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644
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Osman ibn Affan appointed 3rd kalief of islam
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867
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Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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872
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John VIII elected as Catholic Pope
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1124
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Theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses)
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1287
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Zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives
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1490
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Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria
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1575
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Polish Parliament selects Istv n B thory as king of Poland
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1582
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Zealand/Brabant Neth adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25
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1600
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Olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die
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1656
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Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales
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1708
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Prosper Jolyot's "Electre," premieres in Paris
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1774
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Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary
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1782
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Charleston, SC evacuated by British
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1793
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1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati
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1798
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David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine
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1819
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Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state
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1825
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Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins
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1849
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1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston)
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1863
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Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tenn
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1882
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Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo
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1889
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American Academy of Political & Social Science organized, Phila
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1894
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Day One 1st Test Cricket Aus v Eng Aust 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85)
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1894
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Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling, Ernie Jones, Archie MacLaren
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1901
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1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)
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1903
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Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut
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1911
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South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen
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1913
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Greece formally takes possession of Crete
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1915
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Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion
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1917
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UFA, Universal Film AG, forms in Germany
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1918
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Giacomo Puccini's opera "Il Trittico," premieres in NYC
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1920
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Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in NYC
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1920
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Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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1923
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Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings)
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1924
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Chiang Kai-shek occupies Hankou
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1924
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Respighi's symphony "Pini di Roma," premieres in Paris
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1926
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Danish Madsen govt, forms
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1927
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Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
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1928
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2nd Test Cricket Australia v England starts with Bradman 12th man
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1929
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Alexander Zaimis elected pres of Greece
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1930
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NY Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game
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1931
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1st assembly of Anton Musserts NSB in Utrecht
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1932
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French govt of Herriot falls
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1933
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Josephine Baker performs in Amsterdam
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1934
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1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany NY)
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1935
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Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith v S Africa, Durban
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1937
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Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing
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1938
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AL permits Cleveland & Philadelphia to play night games
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1938
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Major leagues agrees on standard ball
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1938
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Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25
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1938
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Will Harridge is elected to a 10-year-term as AL president
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1939
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Soviet Union attacks Finland-League of Nations drops Soviet Union
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1941
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1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14
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1941
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Premier Winston Churchill travels to US on board HMS Duke of York
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1941
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U-557 torpedoes British cruiser Galatea
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1944
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Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany
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1944
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Congress establshes rank of General of Army (5-star General)
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1944
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German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland
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1945
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Elmer Rice' "Dream Girl," premieres in NYC
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1946
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"Three to Make Ready" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 323 perfs
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1946
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Togo made a trusteeship territory of UN
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1946
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UN General Assembly votes to establish UN HQs in NYC
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1947
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Cleve Browns beat NY Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game
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1950
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"Bless You All" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 84 perfs
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1950
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Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), & Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commi
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1950
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UN Gen Assembly establishes High Comm for Refugees (Nobel 1954)
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1952
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KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1952
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R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut v Pakistan, Calcutta
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1952
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Uprising of captives in Pongam South Korea, 82 die
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1953
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Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax
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1954
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WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley, WV (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Dutch Reformed Church condemns woman/wife as vicar
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1955
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Tappan Zee Bridge in NY opens to traffic
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1956
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Paul-Henri Spaak appointed secretary-general of NATO
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1957
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"Most Happy Fella" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 678 perfs
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1957
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"Rumple" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 45 performances
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1959
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Archbishop Makarios proclaimed president of Cyprus
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1959
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J B Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31,513m
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1960
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Australia v West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie
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1960
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Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) forms
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1960
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Washington Senators joins American League
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1961
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Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record
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1962
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Mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus)
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1962
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1963
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Verne Gagne beats The Crusher in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
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1964
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Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene"
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1965
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"La Grusse Valise" opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 7 performances
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1967
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DNA created in a test tube
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1969
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"La Strada" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 1 performance
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1969
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Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta
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1969
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Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
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1971
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Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
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1971
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1972
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Eugene Cernan & Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon
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1972
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Willy Brandt re-elected West German chancellor
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1974
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Islander Glenn Resch's 1st shut-out opponent-Kings 3-0
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1974
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Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 v India 20 fours 6 sixes
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1975
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"Treemonisha" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 64 performances
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1975
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6 So Moluccan terrorists surrender, holding 23 hostages for 12 days
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1975
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WCPR (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
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1976
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Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Dutch Liberal/social dem abortion laws
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1977
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"Saturday Night Fever,"starring John Travolta, premieres in NYC
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1977
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Egypt & Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference
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1977
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Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Rangers for John Poloni & cash
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1977
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Test Cricket debut of Abdul Qadir, v England at Lahore
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1977
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War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years
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1978
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"Ballroom" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 116 performances
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1978
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China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
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1978
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1979
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1980
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"Onward Victoria" opens/closes at Martin Beck NYC for 1 performance
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1980
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Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander penalty shot
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1980
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At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon
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1980
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Minn Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleve Browns, winning 28-24
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1980
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Nancy Lopez/Curtis Strange wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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1980
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New Orleans Saints end 14 game losing streak, beat NY Jets 21-20
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1980
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1981
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Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967)
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1982
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Marcel Dionne, LA, becomes 9th NHLer to score 500 goals
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1983
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"Peg" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 5 performances
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1984
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Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football
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1985
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US Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin
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1986
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Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards AFB, Calif on 1st non-stop, non-refueled flight around wor
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1987
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Allan Border scores 205 v NZ to become Australia's top rungetter
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1987
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Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new
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1988
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CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights
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1988
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NBA's Miami Heat wins 1st game ever, 89-88 (Clippers), after 17 loses
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1988
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Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures
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1988
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US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs)
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1990
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Louis Jordan's revue "Five Guys Named Moe," premieres in London
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1990
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Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later
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1991
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57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR)
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1991
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Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed
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1992
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Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him
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1993
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Moslem fundamentalists murder 12 Kroates/Bosnians in Algeria
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1995
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"Les Miserables" opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki
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1995
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AIDS patient Jeff Getty recieves baboon bone marrow transplant
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1996
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12th Soap Opera Digest Awards
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1996
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62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (QB)
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1997
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"View From the Bridge," opens at Criterion Theater NYC
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1997
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Diners Club Senior Golf Match
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1997
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Juli Inkster & Dottie Pepper win LPGA Diners Club Matches
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1997
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Phoenix Coyote Mike Gartner is 5th NHLer to score 700 goals
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BIRTHS
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1363
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John Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist
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1503
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Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet
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1546
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Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)
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1553
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Henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France
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1720
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Justus Mser, writer
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1730
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Capel Bond, composer
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1738
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Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer
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1777
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Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos the mayo)
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1779
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Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer
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1780
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Karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs
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1783
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Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer
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1789
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Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer
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1812
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Charles J Canning, English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies
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1824
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Pierre C Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (Panthon)
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1829
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John Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold US political office
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1830
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Allen Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
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1832
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Daniel Harris Reynolds, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
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1837
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William Wells, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
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1853
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Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas)
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1862
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Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS]
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1862
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John M Acket, Dutch literary (Grammatic Conceptions)
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1868
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Richard Batka, composer
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1870
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Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40)
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1870
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Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/president (1918-20, 45-50)
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1873
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Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer
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1875
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Dobri Khristov, composer
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1877
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Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music writer/composer (Leiecyclys)
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1883
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Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer
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1883
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Morihei Ueshiba, founder (Aikido)
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1884
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Regina Ullmann, writer
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1894
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Joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer
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1895
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George VI, king of England (1936-52)
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1895
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Paul Eluard, French communist/poet/resistance fighter (Le Phnix)
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1896
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James H Doolittle, USAF General (Raid on Tokyo 1942)
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1897
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Margaret Chase Smith, (Rep/Sen-R-Maine)
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1898
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Frederick Douglass Hall, composer
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1900
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Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer
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1901
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Henri Cochet, tennis champ (US Open-1928)
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1901
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Paul I, King of Greece (1947-64)
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1902
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Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bea-Andy Griffith Show)
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1905
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Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin
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1906
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Helmut Bornefeld, composer
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1907
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Guy Middleton, Hove England, actor (Gentlemen Marrie Brunettes)
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1908
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Laurence Naismith, Surrey England, actor (Judge Fulton-Persuaders)
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1909
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Edward L Tatum, US, molecular geneticist (Nobel 1958)
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1909
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Phia [Sophia R] Berghout, harpist/founder Eduard of Beinumstichting
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1911
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Ota Adler, Czech/British fur trader/founder (Federal Trust)
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1911
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Spike Jones, Long Beach Calif, composer (In a Secluded Rendesvous)
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1912
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Morey Amsterdam, Chicago Ill, comedian (Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show)
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1914
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Dan Dailey, NYC, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ)
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1914
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Karl Carstens, German (CDU)/pres Germany (1979-84)
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1914
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Rosalyn Tureck, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Bach & Rock)
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1915
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Clay Warnick, Tacoma Wash, choral director (Jimmie Rodgers Show)
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1917
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Elyse Knox, Hartford Ct, actress (Hit the Ice, Black Gold)
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1917
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Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg-spinner (West Indian of post-WWII years)
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1919
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Shirley Jackson, US, writer (Road Through the Wall)
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1920
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Albertus Meintser, office clerk/resistance fighter
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1920
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Quinton Hazell, businessman
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1922
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Charley Trippi, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals)
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1922
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Don Hewitt, NYC, CBS news executive producer (60 Minutes)
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1923
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Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings, Dear Guys)
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1923
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Leonardus S van Egeraat, Dutch travel expert
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1923
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Sully Boyar, NYC, actor (Car Wash)
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1924
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Marion Morgan, singer (Stop the Music)
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1924
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Siiri Rantanen, Finland, cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1956)
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1926
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Frank King, cricketer (WI fast bowler in 14 Tests in 50's, 29 wkts)
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1927
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Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch internal minister (VVD) (1982-86)
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1929
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Ron Nelson, composer
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1932
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Abbe Lane, Bkln, aka Mrs Xavier Cugat/singer (Xavier Cugat Show)
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1932
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Charlie "Silver Fox" Rich, Colt Ark, vocalist (Behind Closed Doors)
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1932
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George Furth, Chicago Ill, actor/dir (Tammy, Good Guys, Dumplings)
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1933
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Leo N Wright, US saxophonist (I left my heart in SF)
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1934
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Petrus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist
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1935
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Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bath England, actress (Search for the Nile)
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1935
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David White, cricketer (Engld opening attack Brown & White v Pak 1961)
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1935
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Lee Remick, Quincy MA, actress (Days of Wine & Rose, Long Hot Summer)
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1935
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Lewis Arquette, Chicago IL, actor (Horror Show, Book of Love)
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1936
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Robert Alan Ridley Parker, NYC, PhD/astronaut (STS 9, STS 35)
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1938
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Charlie Griffith, cricketer (WI fast bowler (or did he chuck?))
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1938
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Hal Williams, Columbus Ohio, actor (Pvt Benjamin, 227, Sanford & Son)
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1938
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Janette Scott, actress (Day of the Triffids)
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1938
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Leonardo Boff, Italy, Brazilian Catholic theologian
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1939
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Ernest Davis, 1st black to win Heisman Trophy (1961)
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1939
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Marilyn Cooper, NYC, actress (Broadway Bound, Survivors)
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1941
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Barry Hadlee, cricketer (bro of Dayle & Richard, NZ World Cup 1975)
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1942
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David Band, banker
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1942
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Rex Thompson, NYC, actor (Young Bess, King & I, Her 12 Men)
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1943
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Frank Allen, rock vocalist (Searchers-Needles & Pins)
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1946
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Anthonius A M "Ton" Kors, Dutch writer (Hannie Schaft)
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1946
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Jackie McCauley, North Ireland, rock pianist (Them Coleraine)
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1946
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Jane Birkin, London England, actress (Mrs Don Juan, Dark Places, Dust)
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1946
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Joyce Vincent Wilson, Detroit Mich, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn)
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1946
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Michael Ovitz, president (Walt Disney Co)
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1946
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Patty Duke, [Anna Marie], Elmhurst NY, actress (Miracle Worker)
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1946
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Ruth Fuchs, German DR, javelin thrower (Oly-2 gold-72, 76)
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1946
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Stanley R Smith, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1972, US Open-1971)
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1947
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Christopher Parkening, LA Calif, guitarist (transcribed sacred music)
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1948
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Boudewijn Buch, Dutch writer/TV host
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1949
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Bill Buckner, Calif, 1st baseman, error cost Red Sox 1986 world series
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1949
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Cliff Williams, Sydney Australia, rock bassist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
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1949
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Dee Wallace Stone, [Deanna Bowers], KC Mo, actress (Critters, 10, ET)
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1950
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Vicki Michelle, Essex England, actress (Virgin Witch, Allo Allo)
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1951
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Jan Timman, Dutch chess player
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1952
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Tamara Danz, singer
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1953
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Joe Toplyn, Boston, comedic writer (Late Night with David Letterman)
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1953
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Vijay Amritraj, India, tennis player/actor (Octopussy)
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1954
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Alan Kulwicki, Greenfield Wisc, NASCAR racer (Winston Cup)
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1954
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Eva Mattes, Tegernsee Germany, actress (Celeste, Man Like Eva)
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1954
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Hans William Schlegel, Oberlingen Germany, Astronaut (STS 55)
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1954
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Ib Anderson, Copenhagen, ballet dancer
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1954
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James Horean, actor (Loving)
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1954
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Steven Glenwood MacLean, Ottawa Ontario, astronaut (STS 52)
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1955
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Jane Crafter, Perth Australia, golfer (1987 JC Penney Mixed Teams)
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1956
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Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein, Slalom (Olympic-2 gold-1980)
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1956
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T K Carter, LA Calif, actor (Mike-Punky Brewster, Just our Luck)
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1958
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Jan Dijksma, Dutch bassist (Weekend at Waikiki)
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1958
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Mike Scott, Scottish rocker (Blues Inc, Waterboys-Rainbow Warrior)
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1958
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Spider Tracy, English rock vocalist (The Pogues)
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1958
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Steven Rock-Savage, Mellville Louisiana, (LSU), actor
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1959
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Franco Iglesia, Cuba, spanish singer
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1960
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Catherine G Coleman, Charleston SC, Phd/Capt USAF/astronaut (STS 73)
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1961
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Jeff Robinson, baseball player (Det, Balt)
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1962
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Bharat Arun, cricketer (Indian pace bowler late-80's)
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1962
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Chris Dahlquist, Fridley, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
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1963
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Cindy Gibb, Bennington Vt, actress (Search for Tomorrow, Youngblood)
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1964
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Chelsea Noble, actress (Kate-Growing Pains)
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1964
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C[arl] J[eff] Snare, Wash DC, vocalist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime)
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1965
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Christine Burton, Adelaide Aust, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open)
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1965
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Craig Biggio, Smithtown NY, infielder (Houston Astros)
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1965
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Ken Hill, Lynn MA, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
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1965
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Lawrence Clay-Bey, Hartford Ct, super heavyweight boxer (Olympics-96)
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1966
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Anthony Mason, NBA forward (NY Knicks, Charlotte Hornets)
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1966
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Bill Ranford, Brandon Man, NHL goalie (Team Canada, Boston)
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1966
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Carl Herrera, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
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1967
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Ali Wood, Long Beach Ca, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1995)
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1967
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Eldridge Recasner, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets)
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1967
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Noelle Beck, Baltimore, actress (Trisha-Loving, Fletch Lives)
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1968
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Cees Marbus, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
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1968
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Jamie Crysdale, CFL corner (Calgary Stampeders)
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1969
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Arthur Numan, soccer player (PSV)
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1969
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Craig Jones, Nambour Australia, Canadian Tour golfer (NZ Open-1994)
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1969
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Dave Nilsson, Brisbane Australia, catcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
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1969
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Rogerick Green, NFL cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1970
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Bradford Banta, NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
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1971
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Chris Therien, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
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1971
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Lisa-Marie Vizaniari, Australian discus/shot putter (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Johnny Mcwilliams, tight end (Arizona Cardinals)
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1973
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Eelco Wassenaar, Neth, US field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Billy Koch, Garden City NY, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1975
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Inga Drozdova, Latvia, playmate (Nov, 1997)
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1975
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James Cotton, NBA guard (Seattle Supersonics)
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1975
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Tamecka Dixon, WNBA guard (LA Sparks)
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1977
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Tisha Dabber, Shelbyville Indiana, actress (New Mickey Mouse Club)
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DEATHS
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872
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Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80
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1077
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Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies
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1136
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Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered
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1417
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John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned
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1542
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James, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30
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1591
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Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies
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1732
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Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer, dies at 80
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1734
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Nol-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44
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1754
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Mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58
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1760
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Kacic Miosic, Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies
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1788
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Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74
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1788
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Carlos III, King of Naples/Spain (1759-88), dies at 72
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1799
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George Washington, 1st president USA (1789-97), dies at 66
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1823
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Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naple revolution 1799), dies at 53
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1829
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Luigi Marchesi, composer, dies at 74
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1849
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Conradin Kreutzer, composer, dies at 69
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1861
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Albert, prince consort of Engld/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42
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1861
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George HG earl of Aberdeen, Engl min of Foreign affairs, dies at 76
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1861
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Heinrich August Marschner, composer, dies at 66
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1862
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George Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27
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1873
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J Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies
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1886
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Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer, dies at 27
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1893
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Karolina Pawlowa, writer, dies at 86
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1900
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Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at 46
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1903
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William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair
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1906
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John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer, dies at 78
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1909
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Leopold II, king of Belgium, dies
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1914
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Giovanni Sgambati, composer, dies at 73
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1918
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Sidonio Pais, prince of Portugal, murdered
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1923
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Giuseppi Gallignani, composer, dies at 72
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1926
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Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism), dies at 64
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1928
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Theodore Roberts, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments), dies at 77
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1935
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Stanley G Weinbaum, US, sci-fi writer (Martian Odyssey), dies
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1938
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Marie FM Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76
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1939
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Helene ELJ Krller-Mller, Dutch museum founder, dies at 70
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1942
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Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 61
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1945
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Constantino Gaito, composer, dies at 67
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1945
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Forrester Harvey, actor (Tarzan & Mate, Chump at Oxford), dies at 61
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1945
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Henry van Goudoever, Dutch lawyer/judge, dies on his 69th birthday
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1945
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Josef Kramer, known as "beast of Belsen," & 10 others, hanged
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1947
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Franz Zorell, German RC lexicographer, dies at 84
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1947
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Stanley Baldwin, English premier (1923, 24-29, 35-37), dies at 80
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1948
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Reginald Owen Morris, composer, dies at 62
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1950
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Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (Heroische Fahrt), dies at 65
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1952
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Olav Fartein Vlen, Norwegian composer, dies at 65
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1959
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Maria EG "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Cast Off), dies at 84
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1960
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Gregory Ratoff, actor (Skyscraper Souls), dies of leukemia at 63
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1963
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Dinah Washington, singer, dies of sleeping pill overdose at 39
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1963
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Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (SPD), dies at 62
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1964
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William Bendix, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 58
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1965
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Hermann Sandby, composer, dies at 84
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1966
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Emma Dunn, actress (You Can't Fool Your Wife), dies at 91
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1966
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Richard Whorf, actor (Chain Lightning), dies of heart attack at 60
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1966
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Verna Felton, actress (Hilda-December Bride), dies at 76
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1973
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Yitzhak Edel, composer, dies at 77
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1974
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Walter Lippmann, US journalist (One of Dynasty), dies at 85
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1975
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Arthur Treacher, TV announcer (Merv Griffin Show), dies at 81
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1979
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Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer (2 Tests for India, avg 205), dies
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1980
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Elston Howard, MVP catcher (NY Yankees), dies at 59
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1984
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Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet (Historia del coraz¢n), dies at 86
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1985
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Roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 51
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1985
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Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum, US, sci-fi author (Red Peri), dies at 85
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1987
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Paul Clinton Sundberg, actor (Belle of NY, Easter Parade), dies
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1989
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Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68
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1989
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Jock Mahoney, actor (Dallas, Cow Town, Range Rider), dies at 70
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1989
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Lee Van Cleef, actor (Good Bad & Ugly, Sabata), dies at 64
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1990
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F Drrenmatt, writer, dies at 69
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1990
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Hope Sansberry, actress (Rats are Coming), dies at 94
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1990
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Johannes von Thurn und Taxis, prince in Germany, dies at 64
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1991
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John Arlott, cricketer (the greatest of cricket commentators), dies
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1991
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Robert Eddison, British actor (Uncle Silas), dies at 83
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1993
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Myrna Loy, [Williams], US actress (Jazz Singer), dies at 88
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1994
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Mary Ann McCall, singer, dies at 75
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1994
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Petrus HJ van Doorne, bus manufacturer/owner (BOVA), dies at 58
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1995
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Don Anthony, bandleader/songwriter, dies at 85
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1995
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Eric Brown, architect, dies at 84
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1995
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Rob Harris, sky surfer, dies while skydiving at 28
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1996
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Alan Hargreaves, climber, dies at 92
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1996
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Norman Hackforth, broadcaster, dies at 88
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1997
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Owen Barfield, philosopher of language, dies at 99
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1997
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Robert Sutton, electronics engineer, dies at 82
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1997
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Stubby Kaye, actor (Guys & Dolls, Sweet Charity), dies at 79
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