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757
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Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I
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1220
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German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights
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1478
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1st Easter
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1478
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Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo & kill Giuliano de'Medici
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1514
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Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn
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1532
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Sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna
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1564
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William Shakespeare baptized
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1607
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1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va
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1654
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Jews are expelled from Brazil
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1655
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Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam
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1677
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Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck
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1709
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Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa
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1721
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Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated
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1755
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1st Russian university opens (Moscow)
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1777
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Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia
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1803
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Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France
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1814
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King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England
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1819
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Odd Fellows Lodge forms
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1828
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Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence
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1835
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Frdric Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris
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1841
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"Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk
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1853
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Dutch King William III disbands 2nd Chamber
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1855
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Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy
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1865
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Battle of Durham Station, NC (Greensboro)
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1865
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Battle of Ft Tobacco, VA
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1865
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Confederate Gen J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tenn, at Durham NC
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1887
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Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity
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1890
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Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London
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1893
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1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms
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1900
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AL opener in Cleve draws 6,500
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1904
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Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms
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1905
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Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play
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1906
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1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii
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1907
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Jamestown, Va Tercentenary Exposition opens
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1912
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1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)
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1913
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Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF
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1913
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Sun Yet San calls for revolt against pres Yuan Shikai in China
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1915
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Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia
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1920
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H Shapley & H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae
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1923
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English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
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1925
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big"
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1926
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Germany & Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty
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1926
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Karachai Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1943)
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1928
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Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London
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1929
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1st non-stop England to India flight lands
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1931
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Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season
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1932
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Jean Anouilh's "L'Ermine," premieres in Paris
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1933
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Jewish students are barred from school in Germany
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1935
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Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years
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1936
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Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony
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1937
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German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain
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1938
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Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks
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1941
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A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)
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1941
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Potatoes rationed in Holland
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1942
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Coal mine explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria
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1942
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Luftwaffe bombs Bath
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1944
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1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down
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1944
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Papandreou govt in Greece forms
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1945
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Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason
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1947
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"Bless the Bride" musical opens in London
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1950
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Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run
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1950
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U of Miami ends William & Mary straight tennis match victories at 82
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1951
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Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum
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1952
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Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman
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1952
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US minesweeper "Hobson" rams aircraft carrier "Wasp," kills 176
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1954
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Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva
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1954
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Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins
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1957
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Jamestown, Va 350th Anniversary Festival opens
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1959
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Cuba invades Panama
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1959
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Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
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1961
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French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria
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1961
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Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
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1962
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1st Lockheed A-12 flies
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1962
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Ariel 1 Launch (1st UK Satellite)
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1962
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Ranger 4 crash lands on (backside of) Moon
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1962
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Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0
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1962
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US/UK launch Ariel; 1st international payload
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1964
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18th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat SF Warriors, 4 games to 1
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1964
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Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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1964
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Tanganyika & Zanzibar form United Republic of Tanganyika & Zanzibar
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1965
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Ives' 4th Symphony premieres
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1966
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Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach
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1967
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"Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 293 perfs
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1967
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KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1967
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San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch)
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1968
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Students seize administration building at Ohio State
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1968
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1968
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US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar," 1 megaton device
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1969
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"Celebration" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 110 performances
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1969
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"George M!" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 435 performances
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1969
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Firestone World Bowling Tournament (Mercury Open) won by Jim Godman
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1970
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"Company" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 690 performances
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1971
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Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hrs
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1971
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SF lightship replaced by automatic buoy
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1971
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Turkey state of siege proclaimed
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1973
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"2 Gentlemen of Verona," musical opens in London
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1973
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1974
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Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam
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1974
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Malta adopts constitution
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1974
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Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline & Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow & Upshaw
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1975
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Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal
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1975
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Penguins 0-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Isles win series 4-3
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1975
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Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 HRs ties NL record of 11 HRs in April
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1976
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Pan Am begins non-stop flights NYC-Tokyo
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1977
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NY's famed disco Studio 54 opens
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1978
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France sends troops to Chad
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1978
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NASA launches space vehicle S-201
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1980
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Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01)
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1980
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Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1980
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Iran begins scattering US hostages from US Embassy
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1980
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Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'
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1980
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Phillies' Steve Carlton pitches his 6th 1-hitter (beats Cards)
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1981
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"Copperfield" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 13 performances
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1981
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Beth Solomon wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
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1981
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Largest US bank robbery (Tucson Ariz), more than $33 million stolen
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1982
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Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island
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1982
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CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio
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1982
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Gene Michael becomes NY Yankee manager for 2nd time
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1982
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Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche
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1983
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Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead
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1983
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Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1,200 for 1st time
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1983
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San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game
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1984
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Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens
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1984
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Pres Reagan visits China
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1986
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Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver
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1986
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Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman
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1986
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France performs nuclear test
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1986
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Game between Angels & Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds
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1986
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Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl USSR explodes, 31 die
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1987
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"Barbara Cook: A Concert..." closes at Ambassador NYC after 13 perfs
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1988
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1st TNN Viewers choice awards-Randy Travis wins in 5 categories
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1988
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NBA approves addition of 3rd referee in 1988-89 season
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1988
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NY Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st)
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1989
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AT&T announces NJ's 201 area code will split into 908 & 201
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1989
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Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany
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1990
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"Accomplice" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 52 performances
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1990
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126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China
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1990
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Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal & twists his ankle
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1990
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Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters
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1990
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NY court of appeals ends 2« year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case
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1991
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"Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV
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1991
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23 killed in Kansas & Okla by tornadoes
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1991
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Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession & distribution of illegal narcoti
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1992
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"Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 1,018 perfs
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1992
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"Growing Pains," final episode on ABC TV
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1992
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"Jelly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 569 performances
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1992
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"Master Builder" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances
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1992
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"Metro" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 13 performances
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1992
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"Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years on ABC TV
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1992
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Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously
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1992
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Maggie Will wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
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1992
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Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base
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1993
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"Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 266 perfs
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1993
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Boeing 737 crashes at Aurangabad, kills 56
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1993
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NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman
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1993
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STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit
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1994
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1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr Nomaza Paintin in NZ is 1st black South African to vote
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1994
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26.9øC in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record)
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1994
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Mad About You actress Leila Kenzel (33) weds Neil Monaco (34)
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1994
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Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed
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1995
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Baseball season begins after lengthy strike
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1995
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Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings
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1996
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Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H
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1996
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Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million
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1997
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"Life," opens at Barrymore Theater NYC
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1998
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wins Chick-fil-A Golf Charity Championship
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BIRTHS
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121
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Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus A Verus], Emperor of Rome (161-180)
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1319
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Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)
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1538
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Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)
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1564
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William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright (Hamlet)
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1567
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Nicolas Forme, composer
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1573
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Marie de'Medici, Queen of France
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1603
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Francesco Nigetti, composer
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1637
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Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized
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1648
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Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)
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1711
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David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)
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1718
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Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)
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1726
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Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter
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1776
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Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book)
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1782
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Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria
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1785
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John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist
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1787
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Ludwig Uhland, writer
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1796
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Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer
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1798
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Ferdinand Eugne Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)
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1806
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Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer
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1808
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Martha Finley, children's book author
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1812
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Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
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1820
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Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)
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1822
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Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)
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1822
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Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist
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1827
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Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1834
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Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist
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1834
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Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer
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1836
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Erminnie Adelle Platt, US, ethnologist (Iriquois-English Dictionary)
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1839
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Cyrus Hamblin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
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1841
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Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian
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1860
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Alphonse M A J Arins, Dutch pastor
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1863
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Arno Holz, writer
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1863
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Charles Haslewood Shannon, lithographer/painter
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1868
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Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher
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1868
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Robert Herrick, US writer (Common lot)
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1873
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Otto zur Linde, German author (Charon)
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1874
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J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v Australia 1902)
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1875
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Syngman Rhee, South Korea, pres of South Korea (1948-60) [or Mar 26]
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1878
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Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again)
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1879
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Owen Williams Richardson, England, physicist (Nobel 1928)
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1880
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Mikhail Fokine, Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance
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1884
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Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers)
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1886
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Ma Rainey, [Gertrude Pridgett], "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer
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1888
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Aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR, astronomer
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1889
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Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austria, philosopher (Tractatus)
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1890
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Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy, US actor/director (My Old Dutch)
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1893
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Anita Loos, author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
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1894
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Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Fhrer, only prisoner at Spandau
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1897
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Olga Chekova, Russia, actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children)
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1898
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Edward PF Eagan, Denver, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32)
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1898
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John Grierson, documentary film maker
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1898
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Vicente Aleixandre, Spain, writer (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977)
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1899
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Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, TX, actor (Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail)
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1900
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Charles Richter, Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist (Richter scale)
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1900
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Douglas Sirk, director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje)
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1900
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James Sutherland, English literature scholar/actor (Rob Roy 1953)
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1903
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Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall
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1903
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Niven Busch, US screenwriter (Postman Always Rings Twice)
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1904
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Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, archbishop (Montreal)
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1904
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William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist (Policy Man, Blazing Saddles)
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1905
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Charles K Feldman, [Gould], NYC, producer (Casino Royale)
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1905
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Denis O'Dea, Dublin, actor (Esther & the King, Treasure Island)
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1905
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Jean Vigo, France, actor/director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante)
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1906
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Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns, comedienne (George Burns Show)
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1906
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Leopold Spinner, composer
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1907
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Theun de Vries, writer (February; PC Hooft prize 1981)
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1909
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Richard Howorth, cricketer (English all-rounder, three county doubles)
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1910
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Erland von Koch, composer
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1910
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Ernst Tittel, composer
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1910
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Johan Doorn, Dutch journalist/resistance fighter (Orange Newspaper)
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1910
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Tomoyuki Tanaka, director (Godzilla)
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1911
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Marianne Hoppe, Rostock Germany (Bei Thea, Liebrauen)
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1912
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A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn)
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1914
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Bernard Malamud, US, novelist (Fixer, Natural, Pulitizer 1967)
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1914
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Charlie Chester, British comedian (Never Say Die)
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1914
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Horace Leonard Gold, Sci-Fi writer/editor
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1914
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James William Rouse, US builder (shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland)
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1914
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Wilfred Howard Mellers, composer
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1916
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Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer
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1916
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Morris L West, Australia, novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman)
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1917
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I[eoh] M[ing] Pei, Canton, China, architect (1961 Brunner Prize)
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1917
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Sal "The Barber" Maglie, pitcher (NY Giants, 8th best won-lost pct)
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1918
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Fanny Blankers-Koen, Holland, 100m/200m dash, hurdler (Olym-gold-1948)
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1918
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Jack Morpurgo, American Literature scholar (Leeds University)
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1918
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Stafford Repp, Calif, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman, Plunder Road)
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1920
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Juan C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer
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1921
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Harry Knutton, Maj-Gen/dir-general (London City & Guilds Institute)
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1921
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Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician
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1921
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Margaret Gowing, professor (history, science)
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1922
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James Holt, medieval historian
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1922
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Jeanne Sauv, 1st female Governor-General (Canada, 1984-90)
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1922
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Margaret Scott, founder (Australian Ballet School)
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1922
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Mike Kellin, Hartford Ct, actor (Honestly Celeste, Fitz & Bones)
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1922
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Paul-Andre Gaillard, composer
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1922
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Pol Bury, Belgian sculptor
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1923
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Oliver Millar, Surveyor (Queen's Pictures)
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1924
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Russell Nype, Zion Ill, singer/actor (Burton Farley-Dorothy)
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1926
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Anton PO Ekstrm, Swedish writer (Summer Dances)
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1926
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David Coleman, sports commentator
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1926
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Michael Joughin, CEO (Scottish Hydro-Electric)
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1926
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Oldrich Frantisek Korte, composer
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1926
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Preston "Bob" Tisch, NFL co-owner (NY Giants)
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1927
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Anne McLaren, biologist/zoologist/actress (Things to Come)
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1927
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Jack Douglas, comedian (My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show)
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1928
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Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep (Independent)
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1928
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Hertha Krftner, writer
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1930
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Derek Waring, actor (Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country)
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1930
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Justin Gosling, principal (St Edmund Hall Oxford)
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1930
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Roger Moens, Belgium, 800m runner (Olympic-silver-1960)
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1933
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Carol Burnett, San Antonio Tx, comedian/actress (Annie, 4 Seasons)
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1934
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J Micheal McCloskey, environmentalist/chairman (Sierra Club)
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1936
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Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge
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1937
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Robert Boozer, Omaha Neb, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1960)
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1938
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Duane Eddy, Phoenix, Az, country singer (Peter Gunn, Cannonball)
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1938
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Maurice Williams, rocker
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1938
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Willie Wood, bowler
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1939
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Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge
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1940
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Giorgio Moroder, composer (Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun)
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1941
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John Battle, MP
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1942
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Bobby Rydell, Phila Pa, rock singer (Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie)
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1942
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Claudine Auger, Paris France, Miss France (1958)/actress (Thunderball)
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1942
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Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russia, cosmonaut
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1943
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Claudine Auger, Miss France (1958)/actress (Thunderball)
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1943
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Gary Wright, singer, dream weaver (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
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1944
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Bruce Johnston, US pop musician (Beach Boys-God Only Knows) [or 6/24]
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1944
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David O'B Martin, (Rep-R-NY, 1981- )
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1944
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Martha Rockwell, Providence RI, skier (Mount Washington)
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1945
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Giorgio Moroder, producer/singer/songwriter (150 gold discs)
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1945
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V K Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup)
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1947
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Donna Elizabeth De Varona, Greenwich Ct, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-64)
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1947
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Gervase Frank Ashworth Jackson-Stops, architectural adviser
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1948
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Boyd Matson, TV host/correspondent (National Geographic Explorer)
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1948
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Gerry Sikorski, (Rep-D-MN, 1983- )
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1948
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Stevie Nicks, Calif, rocker/druggie (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours)
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1949
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Jimmy Hall, rocker (Wet Willie)
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1950
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Howard "Leon" Reeder, rock guitarist (Champaign)
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1950
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Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin)
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1951
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Lynne Jones, MP
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1952
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Popo Simon Molefe, secretary-general (South Africa UDF)
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1956
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Koo Stark, [Kathleen Dee-Anne], photographer/actress (Emily)
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1958
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Giancarlo Esposito, actor (Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of NY)
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1958
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Johnny "Earl of" Dumfries, racing driver
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1959
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Ann O'Neill, Toowoomba QLD, golfer (1989 Downs District Champ)
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1960
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Roger Taylor, rock drummer (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
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1961
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Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
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1961
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Joan Chen, [Chen Chong], Shanghai China, actress (Heaven & Earth)
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1961
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Nancy Scranton, Centralia IL, golfer (1991 du Maurier Ltd Classic)
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1962
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Graham "Skin" Skinner, rocker (Hipsway)
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1962
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Michael Damian, San Diego, singer (Rock on)/actor (Young & Restless)
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1963
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Bill Wennington, NBA center (Chicago Bulls)
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1963
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Michael Damian, actor/singer (Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
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1963
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Thomas Searle, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
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1964
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Tod Bass, LA Calif, actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In)
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1966
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Andrea Temesvari, Budapest Hungary, tennis star (1985 US Clay Courts)
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1967
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Klaus Merk, Augsburg GER, hockey goaltender (Team Germany 1998)
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1967
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Matt Peterson, Chicago IL, Nike golfer (1992 Hawkeye Open-7th)
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1968
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Ahmed Elmaghraby, Suez Egypt, US field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Ryan Yarborough, NFL wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens, NY Jets)
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1972
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Francisco Cordova, Veracruz Mexico, pitcher (Pitts Pirates)
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1972
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Marco Rivera, NFL/WLAF guard (Scot Claymores, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1972
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Natrone Means, NFL running back (SD Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1973
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Damien Munoz, Miss USA-Colorado (1997)
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1973
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Mark Davis, NBA guard/forward (Phila 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves)
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1973
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Tracy Kathleen Hayes, Wheaton Ill, Miss America (Illinois-5th-1996)
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1975
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Jabbar Threats, defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1975
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Trudi Ferguson, Miss Universe-Jamaica (1996)
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1976
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Sarah Tueting, ice hockey goalie (USA, Oly-98)
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1979
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Sean Fox, actor (3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl)
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1980
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Jordana Brewster, Panama, actress (Nikki Graves-As the World Turns)
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1980
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Marne Patterson, Sherman Oaks Cal, actress (Nicole-Something So Right)
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1984
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Ryan O'Donohue, Pomona Ca, actress (Byrds of Paradise, Boys are Back)
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DEATHS
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757
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Stephen II, [III/Orsini?], Pope (752-57), dies
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1196
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Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies
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1444
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Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65
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1478
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Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24
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1558
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Jean Franois Fernel, French physician, dies
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1648
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Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79
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1703
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Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58
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1726
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Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75
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1731
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Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70
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1785
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Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40
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1789
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Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67
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1805
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Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55
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1827
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Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90
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1865
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Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74
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1865
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John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green VA at 27
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1907
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Pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79
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1910
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Bjírnstjerne Bjírnson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77
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1920
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Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian math genius (ã/Notebooks), dies at 32
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1922
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Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84
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1924
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Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82
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1932
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Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies
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1938
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Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79
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1940
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Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65
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1941
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Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74
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1946
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Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65
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1951
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John Alden Carpenter, US composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75
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1952
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Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59
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1956
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Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66
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1958
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Joe Small, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 1928 series), dies
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1958
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Johan N C "Joan" Collette, painter, dies at 68
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1960
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Wander J de Haas, Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82
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1961
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Gail Russell, actress (Calcutta, Moonrise, El Paso), dies at 36
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1964
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Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81
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1964
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Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93
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1965
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Aaron Avshalomov, composer, dies at 70
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1970
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Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56
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1970
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John Knittel, writer, dies at 79
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1970
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Paul Celan, writer, dies at 49 [or May 5]
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1972
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Margaret A R Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59
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1973
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Irene Ryan, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69
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1976
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Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60
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1976
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Neil McCallum, actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45
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1976
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Sidney James, actor (Lavander Hill Mob, Carry On), dies at 65
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1980
|
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Cicely Courtneidge, actress (Double Exposure), dies at 87
|
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1981
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Jim Davis, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65
|
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1981
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Madge Evans, TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71
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1981
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Robert Davi, dies at 54
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1982
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Celia Johnson, British actress (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at 73
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1982
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Ville Ritola, Finnish 5/10km runner (Olympic-gold-1924, 28), dies
|
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1983
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Bronislaw Kaper, composer, dies at 81
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1983
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Vaughn Taylor, actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72
|
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1984
|
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Henry Rowland, actor (Rogue's Regiment), dies at 70
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1984
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May McAvoy, actress (Ben Hur), dies at 82 after a heart attack
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1984
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William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday
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1986
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Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87
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1986
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[William] Broderick Crawford, actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74
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1989
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Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78
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1990
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Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian pres candidate, assassinated
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1991
|
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Carmine Coppola, composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies
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1991
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Emily McLaughlin, US actress (Jessie-General Hospital), dies at 61
|
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1992
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Alberta Vaughn, actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at 87
|
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1992
|
|
Clyde Hartley, entertainer, dies at 68
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1995
|
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Alexander Knox, actor/writer (Gorky Park, Accident), dies at 88
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1996
|
|
Burton Stein, historian, dies at 69
|
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1996
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John Norrie McArthur, malariologist/microscopist, dies at 94
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1996
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|
Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter, dies at 78
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1997
|
|
Joey Faye, comic (Fruit of the Loom grapes), dies at 86
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1997
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|
Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies
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1997
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Yegorov, Russian leader (1994-95), dies
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