| 638 | * | Start of Islamic calendar. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1045 | * | The coronation of Edith, wife of Edward the Confessor (of England), by Eadsige at Winchester Cathedral. | Ref: 16 |
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| 1265 | * | First English Parliament formally convened (some authorities). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1571 | * | Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1579 | | Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1637 | | Dutch Governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1656 | * | French scientist Blaise Pascal, 33, published the first of his 18 "Provincial Lettres," the majority of which attacked the Jesuit theories of grace and moral theology. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1663 | * | King Louis XIV affirms covenant with Rÿnstaten. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1719 | * | Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1789 | * | Georgetown College was founded by Father John Carroll, 54, in Washington, D.C. Ä the first Roman Catholic college established in America. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1790 | * | Fletcher Christian and mutineers from the Bounty reach Pitcairn Island where they settle. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1793 | * | The Humane Society of Philadelphia was incorporated. Its goal is to recover bodies of drowned persons and provide first aid to accident victims. (XDG, p 4A, 1/23/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1793 | | 2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia & Russia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1796 | | Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1802 | * | The second Northwest Territorial legislature adjourns at Chillicothe OH. | Ref: 55 |
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| 1832 | * | The Bowersville Bank [in Jefferson Twp, Greene County, OH] is robbed of $1203 by two armed men. The cashier, Herbert Fisher, is slightly wounded. (XDG, p.6A, 5/29/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1833 | * | Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1845 | * | Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1849 | * | English-born Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive medical degree, from the Medical Institution of Geneva, N.Y. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1861 | * | Agoston Haraszthy, first vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 100,000 cuttings of 350 varieties from Europe. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Dr Daniel Hale Williams forms Provident Hospital in Chicago. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | | G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 minutes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | * | A great fire ravages Montreal, resulting in $2.5 million in property lost. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1906 | * | (Shipp) Twenty-one-year old Nevada Taylor, on her way home from her bookkeeping job in downtown Chattanooga, is raped by a black man "with a soft, kind voice" shortly after 6:30 p.m. in St. Elmo Cemetery. Sheriff Joseph Shipp directs a search for the rapist, witnesses, and evidence. The search turns up only a black leather strap used in the rape. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1907 | * | Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes first Native American US senator. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | | US & Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | | First radio rescue at sea. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Temp falls from 44ºF (7ºC) to -56ºF (49ºC) night of 23-24, Browning MT. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | The Dutch government refuses the demands of the Allies to hand over Kaiser Wilhelm II, the dethroned German monarch who had fled to the Netherlands. (XDG, p 4A, 1/23/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1923 | * | Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Ramsey MacDonald forms first Labour government in Britain. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | George Washington Birthplace National Monument VA established. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1933 | * | 20th amendment changes date of Presidential Inaugurations to January 20th. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | (Scottsboro Boys) Haywood Patterson is convicted for a fourth time of rape and is sentenced to 75 years in prison. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1936 | * | Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curaçao forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Karl Radek & 16 others go on trial in Moscow during Josef Stalin's "Great Purge." | Ref: 70 |
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| 1940 | * | Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | 66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp CA (state precipitation record). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | The New Tribes Mission was incorporated in Los Angeles by founder Paul W. Fleming. NTM works today primarily in missionary aviation, Bible translation, church planting and the production and distribution of Christian literature. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes first director of CIA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | The Soviets refuse UN entry into North Korea to administer elections. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1950 | | The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem the capital of Israel. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1951 | * | President Truman creates the Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, to monitor the anti-Communist campaign. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1954 | | Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez flees Venezuela, Larrazábal takes power. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | The final issue of the Cleveland News is published. | |
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| 1961 | * | Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | | Venezuela adopts constitution. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | | Libya, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | The 24th amendment to the Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1968 | * | North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging it had intruded into the communist nation's territorial waters on a spying mission. (The crew was released eleven months later.) | Ref: 70 |
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| 1970 | * | Dolle Mina burns her bra in Amsterdam. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | -80ºF (-62ºC), Prospect Creek Camp AK (US record). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | | Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | The Alaskan pipeline was authorized | Ref: 62 |
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| 1973 | * | Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for first time in 7,000 years. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | | $1.5-million Serge Lepage dress exhibited, Paris. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Under international pressure, opposition leader Kim Dae Jung's death sentence is commuted to life imprisonment in Seoul. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1981 | | Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approximate date). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | U.S. begins maneuvers off the Libyan coast. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1987 | * | Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 point loss). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | | Japan first exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | High-denomination banknotes withdrawn in USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | FBI Director William S Sessions dismisses a Justice Department report accusing him of ethical abuses. He, in turn, accuses former Attorney General William Barr of a "crassly calculated attack". (XDG, p 4A, 1/23/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1993 | * | New York Newsday reports Oregon's Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | | Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | John Sirola, 14, an eighth grader from Redlands CA wounds a school principal, shooting him in the face at Sacred Heart School. Sirola accidentally shot and killed himself when he tripped fleeing the scene. | |
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| 1997 | * | The Swiss government, three banks and some businesses agreed to set up a private sector humanitarian fund for Nazi Holocaust victims and their heirs. Reportedly, the neutral Swiss profited from millions of dollars worth of gold deposited some fifty years earlier by victims of the Holocaust. It seems that the gold was also used to make deals with the Nazis. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1997 | * | Madeline Albright becomes the first female secretary of state in US history. (XDG, p 4A, 1/23/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1997 | * | A judge in Fairfax, Va., sentenced Mir Aimal Kasi to death for an assault rifle attack outside CIA headquarters in 1993 that killed two men and wounded three other people. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1997 | * | Madeleine Albright becomes first woman Secretary of State in the U.S.A. (TWA, 1998) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1998 | * | Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | Fighting scandal allegations involving Monica Lewinsky, President Clinton assured his Cabinet that he was innocent. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2002 | * | John Walker Lindh, a US born Taliban fighter, is returned to the US to face criminal charges that he'd conspired to kill fellow Americans. (XDG, p 4A, 1/23/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2002 | * | President Bush proposes the largest defense spending increase in 20 years. (XDG, p 4A, 1/23/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2002 | * | Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is abducted in Karachi, Pakistan. (XDG, p 4A, 1/23/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2002 | * | Enron Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lay steps down. (XDG, p 4A, 1/23/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2003 | * | Gold rises to a five-year high of $365. (USA Today, p 3B, 1/24/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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| 3268 | * | Beginning of 2nd Julian Period. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1779 | * | Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1849 | * | Patent granted for an envelope-making machine. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Piccard & Walsh in bathyscaph "Trieste" reach 10,900 meters (over 35000 feet) in Mariana Trench. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | First heart transplant-on Chimp. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1969 | * | NASA unveils moon-landing craft. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1970 | * | Australia's first amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager, complete first nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1631 | | France & Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Bärwald. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1643 | * | Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for the Parliamentarians. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1647 | * | Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1668 | | England, Netherlands & Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | Battle of City Point, VA (James River, Trent's Reach). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | General Robert E Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | | The "Young Turks" revolt because they are angered by the concessions made at the London peace talks. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | Five Norwegian ships transport 25,000 tons of special steels from Sweden to Britain, in a move called Operation Rubble. All five ships make it through German-controlled water, to Royal Navy escort to Kirkwall, Scotland. | |
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| 1942 | * | British aircraft first spot the German battleship Tirpitz near Trondheim, Norway. | |
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| 1942 | * | Japanese take Rabaul on New Britain in the Solomon Islands and also invade Bougainville, the largest island. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Tank battle at Adzjedabia, African corps vs British army. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Montgomery's Eighth Army takes Tripoli. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1943 | * | Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | | The Communist Chinese forces begin their advance on Nanking. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1950 | | Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | President Richard Nixon claims that Vietnam peace has been reached in Paris and that the POWs would be home in 60 days. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1991 | * | World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Colin Powell said allied forces had achieved air superiority in the Gulf War and would focus air fire on Iraqi ground forces around Kuwait. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1879 | | National Archery Association formed, Crawfordsville IN. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in 2 for the Stanley Cup. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Detroit Red Wings score 15 goals against New York Rangers & NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals & most lopsided game 15-0. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | AP picks "Miracle Braves" of 1914 as greatest sports upset. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense & defense). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indpls Colts). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | NFL's National & American conferences become Eastern & Western conferences. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Bob Feller & Jackie Robinson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | The Milwaukee Braves’ legendary pitcher, Warren Spahn, signed a contract worth $85,000, making him the highest paid pitcher in baseball. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1965 | * | Boston Celtic center Bill Russell misses all 14 shots in loss to Philadelphia Warriors led by Wilt Chamberlain. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | | BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Dick Weber. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Former Cardinal standout Stan Musial is named general manager of the team. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1968 | * | Joe 'Ducky' Medwick is selected by the BBWAA to be in the Hall of Fame. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1971 | * | UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | 4th ABA All-Star Game East 126 beats West 122 at Carolina. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | 2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | | Ard Schenk becomes European all-round skating champ. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | 23rd NBA All-Star Game East beats West 104-84 at Chicago. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | By a single vote former slugger Ralph Kiner is elected into the Hall Of Fame. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1976 | * | Washington Capitals end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat New York Rangers 7-5. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Willie Mays is selected by the BBWAA as a member of the Hall of Fame. The 'Say-Hey Kid' receives 409 of the 432 votes cast. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1981 | * | Due to a front office mistake, the Red Sox are forced to trade Fred Lynn to the Angels. Boston had failed to mail a new contract by the deadline allowing the former rookie of the year to become a possible free agent. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1981 | * | Mike Bossy becomes first in NHL to score 50 goals in 50 games. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Björn Borg announces his retirement from tennis. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | In NBA, Portland scores all 17 points in overtime to beat Houston 113-96. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | | Schöne skates ladies world record 5 km (7 40.97). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Buffalo Sabres win NHL record 10th straight road game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | | Greatest unpaced 1-hour bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | | Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become WWF champ. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | O.J. Simpson becomes the first Heisman Trophy winner to be elected to pro football’s Hall of Fame in Canton, OH. Roger Staubach of the Dallas Cowboys, another Heisman winner, was also elected; but ‘the Juice’ went in first because his name comes before Staubach’s, alphabetically. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | | Bob Benoit bowls first 300-point game in a televised title match. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | 62nd Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | | US female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Bernie Kosar is 2nd QB to throw TD passes in AFC & NFC Championship games. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2002 | * | The Rangers avoid salary arbitration with Jeff Zimmerman when their closer agrees to a $10 million, three-year contract. After replacing an injured Tim Crabtree, Zimmerman posted 28 saves for the Texas team. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1490 | * | First printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1492 | * | "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) first printed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1552 | * | 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes mandatory in England. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1723 | | Georg Friedrich Händel's opera "Ottone" premieres in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | | Eleanora Duse makes U.S. debut in "La Dame aux Camelias." | Ref: 10 |
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| 1896 | | Edward Macdowell's 2nd Suite in E, premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Fiction: Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" (BG). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown" premieres in New York City NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | | "Abenteuer of brave Soldier Schwejk" premieres in Berlin. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | In an article published in Literary Digest, Edgar Bergen mentioned that he made his dummy pal, Charlie McCarthy, the beneficiary of a $10,000 trust fund to keep him in serviceable condition and repair. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | | Lady in the Dark premiered. It was the first of 162 performances. The show’s star, Danny Kaye, gained popularity as a result of his appearance in the play. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | Artie Shaw and his orchestra recorded Moonglow on Victor Records. In the band were such sidemen as Johnny Guarnieri, Jack Jenney, Billy Butterfield and Ray Conniff (on trombone). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | WOR-AM in Newark NJ moves to New York City. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Duke Ellington and the band played for a black-tie crowd at Carnegie Hall in New York City. It was the first of what was to become an annual series of concerts featuring the the Duke. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Arnold Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon" premieres in New York City NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | | Huston's "Treasure of Sierra Madre" starring Humphrey Bogart opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | | 3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous first Facts published. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | 3rd Emmy Awards Alan Young Show, Alan Young & Gertrude Berg. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater New York City NY for 60 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Arthur Miller's "After the Fall" premieres in New York City NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | "The King Family Show" (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Cream releases their last album "Goodbye". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | First edition of women's magazine "Story". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Barney Miller makes his debut on ABC-TV. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1977 | * | Alex Haley's Roots begins a record-breaking eight-night broadcast on ABC. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1977 | * | Carole King’s landmark album, Tapestry, became the longest-running album to hit the charts, as it reached its 302nd week on the album lists. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1981 | * | First Richard Nixon museum opens (San Clemente CA). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | The A-Team debuts on NBC-TV. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1983 | * | Cerebral Palsy telethon raises $14,700,000. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Debate in Britain's House of Lords was carried live on television for the first time. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1986 | * | "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" opens at Ritz Theater New York City NY for 13 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | First induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis & Elvis Presley). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | 45th Golden Globes Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | "Seinfeld" debuts on NBC-TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | "Visit" opens at Criterion Theater New York City NY for 45 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | | 50th Golden Globes Scent of a Woman, wins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | 50th Golden Globes Scent of a Woman, wins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1574 | * | Lucas I Franchoys Belgian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1582 | * | John Barclay Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1730 | * | (Declaration of Independence) Joseph Hewes, US merchant, signer of the Declaration of Independence, is born in Princeton, NJ. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1737 | * | (Declaration of Independence) (or the 12th) John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1752 | * | Muzio Clementi Italian composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1761 | * | Friedrich von Matthison German poet (Adelaide), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1762 | * | Christian A Vulpius Germany, writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1783 | * | Stendahl [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et Le Noir), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1785 | * | Carl A Agardh Sweden, botanist/bishop of Karlstad, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1799 | * | Simon Kenton's daughter Matilda is born. | Ref: 58 |
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| 1813 | * | Franz Commer composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1813 | * | Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist/feminist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1816 | * | Carl Herrmann near Hanover Germany, stage magician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1820 | * | Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1828 | * | Calvin Edward Pratt Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1896, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1830 | * | Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet French General /minister of War (1899-1900), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1832 | * | Édouard Manet, France, Impressionist painter (Déjeuner sur L'Herbe), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1833 | * | John Randolph Chambliss Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1840 | * | Ernst Abbe Germany, physicist (formulated diffraction theory, Carl Zeiss Optics Company), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1843 | * | Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1857 | * | Andrija Mohorovicic Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | David Hilbert Konigsberg East Prussia, mathematician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | Benjamin Delmonte theater director/actor (Black Haired Whore), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | Herbert Bedford composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | Sergius, Russian Patriarch of Moscow, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1868 | * | Juventino Rosas composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1869 | * | Carlo Felice Boghen composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1869 | * | Herbert David Croly US author (Promise of American Life), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1878 | * | Oton Zupancic Slovenian poet (Zimzelen pod Snegom), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1878 | * | Rutland Boughton composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1884 | * | Ralph De Palma, American race car driver, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1885 | * | Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | Miklós Kállay premier Hungary (1942-44), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1888 | * | Gilbert Ledward British sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Franklin Pangborn Newark, actor (My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Prosper Arents Flemish bibliographer (Rubens-bibliography), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Antonio Gramsci Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Frank Carlson (Governor/Republican/Senator-R-KS), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Remy Angenot Flemish actor (Patriot/Idiot), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Charlotte grand duchess of Luxembourg (1919-64), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | | Subhas Chandra Bose Indian politician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Amanda Berry Smith famous African, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Sergei Eisenstein Russia, film maker (Battleship Potemkin), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Randolph Scott (Crane) actor: Last of the Mohicans, The Nevadan, Ride the High Country, To the Shores of Tripoli, Man in the Saddle, Go West Young Man, Bombardier; is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Humphrey (DeForest) Bogart Academy Award-winning actor: The African Queen [1951]; The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, The Caine Mutiny, The Barefoot Contessa, Tokyo Joe, Key Largo, Action in the North Atlantic, High Sierra [over 50 films]; is born in New York NY. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1899 | * | Joseph Nathan Kane historian (Famous Firsts) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Mary Philips CT, actress (Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Ralph Graves Cleveland OH, actor (Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | | Benno Stokvis Dutch attorney/politician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Benny Waters saxophonist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Randolph Scott (Crane), actor (Last of the Mohicans, Western Union), is born. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1904 | * | Theodor Schaefer composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | David Newell Missouri, actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Konstanty I Galczynski Polish poet (Zielona Ges), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Bob Steele Pendleton OR, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Dan Duryea White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Hediki Yukawa Japan, physicist (Nobel 1949), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Hubert Nicholson poet/novelist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Pak Saleman Siswowitono Javan/Surinamese writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Norman Fulton composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Django Reinhardt Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Dan Smith harmonica player/gospel singer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Ank van der Moer actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Napoleon L Bonaparte French pretender to the throne, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | (US Supreme Court Justice) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1958 to 1981, Potter Stewart, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1915 | * | Herma Bauma Austria, javelin thrower (Olympics-gold-1948), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | David Douglas Duncan photojournalist; author: The World of Allah, Viva Picasso, This Is War! : A Photo Narrative of the Korean War, Picasso Paints a Portrait, Great treasures of the Kremlin, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1918 | * | Gertrude Belle Elion New York City NY, biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel 1988), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Ernie Kovacs Trenton NJ, comedian (Ernie Kovacs' Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Bob Paisley English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Nina Dumbadze USSR, Discus thrower (Olympics-bronze-1952), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Erbet Pawel biographer (Kafka), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Ray Abrams jazz/be-bop tenor saxophonist, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1923 | * | Florence Halop Queens, actress (Florence-Night Court, St Elsewhere), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Horace Ashenfelter US, 3000m steeplechase (Olympics-gold-1952), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Walter M[ichael] Miller Jr US, sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Frank R Lautenberg (Senator-D-NJ, 1983- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Marty Paich Oakland CA, orchestra leader (Sonny & Cher, Glenn Campbell), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Eugene Monti Italy, bobsledder (Olympics-2 golds-1968), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Jeanne Moreau Paris France, actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Kees [Cornelis] Broekman Dutch speed skater (Olympics-silver-1952), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Ken Errair singer, musician: group: The Four Freshmen, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1929 | * | John Polanyi Berlin, Canadian chemist (Nobel 1986), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Derek Walcott St Lucia, poet/writer (Omeros, Nobel 1992), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Ken Errair singer (Four Freshmen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | William Reid Pogue Okemah OK, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Skylab 4), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Bud Shuster (Representative-R-PA, 1973- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Arlene Golonka Chicago IL, actress (Millie-Mayberry RFD), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Chita Rivera Washington DC, actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Joel Spiegelman composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Lou Antonio Oklahoma City OK, actor (Barney-Snoop Sisters, Makin' It), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Joey (John Joseph) Amalfitano baseball: NY Giants, SF Giants, Houston Colt .45’s, Chicago Cubs; manager: Chicago Cubs, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1936 | * | Jerry Kramer Green Bay Packer, author (Instant Replay), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Anatoly Marchenko Siberia, Soviet dissident, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Eugene Church singer: How Long, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Arlene Golonka Chicago IL, actress (Millie-Mayberry RFD), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Johnny Russell country singer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Ivan Ivanovich Bachurin cosmonaut, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Willy Bogner Jr Munich Germany, director (On Her Majesty's Secret Service), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Gil Gerard Little Rock AR, actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | William E "Bill" Gibb Scottish fashion designer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Sergey Belov USSR, basketball player (Olympics-gold-1972), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Jerry Lawson US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Marty Russo (Representative-D-IL, 1975- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Rutger Hauer Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Dr. Laura Schlessinger, radio personality, is born. | Ref: 63 |
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| 1947 | * | Thomas R Carper (Representative-D-DE, 1983- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Anita Pointer Oakland, rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Robert D Cabana Minneapolis MN, Major USMC/astronaut (STS 41, 53, 68, 88), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Patrick Simmons guitarist/vocal (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Richard Dean Anderson Minneapolis MN, actor (MacGyver, Emerald Point NAS), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | William Cunningham rock bassist/pianist (Box Tops-Letter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Danny Federici rocker (E Street Band), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Richard Gilliland Fort Worth TX, actor (Jonesy-Waltons, Tom-Heartland), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Margaret Johnson Bailes Bronx NY, 4X100 runner (Olympics-gold-1968), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Michael Matz equestrian show jumper (Olympics-silver-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Robin Zander rocker vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick-Dream Police), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Pat Haden Westbury NY, NFL quarterback (Los Angeles Rams), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Edward Ka-spel English singer/songwriter (Legendary Pink Dots), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Franco De Vita Caracas Venezuela, Spanish singer (Extranjero), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Rick Finch rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Reginald Calloway trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Alexander O'Neal R&B singer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Daughter of Prince Ranier and Princess Grace of Monaco, Princess Caroline of Monaco is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | Earl Falconer musician: bass: group: UB40: Food for Thought, If It Happens Again, Red Red Wine, Don’t Break My Heart, Sing Our Own Song, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | Lorraine Michaels Canterbury England, playmate (April 1981), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Tyrone Power Jr, Los Angeles CA, actor (Shag), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Earl Falconer British reggae bassist (UB40-Red Red Wine), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Misha Mck East Orange NJ, actress (Gerri-Me & Mrs C), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Trey Junkin tight end (Arizona Cardinals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Gail O'Grady Detroit MI, actress (Hitman, Nobody's Perfect, NYPD Blue), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Hakeem Olajuwon NBA center (Houston Rockets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Rocco Romano CFL guard (Calgary Stampeders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Mariska Hargitay Los Angeles CA, actress (Jesse Smith-Downtown), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Frank Winters NFL center (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl XXXI), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Tim Berrett Tunbridge Wells England, Canadian 20k walker (Olympics-14-92, 96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Haywoode Workman NBA guard (Indiana Pacers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Mike Brim NFL cornerback (Cincinnati Bengals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Scott Fortune Newport Beach CA, volleyballer (Olympics-G-88,B-92, 96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Naim Suleymanoglu Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter (Olympics-gold-1988), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Christine Parris-Washington Truro Nova Scotia, softball (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Eric Metcalf NFL receiver/running back (Atlanta Falcons, San Diego Chargers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Lubomir Kolnik Skalica Czechoslovakia, hockey forward (Team Slovakia, Espoo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Petr Korda Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis star (1993 Doubles-Cincinnati OH), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Todd Scott NFL safety (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Brendan Shanahan Mimico Ontario, NHL left wing (Whalers, Red Wings), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Eric Carter CFL cornerback (Hamilton Tiger Cats), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Alan Embree Vancouver WA, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Jim Schwantz NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Mark Wohlers Holyoke MA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Marquel Fleetwood WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Richard Smehlik Ostrava Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres, Olympics-Gold-98), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Sherman Obando Changuinola Panama, outfielder (Montréal Expos), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | James Logan WLAF linebacker (Scotland Claymores), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Julie Foudy San Diego CA, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Kevin Mawae NFL center/guard (Seattle Seahawks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Mark Grimmette Ann Arbor MI, doubles luger (Olympics-1994), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Anthony Peterson NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Gary Harrell NFL/WLAF receiver (New York Giants, Frankfurt Galaxy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Kez McCorvey NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Tanya Harding Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Mark Kolesar Minnesota, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Tiffani-Amber Theissen Long Beach CA, actress (Saved by Bell, 90210), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Kevin Alexander NFL wide receiver (New York Giants), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Byron Hanspard NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Phil Boudreault Copper Cliff Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Theresa Kulikowski Tacoma WA, gymnast (World-bronze-95, Olympics-96) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1002 | * | Otto III German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1356 | * | Margaretha of Bavaria Empress of Germany, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1516 | * | Ferdinand II king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1548 | * | Bernardo Pisano composer, dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1553 | * | An earthquate kills 830,000 in Shansi, China. | Ref: 85 |
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| 1556 | * | Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shansi Province, China. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1570 | * | Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1622 | * | William Baffin British explorer, dies at about 38. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1639 | * | Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis Peruvian poet, burned at stake. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1648 | * | Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 40. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1708 | * | Thomas Bullis composer, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1744 | * | Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher, dies at age 75. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1789 | * | John Cleland, British author of "Fanny Hill", dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1800 | * | (Declaration of Independence) Edward Rutledge, US attorney, signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 50. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1805 | * | Vaclav Pichl composer, dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1806 | * | William Pitt the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783-1806), dies at 46. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1813 | * | (Declaration of Independence) George Clymer, US merchant, signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at age 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1814 | * | Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf composer, dies at 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1837 | * | John Field composer, dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1838 | * | Arnold A Buyskes Dutch Vice-Admiral/colonial director, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1845 | * | Francesco Ruggi composer, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1856 | * | Steamer Pacific lost. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Michele Puccini composer, dies at 50. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | 173 Blackfoot Indians (140 women & children) killed in Montana by US Army. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1875 | * | Charles Kingsley, English Anglican clergyman, teacher and writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Adolf Jensen composer, dies at 42. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Gustave Doré French illustrator, dies at 51. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Boudouin prince of Belgium/count of Flanders, dies at 21. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Phillips Brooks lyricist: O Little Town of Bethlehem; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1893 | * | José Zorrilla y Moral Spanish poet (Granada), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | W A Remy composer, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Edward Alexander MacDowell US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | * | Nazim Pasha Turkey's PM assassinated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Wlasyslaw Zelenski composer, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Max Nordau, Hungarian-French physician, writer, and Jewish nationalist, dies at age 73. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1926 | * | Désiré J Mercier Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Joseph Carl Breil composer, dies at 55. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Anna Pavlova Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies at age 49. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1932 | * | El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Dame Clara Butt alto singer (Country of Hope & Glory), dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Matthias Sindelar Austria soccer star, commits suicide. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Dobri Khristov composer, dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Alexander Woollcott, American author/critic, dies at age 56 from a fatal heart attack during a live broadcast of "The People's Platform" on CBS-Radio. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1944 | * | Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Helmuth J Moltke German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Feliks Nowowiejski composer, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | | Matteo Giulio Bartoli linguist, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Pierre Bonnard, French painter, dies at age 79. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1956 | * | Sir Alexander Korda, Hungarian-born English film director and producer, dies at age 62. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1957 | * | Willie Edwards US black, murdered by KKK at 25. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Louis Horst, American pianist/composer, dies at age 80. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1966 | * | Jo van Ammers-Küller Dutch playwright (Opstandigen), dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Jaroslav Kricka composer, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | (Edward) Kid Ory, US musician, exponent of New Orleans jazz, dies. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1975 | * | Karel Paul van der Mandele director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Paul Robeson singer: Ol’ Man River; actor: The Emperor Jones, Show Boat, Othello, Porgy and Bess, The Hairy Ape, King Solomon’s Mines, Song of Freedom; dies in Philadelphia at age 77. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1976 | * | Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | (Bernard) Toots Shor restaurateur, barkeep; dies at age 73. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1978 | * | Vic Ames (Urick) singer: group: The Ames Brothers: You, You, You are the One, Rag Mop, Sentimental Me, Undecided, You, You, You, The Man with the Banjo, The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane, Tammy, Melodie d’Amour; is killed in a car crash. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1981 | * | Bobby Sherwood orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Samuel Barber US composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Hope Hampton actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Samuel Gardner composer, dies at 92. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | James Beard US, culinary expert/author (Delights & Prejudices), dies. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1986 | | Joseph Beuys West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Salvadore (Felipe Jacinto) Dalí (y Domenech) surrealist artist, dies in his native Spain at age 84. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1989 | * | (Scottsboro Boys) Clarence Norris, the last surviving Scottsboro boy, dies at age 76. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1990 | * | Allen Collins musician: guitar: group: Lynyrd Skynyrd: Freebird, Sweet Home AL; dies of respiratory failure due to a 1986 car crash which killed his girfriend and left him paralyzed. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1990 | * | Mariano Rumor Italy's PM (1968-70, 73-1974), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Freddie Bartholomew (Frederick Llewellyn March), child actor (Kidnapped), dies of emphysema at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Ian Wolfe actor (Houdini, THX-1138, Homebodies), dies at 95. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | | Simon Brand South African banker/adviser to President De Klerk, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Dudley Stevens entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Thomas A Dorsey jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | | Nikolai Ogarkov Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Oliver Smith US set designer (Guys & Dolls-7 Tony Awards), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Sherry Mathis actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at 44. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Suzanne M Blum French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Harold Collett Dent journalist/educationist, dies at 100. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Ken Hill playwright/director, dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Michael Whalley Wickham artist, dies at 91. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke playwright, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Norman MacCaig poet, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | John Mackin programmer, dies at 36. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Shirley Carter Burden patrician, dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Charles Craig opera singer, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | David Waller actor (Lady Jane, Perfect Friday, Hannay), dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Jeremy Stephen Maas writer/art dealer, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Laura "Dinky" Patterson dies during bungee jump at Super Bowl rehearsal at 43. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Randy Greenawalt convicted killer, executed by injection at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Richard Berry lyricist (Louie Louie), dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Roger John Tayler astrophysicist, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | Hilla Limann President of Ghana in (1979-81), dies | Ref: 5 |
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| 2001 | * | Lou Levy pianist: band: Supersax; recorded with Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson, Anita O’Day; dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2003 | * | Actress Nell Carter dies in her Beverly Hills home at age 54. (NY Times, p C19, 1/24/2003) | |
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| 2004 | * | Ann Miller, dancer/actress, dies of lung cancer at age 81 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. (XDG, p 3A, 1/23/2004) | Ref: 83 |
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