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439
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Vandalen under Genseric occupy Carthago
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1508
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Gelderse troops occupies Kuinre
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1552
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Czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle
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1591
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Giovanni A Facchinetti elected as Pope Innocentius IX
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1682
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William Penn lands at what is now Chester Pennsylvania
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1709
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England/Netherlands sign anti-French "Barriretraktaat"
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1727
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Severe earthquake in New England
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1787
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Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)
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1794
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French troops occupies Venlo
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1811
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1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans
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1814
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"Demologos," 1st steam-powered warship, is launched
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1833
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1st US college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded
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1863
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Intl Comm of Red Cross forms (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)
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1864
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Greek parliament accept new Constitution
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1867
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Mail packets "Rhone" & "Wye" capsizes off St Thomas Virgin Islands
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1872
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J S Risdon patents metal windmill
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1888
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Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company
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1889
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NY Giants (NL) beat Bkln (AA) in world series 6 games to 3
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1889
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Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia
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1889
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Stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, BC
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1894
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1st election of Hawaiian Republic
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1904
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1st intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas)
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1904
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IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway (NYC) opens
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1905
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Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured
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1910
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Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game
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1914
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Russia declares war on Turkey
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1914
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Turkish warships storm Black Sea
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1915
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Aristide Briand becomes premier of France
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1915
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Thomas Masaryk claims independence for Czechoslovakia
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1920
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Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees
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1923
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"Runnin' Wild" (introducing Charleston) opens on Broadway
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1923
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Army move SPD/KPD-govt to German part of Saxon
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1923
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Gibbs/Grey/Wood's revue "Runnin' Wild," premieres in NYC
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1923
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Textile strike in Enschede Neth, against lower wages, begins
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1923
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Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire)
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1924
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"Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater
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1924
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Labour loses British parliamentary election
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1929
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"Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression"
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1930
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1st Eastern Canada night CF game: Oshawa vs Toronto Balmy Beach
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1931
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Lefty Grove, A's pitcher who won 31 games, is named the AL's MVP
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1932
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French liner Normandie is launched
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1939
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Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure)
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1939
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NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3
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1940
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Sec of War Henry L Stimson drew 1st number-158-in 1st peacetime military draft in US history
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1941
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Cole Porters musical "Let's Face It," premieres in NYC
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1942
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16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia
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1942
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7th day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault
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1942
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Alaska highway completed
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1942
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Branch Rickey named president/GM of Brooklyn Dodgers
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1942
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Nazi's murder 16,000 Jewish in Pinsk, Soviet Union
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1943
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3 allied officers escape out camp Stalag Luft 3
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1944
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1st Polish Armoured Division liberates Breda Neth
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1944
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Breda freed
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1944
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Cabadese 2nd Infantry division frees Goes South-Beveland
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1945
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1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented
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1945
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Happy Chandler, resigns as US Senator, remains as baseball commish
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1947
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Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherland form Benelux Union
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1947
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Trial of art forger Han of Meegeren begins in Amsterdam
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1948
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Israeli forces liberate Meron & Gush-Halev
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1949
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White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox
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1950
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British minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns
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1950
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Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7
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1950
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Wally Triplett avgs 735 yards on 3 kickoff returns
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1953
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A Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns
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1954
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Colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brothership
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1954
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Sweden begins experimental TV
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1955
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Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours)
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1955
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Emile Zatopek runs world record 15 mile (1:14:01) & 25,000m (1:16:36)
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1956
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Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up
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1956
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International zone of Tangier returns to Morocco
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1956
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Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran
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1957
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Hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)
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1958
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Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature
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1958
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Dr F Mason Sones is 1st doctor to perform a coronary angiogram
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1958
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1959
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10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced
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1960
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Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) 1st professional fight
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1960
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Chartered C46 carrying Cal State's football team crashes, kills 16
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1960
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Muhammad Ali's 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6
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1961
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1963
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"Meet the Beatles" booklet is published
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1964
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Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings v Pakistan
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1964
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Karmi'el founded in Galilee
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1964
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Star of India & other jewels are stolen in NY
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1964
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Town of Karmiel founded in Galilee
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1964
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United Rep of Tanganyika & Zanzibar renamed United Rep of Tanzania
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1965
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US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
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1966
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Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on moon: 6.7øN 162øE
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1966
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National Organization of Women founded
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1967
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Danny Abramowicz begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
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1967
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open
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1967
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MacDermot, Ragni & Rado's musical "Hair," premieres in NYC
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1968
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USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
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1969
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Supreme Court orders end to all school desegregation "at once"
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1969
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Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award
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1969
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1969
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USSR performs underground nuclear test
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1970
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WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, GA (NBC) 1st broadcast
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1972
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Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal
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1972
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Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
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1974
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Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application
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1975
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Boston's Fred Lynn is the overwhelming choice as AL Rookie of Year
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1975
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1975
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Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffer kills 1st victim
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1977
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"Act" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 233 performances
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1977
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Texas' Russell Erideben kicks his 3rd 60 yard field goal of the season
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1977
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1979
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Billy Martin fired as Yankee manager (2nd time)
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1979
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Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
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1981
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Bill Giles becomes CEO of Phila Phillies
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1982
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Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted
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1982
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Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "Girl is Mine"
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1983
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550,000 Dutch demonstrate against cruise missile
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1983
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Notre Dame's Gil Fenerty rushes for 337 yards & 6 touchdowns
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1984
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Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) & Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win NY Marathon
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1985
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Cards' Joaquin Andujar suspended for 10 games for bumping an ump
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1986
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Kirk Muller scores NJ Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6
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1986
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Padres pitcher LaMarr Hoyt is arrested at US-Mexico border for drugs
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1986
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West Indies all out for 53 v Pakistan (Abdul Qadir 6-16)
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1987
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"Don't Get God Started" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 86 perfs
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1987
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Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title
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1988
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2,000 US anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics
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1988
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China announces a herbal male contraceptive
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1988
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Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi
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1988
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Soviets 1st scheduled shuttle launch (postponed)
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1989
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Colleen Walker wins LPGA Nichirei Golf International
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1989
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NYC MTA opens 63rd street extension to subway
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1989
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Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions
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1990
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30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria
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1991
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Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as NY Yankee manager
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1993
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Dow Jones index reaches record 3687.86
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1994
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Antonov AN-12 having an accident at Ust-Ilimsk Kaluga, 21 killed
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1994
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National Museum of American Indian opens (NYC)
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1994
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NY Lotto pays $60 million+
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1995
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"Fool Moon" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC
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1995
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Sunday NY News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25
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1995
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US beats Japan, 19-17, at Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament
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BIRTHS
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1463
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Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher
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1507
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Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)
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1513
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Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne
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1562
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George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury
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1656
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Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]
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1740
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James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer
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1762
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Andr-Marie Chnier, French poet (Elgies)
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1816
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Ferdinand II AFA, king of Portugal
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1822
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Joost G Kist, Dutch lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97)
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1824
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Joseph Horace Lewis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
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1837
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Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-12)
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1837
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Harriet Powers, US, slave/writer (Creation of Animals)
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1844
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Albert von Rothschild, Austrian banker
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1853
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Josephine B Willson Bruce, US theorist (NACW)
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1857
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Conrad Haebler, German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal)
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1859
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Charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)
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1871
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Narziss Ach, German psychologist (Analyse des Willens)
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1873
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Guillermo Valencia, Colombia, poet/translator/statesman
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1875
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Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania (1914-27)
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1877
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Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (Yorks & Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930)
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1878
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Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II)
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1879
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Franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor (1932)
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1882
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Jean Giraudoux, Bellac France, playwright (glantine, Provinciales)
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1883
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Dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor/director (Hofstad Stage)
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1884
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Bela Lugosi, Lugos Hungary, horror actor (Dracula, Body Snatcher)
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1890
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Claire Goll, writer
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1891
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Fanny Brice, NYC, singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks)
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1893
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Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor
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1897
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Hope Emerson, Hawarden Iowa, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn)
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1897
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[Paul] Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propagandist
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1898
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Emmanuel Bondeville, composer
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1899
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Akim Tamiroff, Tiflis Russia, actor (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
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1901
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Daniele Amfiteatrov, composer
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1903
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Vivian Ellis, composer
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1905
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Laurence Dowdall, lawyer
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1906
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Fredric [William] Brown, US, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home)
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1908
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Stewart Myles MacPherson, broadcaster
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1909
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Douglass Montgomery, LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane)
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1910
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Alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician
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1911
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Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader
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1915
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Dennis Brookes, cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7)
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1917
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Eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again)
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1917
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Henry Carlsson, Sweden, soccer (Olympic-gold-1948)
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1921
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Bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts)
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1921
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Ed Kemmer, Reading Pa, actor (Buzz Corey-Space Patrol)
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1921
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William Henry Mauldin, NM, political cartoonist (Pulitzer-1945, 59)
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1922
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Franois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider)
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1922
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Neal Hefti, Hastings Neb, orch leader (Kate Smith Show)
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1922
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Neil Blaney, politician
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1923
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Dietrich Manicke, composer
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1924
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Zbigniew Herbert, writer
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1925
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Betty Evans Grayson, Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959)
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1925
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Geraldine Brooks, NYC, actr (Faraday & Co, Dumplings, Act of Murder)
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1925
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Zoot Sims, rocker
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1926
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Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor
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1927
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Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951)
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1927
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Hugo Schiltz, Flemish politician
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1930
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Peter Stampfel, rocker
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1934
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Karl Francis Hettinger, Onion Field survivor
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1934
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Pim Jacobs, jazz pianist/Dutch TV host/actor (Gilas)
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1934
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Ramon Sender, composer
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1934
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Robert E Hughes, NYC, orch leader (Rich Little Show)
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1935
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David Allen, cricketer (England off-spinner of 60's)
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1937
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Michael Ponti, Freiburg Germany, pianist (Boston Competition 1964)
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1940
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Connie Mack, (Rep-R-FL, 1983- /Sen-R-FL)
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1940
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Galen Weston, English/Canadian industrial/multi-millionaire
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1940
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John Gotti, mafia head
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1941
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Brian Yuile, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests)
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1942
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Johan Fleming Ramsland, British broadcaster
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1943
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Donald Simpson, film producer
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1944
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Denny Laine, [Brian Hines], rock guitarist (Moody Blues, Wings)
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1944
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Fausto Leali, Italian entertainer
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1944
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Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch guitarist (Shocking Blue)
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1945
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Melba Moore, [Beatrice], NYC, singer/actress (Ellis Island)
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1946
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Anura Tennekoon, cricketer (Sri Lankan World Cup captain 1975-79)
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1946
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Peter Green, [Peter Greenbaum], London, rocker (Fleetwood Mac)
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1946
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Strinivasa Moodley, South African anti-apartheid activist
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1947
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Richard Dreyfuss, Bkln NY, actor (Jaws, Nuts, Mr Holland's Opus)
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1948
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Kate Jackson, Birmingham Ala, actress (Rookies, Charlie's Angels)
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1948
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Ricky Reynolds, rocker
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1949
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Paul Orndorff, wrestler (WCW/SMW/NWA/WWF, Mr Wonderful)
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1951
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Dirk Kempthorne, (Sen-R Idaho)
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1951
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Guy Gelso, rock drummer (Zebra)
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1951
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Rick Bordia, rock guitarist (Mink Deville)
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1952
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Arnell Carmichael, rock keyboardist (Raydio)
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1952
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Beth Solomon, LPGA golfer
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1952
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Valeri I Tokarev, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
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1953
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Denis Potvin, Ottawa Ontario, NY Islander defenseman (Norris trophy)
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1954
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Anita Meijer, Dutch singer (Just a Disillusion)
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1954
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Herman Ronald Frazier, Phila, 400m/4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
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1955
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Kevin DuBrow, rocker
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1959
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Finola Hughes, London, actress (Anna-General Hospital, Staying Alive)
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1959
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Jesse Barfield, Ill, outfielder (Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 HR leader)
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1959
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Mike Gartner, Ottawa, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
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1959
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Tamar Baruch, actress (Small Truth, Q & Q)
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1960
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Michael Carter, Dallas Tx, shot putter (Olympic-silver-1984)
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1961
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Cornelia Oschkenat, German DR, hurdler (50m indoor)
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1961
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Joel Otto, Elk River MN, NHL center (Phila Flyers, Team USA Oly-1998)
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1961
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Randy Jackson, Gary In, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC)
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1964
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Greg Montgomery, punter (Baltimore Ravens)
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1964
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Jackie Pereira, Perth Australia, field hockey center/forward (Oly-96)
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1964
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May Allison, Toronto Ontario, marathoner (Olympics-96)
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1965
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Andy Beal, Germany, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 West of England Pro)
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1965
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Greg Davis, NFL kicker (Arizona Cardinals)
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1965
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Steven Sweet, Wadsworth Ohio, heavy metal artist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
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1967
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Greg Gohr, Santa Clara Calif, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
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1967
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Joely Fisher, LA Calif, actress (Paige-Ellen)
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1968
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Grayson McCouch, NYC, actor (Morgan Winthrop-Another World)
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1968
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Johann Olav Koss, speed skater (Olympics-3 gold-1994)
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1969
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Peter Breen, Brockton Mass, dance skater
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1970
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Charles Swann, WLAF cornerback (Scotland Claymores)
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1970
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Chris Thorpe, Waukegan Ill, doubles luger (Olympics-1994)
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1970
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Dan Ratushny, Nepean, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
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1970
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Edwin van der Sar, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (Ajax)
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1970
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Marquez Pope, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers)
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1970
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Phillip Cocu, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse, PSV)
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1971
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Greg Blewett, cricketer (Aust batsman, century on Test debut 1995)
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1971
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Matthew Hayden, cricketer (heavy scorer for Queensland, Aust 1994-96)
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1971
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Winona Ryder, [Horowitz], Mn, actress (Heathers, Edward Scissorhand)
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1972
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Rhonda Blades, WNBA guard (NY Liberty)
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1973
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Adam Bacher, cricketer (nephew of Ali S Afr Test batsman 1996- )
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1974
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Mike Crawford, linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
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1974
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R A Dickey, Nashville Tenn, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1974
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Renata Hornofova, Miss Universe-Czech Republic (1996)
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1976
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Claudia Dopf, Miss Peru Universe (1997)
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1981
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Amanda Beard, Newport Beach CA, 100m/200m breaststroke (Oly-2 silv-96)
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DEATHS
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490
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Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies
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1321
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Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies
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1590
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Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68
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1618
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Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason
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1783
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Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, philosopher/mathematician, die at 66
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1790
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Pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66
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1802
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Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer, dies at 95
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1822
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Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War, dies at 61
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1829
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Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies
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1846
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Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronoom, dies at 90
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1853
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Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer, dies at 68
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1853
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William Richard Bexfield, composer, dies at 29
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1856
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Carel SW van Hogendorp, colonial director, dies at 68
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1873
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Ernest Feydeau, French author, dies at 52
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1873
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Johan N M J, king of Saxon (1854-73), dies
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1873
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Leonardus Lightenvelt, minister of RC Worship, dies at 78
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1876
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Jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59
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1882
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Martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer, dies at 64
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1883
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Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68
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1885
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George B McClellan, Union army general, dies at 58
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1885
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James Hannington, English missionary, murdered in Uganda
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1892
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William M Harnett, US painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies
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1901
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Leon Czolcosz, assassin of President McKinley, is electrocuted
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1911
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Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC
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1919
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Soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60
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1920
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Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74
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1922
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George August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79
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1927
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Leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45
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1931
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Luciano Gallet, composer, dies at 38
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1932
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Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (B-Reflex), dies
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1933
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Paul, [Prudent] Painlev, French mathematician/minister/premier, dies
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1934
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Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer, dies at 71
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1939
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Albrecht MAPJ, duke of Wrttemberg/general (WW II), dies at 73
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1943
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Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered at 55
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1946
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John S Curry, US painter (Baptism in Kansas), dies
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1947
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Frances Cleveland Preston, former 1st lady (1885-89 93-97), dies at 83
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1947
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Theodore Samuel Holland, composer, dies at 69
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1950
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Gustav V, king of Sweden, dies at 92
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1951
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De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered
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1951
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Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (New General Catalogue), dies at 86
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1957
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Louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71
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1962
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Dewi Angrnie, [Martha AP Giese], Flemish/Dutch actress, dies at 85
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1962
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Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77
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1963
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Adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73
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1965
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Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris
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1966
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[Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Manner Kater), dies at 83
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1968
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Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78
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1969
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Vic Richardson, cricketer (Aussie capt 1935-36), dies
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1971
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Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24
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1973
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Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83
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1974
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Victor E van Vriesland, poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82
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1975
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John Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67
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1981
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William O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85
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1983
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Sten Broman, composer, dies at 81
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1985
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John Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82
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1986
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Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, dies at 68
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1987
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Kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57
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1987
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Woody Herman, bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74
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1990
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William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer
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1991
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Donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60
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1991
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Harry Thomas, founder (Flower Festival, Dutch Homofielen Party), dies
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1991
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Maria Monica, silent film actress, dies
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1991
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Mario Scelba, PM of Italia (1954-55), dies
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1992
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Adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies
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1992
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Kenneth MacMillan, British choreographer (Manon, Judas Tree), dies
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1993
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George Pope, cricketer (one Test for England, 8 runs not out), dies
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1993
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Raymond Lockhart, TV director (Huntley Brinkley Report), dies at 65
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1994
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Andrew Miller-Jones TV pioneer, dies at 84
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1994
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Evelyn Anderson, dancer, dies at 87
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1994
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Pearl Primus, dancer, dies at 44
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1996
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James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66
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1996
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Patricia Ticia Anne Ingrams, broadcaster, dies at 50
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1996
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Patrick Johnson, physicist, dies at 92
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