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1970
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Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85
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1974
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Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67
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1977
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Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
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1980
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Larry Williams, rocker, dies at 44
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1981
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David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51
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1983
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Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66
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1983
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Dick Emery, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at 65
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1983
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Harriet Parsons, producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer
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1986
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Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82
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1990
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Alan Hale Jr, Skipper on Gilligan's Island, dies of cancer at 71
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1990
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Belcampo, [Herman Schnfeld Wichers], Dutch lawyer/writer, dies at 87
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1990
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Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky, Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at 78
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1991
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Edmond Jabs, writer, dies
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1991
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Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78
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1992
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Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74
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1994
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Caesar Romero, actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
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1994
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Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Comm), dies at 79
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1994
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Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of IMF (1963-73), dies at 81
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1994
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Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81
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1995
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Graham Sharp, ice skater, dies at 77
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1995
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Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67
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1995
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Mohammed Siyad Barre, president of Somalia (1969-91), dies
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1995
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Nancy Kelly, US actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at 73
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1995
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Siad Barre, general/president of Somalia (1969-91), dies at 84
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1996
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Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81
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1996
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Thornton Page, astrophysicist, dies at 82
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1997
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Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75
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1997
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Randy California, [Wolfe], rock guitarist, dies at 45
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