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432
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St Celestine I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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1214
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1st battle of Bouvines - King Philips II vs Emperor Otto IV
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1230
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Treaty of San-Germano between Emperor Frederik II & Pope Gregory IX
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1280
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Sogen Mugaku, founder of Engakuji temple arrives in Japan from China
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1298
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Albert I, son of Rudolf of Habsburg, crowned Holy Roman Emperor
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1298
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Roman Catholics German King Albrecht I von Habsburg installed
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1360
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Danish King Waldemar IV destroys Visby Gotland
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1365
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Isabella of England marries Enguerrand of Coucy at Windsor
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1501
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Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral
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1563
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French army recaptures Le Havre
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1586
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Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
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1641
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Prince Frederik Henry captures castle of Gennep
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1643
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Cromwell defeats Royalist at Battle of Gainsborough
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1655
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Jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery
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1655
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Netherlands & Brandenburg sign military treaty
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1661
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Parliament confirms Navigation Act
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1663
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English parliament accepts Staple Act
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1689
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Battle of Killicrankie, Viscount Dundee defeats Whig General MacKay
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1689
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Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie
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1694
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Bank of England granted 12 year charter by Act of Parliament
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1713
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Russia & Turkey sign peace treaty
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1714
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Battle at Hang (Hangut): Russians beat Swedish fleet
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1714
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English Queen Anne fires premier Robert Haley
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1789
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Congress establishes Dept of Foreign Affairs (State dept)
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1794
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Coup of thermidor/fall of Robespierre in Paris
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1795
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Spain & France sign peace treaty
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1809
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Battle at Talavera: British/Spanish army vs French army
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1816
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US troops destroy Ft Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves
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1830
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Revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X
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1836
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Adelaide, South Australia founded
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1837
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US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC
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1839
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Chartist riots break out in Birmingham England
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1844
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Fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, NC
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1861
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Battle of Mathias Point, VA - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing
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1861
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Battle of St Augustine Springs, NM Terr
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1861
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Confederate troops occupy Fort Fillmore, New Mexico
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1861
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Union Gen George McClellan takes command from McDowell of Potamic Army
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1862
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Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die
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1862
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Steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico
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1864
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Battle of Darbytown, VA (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains)
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1866
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Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)
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1880
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A P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil
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1880
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Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson is wounded, breaks out
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1888
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Philip Pratt unveils 1st electric automobile
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1891
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Titus van Wyck succeeds M de Savornin Lohman as gov of Suriname
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1897
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14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record)
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1897
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Dutch govt of Pierson/Goeman Borgesius resigns
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1898
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dancing Men" (BG)
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1909
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Orville Wright tests 1st US Army airplane, flying 1h12m40s
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1913
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Belgian Philippe Thys wins Tour de France
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1914
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Roda JC soccer team forms in Kerkrade
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1918
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Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY
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1919
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Chicago race riot (15 whites & 23 blacks killed, 500 injured)
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1920
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Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation
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1920
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Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cup
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1921
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2nd govt of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms
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1921
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Frederick Banting & Charles Best isolates insulin at U of Toronto
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1922
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International Geographical Union forms in Brussels
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1924
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8th Olympic games closes in Paris
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1927
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Major Bernard Montgomery (29) marries widow Betty Carver
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1927
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Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park)
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1928
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AVRO, General Vereniging Radio Omroep, forms
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1929
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Dike of Wieringermeerpolder finished
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1930
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Andr Leducq wins Tour de France
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1931
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Chilean president Carlos Ib ¤ez forced out
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1931
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Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebr & SD destroyed thousands of acres of crops
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1932
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Paul Gorgoulov, French president Doumer's assassin, sentenced to death
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1934
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French socialist/communist party of People's Front forms
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1935
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Floods at Yangtzee Jiang & Hoangh, kills 200,000
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1937
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32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1)
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1940
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Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
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1940
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Bugs Bunny debuts in "Wild Hare"
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1941
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103øF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July
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1941
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German army enters Ukraine
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1941
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Japanese forces land in Indo-China
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1943
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772 British bombers attack Hamburg
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1944
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1st British jet fighter used in combat (Gloster Meteor)
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1944
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Soviet Army frees Majdanek concentration camp
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1944
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US regains possession of Guam from Japanese
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1944
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US troops occupy le Mesnil-Herman/Hill 183 Normandy
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1945
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Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from NY Yankees
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1945
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US Communist Party forms
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1946
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Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs
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1947
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Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak
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1948
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Australia set 404 to win v England at Headingley
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1948
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Bradman's 29th & last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404
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1948
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Otto Skorzeny escapes anti-nazi camp at Darmstadt
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1949
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1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies
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1950
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Pres Truman promises aid to Taiwan
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1952
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Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record marathon (2:23:03.2)
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1953
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1st insulin isolated by F Banting & C Best in Toronto
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1953
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Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, & Bill Klem & Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall
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1953
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North Korea & UN sign armistice
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1953
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Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory
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1954
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36th PGA Championship: Chick Herbert at Keller GC St Paul Minn
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1954
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Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries
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1955
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Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation
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1955
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Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die)
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1955
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Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die
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1956
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Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's 1st innings at Manchester
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1957
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St James' Theater in London closes
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1958
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA French Lick Golf Open
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1959
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Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut
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1959
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William Shea announces he plans to have a baseball team in NYC in 1961
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1960
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VP Nixon nominated for pres at Republican convention in Chicago
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1962
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Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission
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1962
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Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia
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1962
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USSR performs nuclear Test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
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1963
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Fritz Von Erich beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ
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1963
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General Amin al-Hafez becomes president of Syria
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1965
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Pierre Harmel forms Belgium govt
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1965
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Pres Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of sm
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1967
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Arabs Federation premier Hoesein Al Bayoomi resigns
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1967
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Helmond Sport soccer team forms
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1967
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LBJ sets up commission to study cause of urban violence
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1967
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US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
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1968
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Supertest Canadian Golf Open
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1968
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Race Riot in Gary Indiana
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1969
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15th LPGA Championship won by Betsy Rawls
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1969
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Pioneer 10 launched
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1970
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Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game
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1970
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France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
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1970
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L Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, & Jesse Haines enter Hall of Fame
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1972
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NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques
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1973
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40th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Miami 14, All Stars 3 (54,103)
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1973
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Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners
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1974
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House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment
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1974
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Kanhai & Jameson add 465 for 2nd wicket, Warwickshire v Gloucs
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1975
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Carol Mann wins LPGA George Washington Ladies Golf Classic
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1976
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8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese
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1976
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Japanese ex-premier Tanaka arrested (Lockheed Affair)
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1977
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John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US
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1978
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Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd to hit 2 bases-loaded triples (vs Yanks)
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1978
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Portuguese pres Eanes fires premier Soares
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1979
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"Broadway Opry '79" opens at St James Theater NYC for 6 performances
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1979
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France performs nuclear Test
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1980
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Palestinian throws hand grenade on Jewish children in Antwerp, 1 dead
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1980
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Sally Little wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic
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1982
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Calif catches A's Rickey Henderson stealing 3 times
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1982
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Indian PM Indira Gandhi 1st visit to US in almost 11 years
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1982
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Menken & Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors," premieres in NYC
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1983
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104«øF (40.3øC) in Garmersdorf (German record)
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1983
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Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan & Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Roy
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1984
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Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single (vs Phila)
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1985
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Steve Cram runs world record mile (3:46.78)
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1986
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14th du Maurier Golf Classic: Pat Bradley
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1986
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24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague Czech (3-0)
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1986
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Greg Lemond is 1st American to win Tour de France
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1987
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John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible" testifies in Israel
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1987
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Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive
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1988
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Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years
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1988
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General Sein Lwin succeeds Ne Win as pres of Burma
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1988
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Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer
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1988
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Tommy John commits rec 3 errors on 1 play as Yanks rout Brewers 16-3
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1989
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Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy is 10th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th)
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1990
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Graham Gooch scores 333 v India at Lord's
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1990
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Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 mins in county cricket, world record
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1990
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White-Russia declares independence
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1990
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Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop
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1991
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Rocker Jani Lane, (Warrant-Cherry Pie) marries model Bobbie Brown
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1991
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TV Guide publishes it's 2000th edition
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1992
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Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Rep Natl Convention
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1992
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Dimitri Lepikov, Vladimir Pychenko, Veniamin Taianovitch & Evgueni
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1992
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Sadovyi swim world record 4x200m freestyle (7:11.95)
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1993
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Detroit Tiger Fryman hits for cycle but loses 12-7 to Yankees
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1993
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Javier Sotomayor jumps world record 2.45 m high
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1993
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Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome/Milan/Vatican City, 5 killed
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1993
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NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million
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1993
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NY Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games
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1996
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Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured
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1996
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David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants v Worcs
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1997
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"Candide," closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances
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1997
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"Victor/Victoria" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 738 performances
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1997
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Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16
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1997
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Franklin Quest Senior Golf Championship
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1997
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Stewart Cink wins golfs Greater Hartford Open (267)
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1997
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Tammie Green wins Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
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BIRTHS
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1452
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Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan (1494 . .1500)
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1502
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Pier Francesco Corteccia, composer
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1518
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Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury/builder of country houses
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1609
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Heinrich Pape, composer
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1612
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Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40)/conquered Baghdad
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1625
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Edward Montagu, England
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1667
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Jean Bernoulli, mathematician
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1734
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Jakob Zupan, composer
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1741
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Franois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer
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1768
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Charlotte Corday d'Armont, murdered Jean-Paul Marat in bath
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1777
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Thomas Campbell, poet (Hohenlinden, Battle of the Baltic)
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1781
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Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer
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1784
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Andr-Georges-Louis Onslow, English/French composer (chamber music)
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1801
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George Biddle Airy, 7th Astronomer Royal
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1802
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Benedikt Randhartinger, composer
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1812
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Thomas Lanier Clingman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
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1820
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John Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers)
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1824
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Alexandre Dumas fils, France, playwright/novelist (Camille)
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1835
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Giosu Carducci, Italy, poet (Nobel 1906)
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1840
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Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1848
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Roland baron Etvs, Hungarian physicist
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1848
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Vladimir de Pachmann, painter
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1857
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Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator
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1857
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Jos Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rico, found Federalist Party in 1900
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1867
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Enrique Granados, Lrida Spain, composer (Maria del Carmen)
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1870
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Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, England, author (Path to Rome)
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1872
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Stanislav Binicki, composer
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1877
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Ern [Ernst von] Dohn nyi, Hungary, composer (Msg to Posterity)
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1878
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Jean F van Royen, Dutch German secretary (PTT)
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1878
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Th to de Weeme, painter
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1879
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Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza)
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1880
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Donald Crisp, Scotland, actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana)
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1880
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Joseph Tinker, baseball Hall of Famer, 1/3 of fame double play combo
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1881
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Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930)
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1890
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Judith Lowry, Ft Sill OK, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays ...)
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1894
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Gerald F Bogan, US vice-admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean)
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1898
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Audley Moore, civil rights activist, humanitarian [Queen Mother]
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1899
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Harl McDonald, near Boulder Colorado, composer (Santa F Trail)
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1899
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Perc Hornibrook, Australian cricket left-arm bowler (20's)
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1900
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Charles Vidor, Budapest Hungary, direct (Rhapsody, Gilda, Cover Girl)
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1900
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Hans Haug, composer
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1903
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Clive Martin Douglas, composer
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1903
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Nikolai Cherkasov, St Petersburg Russia, actor (Ivan the Terrible)
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1904
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Agnes Yarnall, sculptor, artist, author laa, 1987
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1904
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Anton Dolin, [Patrick Healey-Kay], dancer (Girl From Petrovka)
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1904
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Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge, physicist
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1906
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Leo Durocher, Mass, baseball manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, NY Giants)
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1907
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Denis Rickett, private secretary to Clement Attlee
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1907
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Mollie Doreen Phillips, British figure skater/judge (Olympics 1932,36)
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1908
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Lord Jenkins of Putney, British MP of Arts (Labour)
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1909
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Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor
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1910
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Bea Marcia Anastasia verbrook Christoforides, writer
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1910
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Julien Gracq, [Louis Poirier], French writer (Andr Breton)
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1911
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Wilfrid Ewart Oulton, airman
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1912
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Hilde Domin, writer
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1912
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Igor Markevitch, Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Le Paradis Perdu)
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1912
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Vernon Elliott, musician/composer
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1913
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Eva Jones, poet/novelist
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1913
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Mary Green, headmistress (Kidbrooke School)
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1913
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Vittorio Sereni, Italian poet (Diario d'Algeria)
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1915
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Jack Iverson, Australian cricket mystery spinner (late 40's)
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1916
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Asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi
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1916
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Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor Sax player
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1916
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Kennan Wynn, NYC, actor (Dr Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor)
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1916
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Siegfried Reda, composer
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1917
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John Cunningham, executive director (British Aerospace)
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1917
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Moses Rascoe, blues Singer
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1917
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Robert Cowans, executive director (British Aerospace)
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1918
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Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer
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1918
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Leonard Rose, Washington DC, concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51)
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1920
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Beatrice Pearson, Dennison Texas, actress (Moving Finger)
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1920
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James Munn, commissioner (British University)
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1922
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Adolfo Celi, Sicily Italy, director (Next Man, Murders in Rue Morgue)
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1922
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Bob Thiele, record producer
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1922
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Lillian Hayman, Balt Md, actress (Leslie Uggams Show)
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1922
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Norman Lear, TV writer/producer (All in The Family)
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1924
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Otar Vasil'yevich Taktakishvili, composer
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1924
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Vincent Canby, critic (NY Times)
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1925
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Doc Pomus, rocker
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1926
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Peter Coker, captain
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1928
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Sakari Mononen, composer
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1929
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Harvey Fuqua, rock vocalist (Moonglows-Sincerely)
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1929
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Jack Higgins, [Harry Patterson], novelist
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1929
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Marc Wilkinson, composer
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1930
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Ronald Dearing, chairman (British Post Office)
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1930
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Shirley Williams, co-founder (Social Democratic Party)/labour minister
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1931
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Jerry Van Dyke, Danville Ill, actor (My Mother the Car, Coach)
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1932
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Beverly B Byron, (Rep-D-MD, 1979- )
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1932
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Curnick M Ndlovu, Jailed South Africian worker's union leader
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1932
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Marguerite Empey, [Diane Webber], LA CA, playmate (May 1955, Feb 1956)
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1932
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Robert Cowan, CEO (Highlands & Islands Enterprises)
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1933
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Nick Reynolds, rocker (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons)
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1933
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Roger Harris, cricketer (NZ opening batsman vs England 1959)
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1934
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John Pardoe, CEO (Sight & Sound Education)/Liberal MP
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1937
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Anna Dawson, British comedienne (Violet-Keeping Up Appearances)
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1937
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Chuck Jackson, Latta SC, singer (Any Day Now, I Don't Want to Cry)
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1937
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Don Galloway, Brooksville Ky, actor (Arrest & Trial, Ironside)
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1937
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Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator
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1938
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Shirley Anne Field, England, actress (Alfie, War Lover) [or Jun 27]
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1939
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Irv Cross, NFL sportscaster (CBS-TV)
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1939
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James McGee, pathologist/professor (Morbid Anatomy at Oxford)
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1939
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James Victor, Puerto Rico, actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA)
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1941
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Johannes Fritsch, composer
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1942
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Barbara Ferris, London England, actress (Nice Girl Like Me)
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1942
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John Pleshette, NYC, actor (Richard-Knots Landing, 7th Avenue)
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1942
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Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician
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1943
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Al Ramsey, NJ, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-This Diamond Ring)
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1943
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Bill Bradley, Crystal City Mo, NY Knick/(Sen-D-NJ)/Rhodes scholar
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1943
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Stu Gilliam, Detroit, actor/comedian (Roll Out, Harris & Company)
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1944
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Aleksandr Ivanovich Dedkov, cosmonaut
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1944
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Bobbie Gentry, Mississippi, singer/songwriter (Ode to Billy Joe)
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1946
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Gwynne Gilford, LA Calif, actress (Linda Harris-Waverly Wonders)
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1946
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Ricardo Anasagasti, [Ricardo M Meul], Curaao, dancer/actor
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1946
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Toktar Ongarbajewitch Aubakirov, Kazakhstan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13)
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1947
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Betty Thomas, St Louis Mo, actress (Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues)
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1947
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Wayne Dowdy, (Rep-D-MS, 1981- )
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1948
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Henny Vrienten, Dutch bassist/singer (Doe Maar)
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1948
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Peggy Fleming Jenkins, San Jose Calif, figure skater (Olym-gold-1968)
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1949
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David Muse, rocker (Firefall)
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1949
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Jeremy Thomas, actor (Family Life)
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1949
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Maureen McGovern, Youngstown Oh, singer (Got To Be a Morning After)
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1950
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Michael Vaughn, rocker (Paper Lace)
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1950
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Simon Jones, Willshire England, comedian (News is the News)
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1951
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Janet Eilber, Detroit Mich, actress (Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy)
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1953
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Wim G J M van de Camp, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
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1955
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Allan Border, cricket captain (Australia)
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1957
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Gezina E "Liesbeth" van Apeldoorn, Dutch actress (Composer)
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1957
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Hansi Muller, skier
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1958
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Christopher Dean, Olympics skater (Torvill & Dean/Olympic-gold-1984)
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1959
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David East, cricketer
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1960
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Christina Singer, Geoppingen Germany, tennis star
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1960
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Jo Durie, England, tennis player
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1960
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Reinaldo de Carvalho, carnival King
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1961
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Daniel C Burbank, Manchester Ct, Lt cmdr USCG/astronaut
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1963
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Jason Buck, WLAF defensive end (Scottish Claymores)
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1967
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Craig Wolanin, Grosse Pointe, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
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1967
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Emiel van Eijkeren, soccer player (FC The Hague/NEC)
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1967
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Jeff Novak, NFL tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1967
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Julian McMahon, actor (Ian Rain-Another World, John Grant-Profiler)
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1967
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Neil Smith, cricketer (Warwickshire & England A all-rounder)
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1967
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Sasha Mitchell, LA Calif, actor (Spike of Bensonhurst)
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1968
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Christina Singer, Goeppingen Germany, tennis star (1991 Futures GBR)
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1968
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Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Messina Sicily, actress (Postman)
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1968
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Tom Goodwin, Fresno CA, outfielder (KC Royals)
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1969
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Jason Woolley, Toronto, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
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1969
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Linda Burgess, WNBA forward (LA Sparks)
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1970
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Jennifer Lopez, actress (Selena)
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1970
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Tom Europe, CFL defensive back (Montreal Alouettes)
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1971
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Brennon James Dowric, Australian gymnast (Olympics-92, 96)
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1972
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Alph Browning, NLF/WLAF receiver (Redskins, Barcelona Dragons)
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1972
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Bryce Bevill, CFL defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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1972
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Clint Robinson, Brisbane QLD Australia, K-1 1k canoeist (Oly-bron-96)
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1973
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Amy Linn Duncan, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, Miss America-Oklahoma (1997)
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1973
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Niki Jenkins, Selkirk Manitoba, 72 kg judoka (Olympics-gold-96)
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1973
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Sami Alalampi, WLAF receiver (Barcelona Dragons)
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1975
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Alex Rodriguez, NYC, shortstop (Seattle Mariners)
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1976
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Mwadi Mabika, WNBA guard/forward (LA Sparks)
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1977
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Jason Michael Zimbler, Queens NY, actor (Clarissa Explains it All)
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DEATHS
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82
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St Joseph of Arimathea, dies
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432
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Celestine I, Italian Pope (422-32), dies
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916
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Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies
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1101
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Koenrad, RC-German king (1087-98), dies
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1128
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Willem van Normandia, earl of Flanders, dies in battle
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1214
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Eustaes van Machelen, Flemish knight, dies in battle
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1214
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Stefan van Longchamp, French knight, dies in battle
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1227
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Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies
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1233
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Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders, dies at 45
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1498
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Vespasiano da' Bisticci, Italian book seller/writer, dies at about 77
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1638
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Johan VIII de Jongere, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 54
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1675
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Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne Vicomte de Turenne, gen (France), dies
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1689
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John Graham, of Claverhouse, 1st viscount Dundee/soldier, killed, dies
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1720
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Johann Samuel Welter, composer, dies at 69
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1759
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Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, biologist/astronomer, dies at 60
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1777
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William Hayes, composer, dies at 69
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1783
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Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62
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1811
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Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed
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1822
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Joseph Supries, composer, dies at 60
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1828
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Gilbert Charles Stuart, painter, dies
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1833
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Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder/saint, dies at 26
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1841
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Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, poet/novelist, dies
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1844
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John Dalton, Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77
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1864
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Margaret E Breckinridge, US nurse/daughter of VP John, dies
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1881
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Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84
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1883
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Albert Franz Doppler, composer, dies at 61
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1883
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Montgomery Blair, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford), dies at 70
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1916
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Charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies
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1921
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Engelbert Humperdinck, composer, dies at 66
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1924
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Ferruccio Benvenuto busoni, pianist/composer, dies
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1924
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Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni, composer, dies at 58
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1934
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Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17), dies at 79
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1942
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William Matthew Finders Petrie, Egyptologist, dies
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1943
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Godfrey Cripps, cricketer (1st Currie Cup-winning captain), dies
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1943
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H B G Austin, cricketer (capt of 1923 WI team to England), dies
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1944
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Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer, dies at 68
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1946
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Gertrude Stein, US/Fren author/poet (Ida, Tender Buttons), dies at 72
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1948
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Francesco Spetrino, composer, dies at 91
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1952
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Roland Pope, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
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1952
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W de Basil, [US Voskresenski], Russia, ballet dancer, dies
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1956
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J M M Commaille, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa 1910-28), dies
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1960
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V sa Pr¡hoda, Czech violinist, dies at 59
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1961
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Theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59
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1962
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Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies
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1962
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Richard Adlington, writer, dies at 70
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1968
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Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem J M A Asselbergs], literary, dies
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1968
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Lillian Harvey, actress (Invitation to the Waltz), dies at 61
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1970
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Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies
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1971
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Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor/composer, dies at 83
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1974
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Lightning Slim, blues singer (Nothing But the Devil), dies at 61
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1976
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Ray Brennan, becomes 1st to, die of "Legionnaire's Disease"
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1978
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Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer, dies at 72
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1978
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[John] Willem van Otterloo, conductor/composer (Symphonic), dies at 70
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1979
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Ettore Manni, actor (Street People, Divine Nymph), dies at 52
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1979
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Shirley Mason, actress (Let it Rain, Dark Skies), dies at 79
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1980
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Pahlawi Mohammed Reza, shah of Persia (1941-79), dies in Cairo at 60
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1981
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Billy [William] Wyler, US director (Ben Hur, Funny Girl), dies
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1981
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Ray Harrison, dancer (American Song), dies at 64
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1981
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William Wyler, US director (Ben Hur), dies
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1982
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Dan Seymour, actor (We the People, Sing it Again), dies at 67
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1982
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Vladimir Smirnov, Russian foil fencer (Olympic-gold-1980), dies at 28
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1983
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Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer (Pakistani left-arm quick 1965), dies
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1984
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James Mason, British actor (Lolita), dies of a heart attack at 75
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1984
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Oswald Jacoby, US contract bridge champion, dies at 81
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1985
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Joseph "Smoky Joe" Wood, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95
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1986
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Leroy Holmes, orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72
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1987
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Travis Jackson, baseball player (NY Giants), dies at 83
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1988
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Judith Barsi, child actress, shot dead with mother by her father at 11
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1990
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Bobby Day, rocker (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 58
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1990
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Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies
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1990
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Kim Thomas-Friedland, news anchor (FNN), dies at 32
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1990
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Nick Pippins, actor (Simon), dies of AIDS at 35
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1991
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Carol Gillies, actress (Back Home, Baby Boom), dies at 50
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1992
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Jenny Karezi, Greek actress (Red Lanterns), dies of cancer at 56
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1993
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Reggie Lewis, NBA star (Boston Celtics), dies of heart failure at 27
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1994
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H Minderop, founder/chairman (TROS-radio/TV), dies
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1994
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Rosa Chacel, Spanish author, dies at 96
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1994
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Tatiana Tauer, harpist, dies at 48
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1995
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Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher, dies at 66
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1995
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Doris Mae Akers, gospel singer/songwriter, dies at 72
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1995
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Mikl¢s R¢zsa, Hung movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora), dies at 88
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1995
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Rick Ferrell, Hall of Fame catcher, dies at 89
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1996
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Beverly Drew, architect, dies at 85
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1996
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Ivan V Lalic, poet, dies at 65
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1996
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Jane Beverly Drew, architect, dies at 85
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1996
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Peter James Frederick Green, CEO (LLoyd's of London), dies at 71
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1997
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K'Tut Tantri, broadcaster/hotelier, dies at 99
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