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811
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Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine
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1267
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Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV
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1497
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"Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork
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1499
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Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island
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1519
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Pizarro receives royal charter for S American west coast
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1524
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James I (12) becomes king of Scotland
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1529
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Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru
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1576
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Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst
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1579
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Francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean
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1588
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John Hawkins becomes a knight
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1656
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Rembrandt declares he is insolvent
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1663
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France annexes Venaissin
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1678
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England & Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France
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1757
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Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland
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1758
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British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg
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1759
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French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY
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1760
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Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezi
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1775
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1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pa takes office
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1788
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NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
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1788
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Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists
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1790
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US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts
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1805
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Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die
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1822
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Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar & Jos de San Martin
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1826
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Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews
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1832
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HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo
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1835
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1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii
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1847
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Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society
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1847
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Moses Garrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride
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1848
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1st Woman's Rights Convention (Senecca Falls NY)
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1858
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Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament
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1863
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Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender
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1864
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-31] Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS---
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1864
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-31] Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS---
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1864
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Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie]
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1865
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Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)
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1866
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Canoe Club opens in England
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1881
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French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax
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1882
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Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut
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1887
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1st Esperanto book published
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1891
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Henry James' "American," premieres in London
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1897
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37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record)
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1902
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Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford
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1908
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Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice
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1914
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Austrian-Hungary condemns Serbian ultimatum
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1914
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British Min of Navy Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain
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1914
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German chief of staff/gen von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium
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1915
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International School for Wijsbegeerte forms
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1917
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J Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice
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1918
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Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites & 1 black killed)
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1926
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National Bar Association incorporates
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1926
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Philippines govt asks US to plebiscite for independence
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1928
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Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
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1928
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Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1
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1933
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Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League
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1938
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1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC
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1939
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Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
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1941
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"Camp Amersfoort" opened by Germany occupiers
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1941
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1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague
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1941
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US embargo on oil-export to Japan
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1942
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RAF bombs Hamburg
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1942
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RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism
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1943
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120øF (49øC), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record)
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1943
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Otto Skorzeny's commando group arrives in Rome
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1944
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Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam
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1944
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Russian troops arrive in Weichsel
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1944
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US offensive at St-L/2nd Armour div occupies St Gilles
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1945
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After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM
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1945
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Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender
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1945
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Japanese govt disregards US ultimatum
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1945
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US cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb
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1945
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Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's PM
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1946
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President Truman orders desegregation of all US forces
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1947
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Department of Defense forms
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1947
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National Security Act establishes CIA
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1948
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"Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance
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1948
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1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show
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1948
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Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a NY Giant
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1948
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Pres Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment & opportunity" in armed forces
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1949
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WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1950
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Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game
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1950
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KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites
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1951
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Netherlands ends state of war with Germany
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1952
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King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]
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1952
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Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer
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1953
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Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba
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1953
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Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime
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1954
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WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1955
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37th PGA Championship: Doug Ford at Meadowbrook CC Detroit
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1955
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Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester
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1955
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Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers
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1956
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Egypt seizes Suez Canal
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1957
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Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200
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1957
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USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile
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1958
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Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV
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1959
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Western Golf Open
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1960
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Italian govt of Fanfani forms
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1962
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Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba
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1962
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Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher
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1963
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Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+
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1963
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US Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched
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1964
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Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open
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1964
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Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy
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1964
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Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die
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1964
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US union leader James Hoffa sentenced for fraud
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1965
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Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
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1966
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WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, NH (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1967
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Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18
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1969
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Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific
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1970
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Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive HRs of Phillies Steve Carlton
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1971
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Apollo 15 launched (Scott & Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon
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1973
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Peter Shaffers "Equus," premieres in London
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1974
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France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
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1974
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USSR's Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3
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1975
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Soyuz 18B returns to Earth
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1977
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USSR performs underground nuclear Test
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1978
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France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
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1978
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Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run
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1979
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Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, TX (national record)
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1981
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2 climbers fall 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela
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1981
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36th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley
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1981
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NY Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant
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1982
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Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by US Delta rocket
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1982
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Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe
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1983
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Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8
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1983
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Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28)
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1983
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Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io
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1984
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Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single
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1984
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Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction
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1984
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Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use
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1986
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Lebanese kidnappers released Rev Lawrence Martin Jenco
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1987
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Catfish Hunter Billy Williams & Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF
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1987
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Stephen Roche wins Tour de France
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1988
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Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies & NY Mets end that game at 2:13 AM
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1990
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General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode
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1990
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President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act
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1990
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Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at Reds-Padres game
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1990
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US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games
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1991
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CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders
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1991
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Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th
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1991
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Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) is arrested in Florida, for exposing himself at an adult movie theater
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1992
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"Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 108 perfs
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1992
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47th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan
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1992
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England honors her dead soldiers in the Falkland Is war
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1992
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Kiss Guitarist Paul Stanley weds Pamela Bowen
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1992
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Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons
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1992
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Rocker Paul Stanley (Kiss) weds model Pamela Bowen
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1993
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Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed
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1993
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Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars, from 5 billion km
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1994
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Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13
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1994
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Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed
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1998
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19th US Senior Golf Open ends at Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, Calif
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1998
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Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
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BIRTHS
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1467
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Ferdinand II, King of Naples
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1678
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Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)
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1694
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Johann Samuel Endler, composer
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1739
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George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)
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1782
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John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)
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1791
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Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM
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1796
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George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)
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1799
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Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
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1801
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John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867
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1802
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Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician
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1805
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Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock)
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1820
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John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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1829
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August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909)
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1842
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Alfred Marshall, London, economist
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1856
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George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925)
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1858
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Tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)
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1860
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Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama)
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1863
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Jazeps Witols, composer
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1865
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Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel
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1866
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Francesco Cilea, composer
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1872
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George Louis Beer, historian (authority on British colonies)
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1874
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Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp)
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1875
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Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology)
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1876
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Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)
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1877
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Hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)
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1881
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Alexander J Kropholler, architect
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1885
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Andr Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer
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1888
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M Jouhandeau, writer
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1891
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Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian
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1892
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Pearl Buck, prize winning novelist
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1892
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Philipp Jarnach, composer
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1893
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George Grosz, German painter (Gott mit uns)
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1894
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Aldous L Huxley, Surrey England, author (Brave New World)
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1894
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Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Henric van Veldeken)
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1895
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Jerry Verno, London England, actor (River of Unrest, Sweeney Todd)
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1895
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Robert Graves, London England, writer/poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26]
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1896
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Charles Butterworth, US, lawyer/actor (Mad Genius)
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1896
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Evelyn Preer, US actress (Homesteader, Spider's Webs)
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1897
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Paul Gallico, NY, novelist
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1899
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Carel C van Essen, Dutch archaeologist (Italian & Roman art)
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1899
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Danton Walker, Mariette Ga, columnist (Broadway Spotlight)
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1901
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John Bleifer, Zawiercie Poland, actor (Highway to Heaven)
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1902
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Gracie Allen, SF Calif, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen)
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1903
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Donald Voorhees, Allentown Pa, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour)
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1904
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Jack Allan Westrup, composer
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1906
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Armando Jose Fernandes, composer
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1907
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Gioconda de Vito, violinist
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1907
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Istvan Pelle, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1932)
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1908
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Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president (1970-73)
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1909
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Gerardina I "Diny" van Amstel, Dutch actress (Dijntje & Trijntje)
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1912
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Derek Riches, diplomat
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1913
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Lou Salica, US, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1932)
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1913
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Vivian Vance, comic sidekick
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1914
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Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter
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1917
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Bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948)
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1917
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Richard Desborough Burnell, England, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1948)
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1919
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James Lovelock, scientist
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1919
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Kenneth Snowman, antiquarian
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1920
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Bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams)
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1922
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Andrzej Koszewski, composer
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1922
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Blake Edwards, OK, writer/director (10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's)
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1922
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Frank Price, CEO (British Waterways Board)
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1922
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Jason Robards Jr, Chicago, actor (A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday)
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1922
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Marjorie Lord, SF Calif, actress (Kathy-Danny Thomas Show)
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1923
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Peter Carey, permanent secretary (DTI)
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1923
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[James] Hoyt Wilhelm, knuckleball pitcher (Orioles)
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1924
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Elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant
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1924
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John Kilgour, director of prison medical services (Home Office)
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1924
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Louis Bellson, Rock Falls Ill, orch leader (Pearl Bailey Show)
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1926
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Barbara Jefford, actress (Saint, Reunion, Ulysses)
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1926
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Don Carter, bowling great (1st PBA president)
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1926
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James Best, Corydon Ind, actor (Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder)
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1927
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G S Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India)
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1927
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M H W Wells, CEO (Charterhouse Japhet)
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1928
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Hans Haselbock, composer
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1928
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Stanley Kubrick, Bronx NY, director (2001, Dr Strangelove, Lolita)
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1928
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Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer (Giocosa)
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1929
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Alexis Weissenberg, Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948)
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1929
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Jean Shepherd, humorist (Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969)
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1930
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Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
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1931
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A M F (Sandy) Ross, managing-director (Mary Quant)
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1931
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Takashi Ono, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
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1933
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Lance Percival, actor/singer (Darling Lili, Our Miss Fred)
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1934
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Anthony Gilbert, composer
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1936
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Antonio Mastrogiovanni, composer
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1936
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Kathryn Hays, NYC, actress (Kim Hughes-As the World Turns)
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1938
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Keith Peters, physician
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1938
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Peter Hall, diplomat
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1939
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J W Howard, Prime Minister of Australia
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1940
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Brian Mawhinney, chairman (British Conservative Party)
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1940
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Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's d(r)iving buddy
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1941
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Bobby Hebb, Nashville Tn, country singer/songwriter (Sunny)
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1941
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Brenton Wood, Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign)
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1941
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Darlene Love, singer/actress (Lethal Weapon)
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1941
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Hans Gualthrie van Weezel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
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1942
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Dobie Gray, Brookshire Tx, singer (In Crowd)
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1943
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Mick Jagger, Eng, rock vocalist (Rolling Stone)
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1943
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Peter Hyams, director (2010, Capricorn 1, Relic, Timecop)
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1943
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Roger Smalley, composer
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1944
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Kiel Martin, Pitts Pa, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues)
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1944
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Micki J King, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1944
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Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut
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1945
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Linda Harrison, Berlin Md, actress (Bracken's World, Planet of Apes)
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1946
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Anne Wright, Vice-Chancellor (Sunderland U)
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1946
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Helen Mirren, [Eleni Mironova], England, actress (Cook Thief Wife)
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1947
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Pauline Clare, Chief Constable (Lancashire)
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1948
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Norair Nurikian, Bulgari, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
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1949
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Roger Taylor, British rock drummer (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody)
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1949
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William M Shepherd, Oak Ridge Tn, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 27, 41, 52)
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1950
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Paul McHale, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
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1950
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Susan George, London England, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo)
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1951
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Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1994 Kemper Open-2nd)
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1951
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William Surles "Bill" McArthur Jr, NC, astro (STS 58, 74, sk: 92)
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1952
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Ludmila Maslakova, USSR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1980)
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1952
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Scott David Cook, Glendale Ca, CEO (Intuit-Quicken)
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1954
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Lawrence Watt-Evans, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Sword of Bheleu)
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1954
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Vitas Gerulaitis, Brooklyn NY, tennis star (Australia 1987)
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1955
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Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor (Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital)
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1956
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Dorothy Hamill, Riverside Ct, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976)
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1957
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Jeff Blatnick, Schenectady NY, wrestling (Oly-gold-1984)
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1957
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Nana Visitor, [Tucker], actress (Deep Space 9)
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1957
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Wayne Desmond Grady, Brisbane Australia, PGA golfer (1990 PGA)
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1957
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Wayne Grady, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
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1958
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Ramona Neubert, German DR, long jumper/pentathlete (Oly-4th-80)
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1959
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Kevin Spacey, South Orange NJ, actor (Dad, Henry & June, Darrow)
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1960
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LaTaunya Pollard, East Chic Ind, (Olympics-1980, 84)
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1960
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Mitch Kahn, San Clemente Calif, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
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1961
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Andy Connel, rocker (Swingout Sister-Swingout)
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1961
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Gary Cherone, Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words)
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1961
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Terri Nunn, rock vocalist (Berlin-Takes My Breath Away)
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1961
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Yolanda Chen, Moscow Russia, triple jumper (indoor record)
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1962
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Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper (world record 1988)
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1962
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Jody Reed, Tampa FL, infielder (San Diego Padres)
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1963
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Andrew C Timmons, Scottsdale Az, guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It)
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1963
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Marianne Berglund, Sweden, cyclist (1983 Ruffles Tour of Texas)
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1964
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Jeremy Piven, NYC, actor (Spence-Ellen, Grosse Pointe Blank)
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1964
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Sandra Bullock, Wash DC, actress (Speed, Net, Love & War)
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1965
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Jennifer Ashe, actress (As the World Turns)
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1967
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David McKenzie, Footscray VIC, Australasia golfer
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1968
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Laura Leighton, Iowa City IA, actress (Sydney-Melrose Place)
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1968
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Mike Mohler, Dayton OH, pitcher (Oakland A's)
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1969
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Greg Colbrunn, Fontana CA, infielder (Florida Marlins)
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1969
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Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman (brilliant fielder)
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1969
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Marc Boutte, NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
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1969
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Patrick Alfred Bates, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (1994 NIKE Dakota Open)
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1970
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Kenny Wilhite, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1970
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Phil Alley, cricketer (NSW left-arm pace bowler)
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1971
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Neus Avila, Lerida Spain, tennis star (Futures-Valencia-ESP 1995)
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1971
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Reggie Carthon, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1972
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Ryan Christopherson, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1972
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Sean Graham, CFL slot back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1972
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Tydus Winans, NFL/CFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins, Roughriders)
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1973
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Jean Franois Bergeron, St Jerome Quebec, boxer (Olympics-96)
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1973
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Peter Heijsteek, soccer player (DFC/Dordrecht '90)
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1974
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Bubba Wells, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
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1975
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Joe Smith, NBA forward (Golden State Warriors)
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DEATHS
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796
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Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)
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811
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Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle
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1342
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Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies
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1471
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Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54
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1533
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Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies
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1541
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Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima
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1630
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Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies
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1677
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Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68
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1680
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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies
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1712
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Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80
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1719
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Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43
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1728
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John Friend, physician/politician, dies
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1770
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Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65
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1801
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Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86
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1806
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K v Gnderode, writer, dies at 26
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1826
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Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82
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1836
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Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45
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1863
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Samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70
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1872
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Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84
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1881
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George Borrow, writer, dies
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1910
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Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71
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1915
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James Murray, philologist, dies
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1916
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Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52
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1918
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Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies
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1920
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Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83
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1925
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William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65
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1941
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Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies
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1941
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Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb
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1942
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Titus, [Anno S] Brandsma, philosopher (Dachau), dies
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1944
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Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies
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1946
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Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies
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1948
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Charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies
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1952
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Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33
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1953
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Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies
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1954
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Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26
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1956
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Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46
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1957
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Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered
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1959
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Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (Amor), dies at 54
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1967
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Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 79
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1968
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Lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies
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1969
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Raymond Walburn, actor (Spoilers, Dixie), dies after illness at 81
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1970
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Claud Allister, actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet), dies at 81
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1973
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Mike Burke, Pres (NY Yankees)/dir (Madison Sq Garden), dies
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1974
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Arthur K Watson, US businessman (IBM), dies at 55
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1974
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Charlotte MT "Lotte" Bartschart, actress (Dolle Lola), dies at 82
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1975
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Leigh Whipper, actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98
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1977
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Gena Branscombe, composer, dies at 95
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1977
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Hans-Otto Borgmann, composer, dies at 75
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1977
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Karac Plant, son of Robert Plant, dies of respratory failure at 6
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1980
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Alan Hoskins, dies
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1981
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Donald Lybbert, composer, dies at 58
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1982
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Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54
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1984
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Ed "Psycho" Gein, mass murderer (Psycho based on him), dies at 78
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1984
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George Gallup, pioneer of public opinion polls, dies
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1986
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Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, NY at 94
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1987
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Joe Liggins, US composer (I've a Right to Cry), dies at 71
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1990
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Brent Mydland, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots), dies at 38
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1992
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Mary Wells, US soul singer (My Guy), dies at 49
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1992
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Ron Webber, dies of cancer at 60
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1993
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Daniel Fuchs, US, screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84
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1993
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Matthew B Ridgway, US Army Chief of Staff (1953-55), dies at 98
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1994
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Marino Iandioro, canned tomato pioneer, dies at 64
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1994
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Thomas Davis, US movie editor/son of MGM-chief Frank D, dies at 26
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1995
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Eleanore Griffin, screenwriter, dies
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1995
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George Romney, politician, dead Heart attack, dies at 88
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1995
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Jaime de Mora y Arag¢n, actor/publicist (Last Judgement), dies at 70
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1995
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Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist, dies at 76
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1996
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Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93
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1996
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Evelyn Levine, composer, dies at 94
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