| 553 | * | 2nd Council of Constantinople (5th ecumenical council) opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1430 | * | Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1640 | * | English Short Parliament unites. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1665 | | Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1749 | * | Pope Benedict XIV proclaims 1750 a Year" [?]. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1762 | | Russia & Prussia sign peace treaty. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1764 | * | Smolny-institution forms in St Petersburg for noble girls. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1775 | * | Benjamin Franklin lands in Philadelpha with is grandson, William, returning from Britain after a failed attempt to negotiate a settlement with Britain prior to the American Revolution. (Ref: Smithsonian Magazine, p 82, 8/2003) | |
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| 1780 | | 2nd oldest learned society in US (American Academy of Arts & Sciences) forms (Boston). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1797 | * | Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1805 | * | Aaron Burr Burr arrives in Marietta, Ohio. Fourteen miles south of Marietta, Burr lands on Blennerhassett Island. He dines and stays with the Blennerhassetts until 11 o'clock, then continues on his voyage. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1809 | * | Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1816 | * | American Bible Society organized (New York). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1834 | * | The first mainland railway line opens in Belgium. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1835 | * | King Leopold opens Brussels-Mechelen railway. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1842 | * | City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1847 | * | The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1854 | * | English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1855 | * | NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | | Giuseppe Garibaldi and the Thousand Redshirts sail for Sicily. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1865 | * | A disabled train en route from St Louis MO to Cincinnati OH is looted at North Bend OH. This is the first robbery of a disabled train. | Ref: 39 |
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| 1865 | * | The 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1870 | * | Australian bushranger and folk hero Edward "Ned" Kelly, aged fifteen, was arrested for "highway robbery under arms". He was an accomplice to the "polite" bushranger, Harry Powers. Ref | |
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| 1874 | * | Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1881 | * | Anit-Jewish rioting in Kiev Ukraine. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1886 | * | A bomb explodes on the fourth day of a workers' strike in Chicago. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1892 | * | Congress passed the Geary Chinese Exclusion Act, which required Chinese in the United States to be registered or face deportation. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1893 | * | The worst economic crisis in US history (to that time) happened on this day. Stock prices plummeted, major railroads went into receivership, 15,000 businesses went bankrupt and 15 to 20 percent of the work force was unemployed. Within seven months, over 600 banks had closed. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1901 | * | The first Catholic mass for night workers was held at the Church of St. Andrew in NY City. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1905 | * | Robert S Abbott published first issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Great White Fleet arrives in San Fransisco. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | | The first issue of Soviet Communist Party paper Pravda was published | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Eugene Jacques Bullard becomes the first African-American aviator when he earns a flying certificate with the French Air Service. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1920 | | German-Latvian peace treaty signed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | US President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Sacco and Vanzetti take the streetcar to West Bridgewater and meet Buda and Orciani at the garage. Finding the garage locked, the four go to the house of the owner, Simon Johnson, who advises Boda not to take the car because the license plates had expired. Meanwhile, his wife telephones the police. Boda and Orciani ride off on Orciani's motorcycle while Sacco and Vanzetti walk to the streetcar to return home. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1920 | * | At 10:00 P.M. as the streetcar pulls into Brockton, a policeman boards and arrests Sacco and Vanzetti as "suspicious characters". Both men are armed. Vanzetti is found to have shotgun shells, leading to the authorities' belief that he was the "shotgun" bandit at Bridgewater. Sacco and Vanzetti lie to police about their politics, their guns, why they were in Bridgewater, and deny knowing Coacci and Buda. They repeat these lies to the District Attorney. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1921 | | Miniature newspaper published (Brighton Gazette 10 x 13 cm). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | First ranger for Cleveland Metroparks hired. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Unions terminate Twentse textile strike. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | High school biology teacher John T. Scopes, 24, was arrested for teaching the theory of evolution in his Dayton, TN classroom. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | | Gandhi freed from prison. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Belgian Government of Spaak resigns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | First air squadron of jets aboard a carrier. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | | Council of Europe established. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Military coup by General Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | | Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Adolf Schärf elected President of Austria. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Separatists riot in Québec. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | A siege at the Iranian embassy in London ended as British commandos and police stormed the building. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Hall of Fame & Museum announced to be built in Cleveland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | The congressional Iran-Contra hearings opened | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Eugene Antonio Marino, 53, became the first black Roman Catholic Bishop in the United States. He was installed as the archbishop of Atlanta GA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1991 | * | President Bush continued to experience an irregular heartbeat, one day after he was taken to Bethesda Naval Hospital because of fatigue and shortness of breath. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1994 | * | Four strokes with a cane on the buttocks was the punishment for Michael Fay. Fay, an American teenager, was charged along with eight others for vandalism in Singapore. Fay's original sentence was four months in jail, a large fine and six caning strokes. With the enormous amount of media coverage in the United States and the intervention of US President Clinton, this was reduced to approximately 3 months in jail, and four strokes. Although, in the US, this is considered unusual and harsh punishment for vandalism, US public support for the whacking was overwhelming (running 90% in Fay's home town of Dayton, Ohio). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1994 | * | Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | | Israel and the Palestinians began the final stage of their peace talks in Taba, Egypt. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1996 | * | The FBI released preliminary figures showing that serious crimes reported to police fell for the fourth straight year in 1995. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1996 | * | Renette Cruz, Vancouver British Columbia, wins Miss Canadian Universe. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2000 | * | The Labor Department reported the nation's unemployment rate had hit a 30-year low of three-point-nine percent in April 2000, with blacks and Hispanics recording the lowest jobless rates in history. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2000 | | Reformers swept Iran's run-off elections, winning control of the legislature from conservatives for the first time since the 1979 Islamic revolution. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2000 | * | Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and our Sun and moon line up on one side of the earth. | Ref: 10 |
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| 2002 | * | French President Jacques Chirac was re-elected in a landslide victory over extreme-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1494 | * | Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica, which he names Santa Gloria. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1809 | * | Mary Kies of South Killingly, CT becomes the first woman granted a patent. She was granted a patent for the rights to a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1930 | * | Amy Johnson begins first solo flight by a woman from U.K. to Australia in the Gypsy Moth "Jason.” | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Edward Ravenscroft of Glencoe, IL receives a patent for the screw-on bottle cap with the pour lip. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight in a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Go to article.) | Ref: 70 |
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| 1979 | * | Voyager 1 passes Jupiter. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1999 | * | Windows 98 Second Edition released. | Ref: 80 |
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| 1382 | | Battle of Beverhoutsveld near Brugge, population beats drunken army. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1646 | * | King Charles I surrenders at Scotland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1814 | * | British attack the American forces at Ft. Ontario, Oswego, NY. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1861 | * | Alexandria VA CS troops abandon city. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | | Mexican forces loyal to Benito Juarez defeat troops sent by Napoleon III in the Battle of Puebla. Cinco de Mayo. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1862 | * | Union and Confederate forces clash at the Battle of Williamsburg, part of the Peninsula Campaign. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1863 | * | Battle of Tupelo MS. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Battle of Wilderness VA (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Battle between Confederate & Union ships at mouth of Roanoke. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Alexander Hays US Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | John Marshall Jones Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 43. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Leroy A Stafford US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 42. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | | Battle of Pueblo; Mexicans defeat Maximilian's forces (Cinco de Mayo). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | German U-20 sinks Earl of Lathom. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | | Polish troops occupy Kiev. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Japan & China sign a peace treaty. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Norwegian Government in exile forms in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Adolf Hitler visits the Bismarck together with Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Admiral Lütjens, and other personalities. He stays aboard for five hours. | |
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| 1941 | * | Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | 2 Fokker's employees flee Nazi occupied Netherlands to England. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | US begins rationing sugar during WWII. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Submarine U-106 torpedoes and sinks Canadian passenger freighter Lady Drake north of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean. Of the 272 people on board, 6 crew and 6 passengers die. | |
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| 1942 | * | Japanese prepare to invade Midway and the Aleutian Islands. | |
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| 1942 | * | British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | General Joseph Stilwell learns that the Japanese have cut his railway out of China and is forced to lead his troops into India. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1944 | * | Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Holland and Denmark are liberated from Nazi control. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1945 | * | Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | General J Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | German General Johannes Blaskowitz surrenders the troops of the 25th German Army in Netherlands to Lieut.-General Charles Foulkes, GOC 1st Canadian Corps., in Wageningen. A cease fire declared on the Western Front. | |
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| 1945 | * | In the only fatal attack of its kind during World War II, a Japanese balloon bomb exploded on Gearhart Mountain in Oregon, killing the pregnant wife of a minister and five children. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1965 | * | First large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | US Air Force planes hit Nhi Ha, South Vietnam in support of attacking infantrymen. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1994 | | North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1863 | * | Joe Coburn Kos Mike McCoole for US boxing title in 63rd round in Charleston MD. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Red Sox pitcher Cy Young tosses the first perfect game in the AL defeating Rube Waddell and the Philadelphia A's, 3-0. It is the first perfect game in the majors since 1893 when the distance between the mound and plate was changed from 45 feet to 60 feet, six inches. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1908 | * | 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens on Stone Street wins in 2:15.2. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | 5th modern Olympic games opens in Stockholm Sweden. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Brown's hurler Ernie Koob no-hits Ed Cicotte and the White Sox, 1-0 thanks to a scorer's decision turning Buck Weaver's first inning questionable hit into an error. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1917 | * | 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Construction begins on Yankee Stadium (Bronx). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Ty Cobb goes 6-for-6 with 16 total bases, as the Tigers defeat the Browns, 14-8. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1925 | * | Yankee shortstop Everett Scott's record-setting consecutive game streak ends at 1,307 as Yankee skipper Miller Huggins replaces him with Pee Wee Wanninger. Ironically Lou Gehrig will start his streak on June 1 when he pinch-hits for Wanninger. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1926 | * | Geldrop soccer team forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | The Red Sox trade Red Ruffing to the Yankees for Cedric Durst. The deal enables Boston to sell Tom Zachary to the Braves for the waiver price. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1934 | * | 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Jessie Owens of the US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8¼". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are National League records off one hurler in a single inning. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Tiger 2nd baseman Charlie Gehringer selected to Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Although he beats the White Sox, 4-3, Vic Raschi balks four times as the Yankee pitcher is unable to adjust to the new rule which requires a pitcher to come to a rest for a full second. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1951 | * | 77th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Count Turf wins in 2:02.6. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Ron Necciai of Pittsburgh Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits the Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Dodger rookie hurler Tommy Lasorda, making his major league debut, ties a record by throwing three wild pitches in the first inning of a 4-3 victory over the Cardinals. The future Dodger Hall of Fame skipper doesn't get the decision and will end his playing days after the 1956 season with a lifetime record of 0-4. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1956 | | World championships of judo are first held, in Tokyo. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | 82nd Kentucky Derby: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:03.4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | The first runner to break the four-minute mile within the United States was Jim Bailey and he did it on this day. He was clocked at a speedy 3:58.6 in Los Angeles, CA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | * | Broekster Boys soccer team forms in Damwoude. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Los Angeles Angel Bo Belinsky no-hits Baltimore Orioles, 2-0. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | 88th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Decidedly wins in 2:00.4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Willie Mays hit home run number 512th of his career. The San Francisco Giants' superstar broke Mel Ott's record and became the greatest home run hitter in the National League to that time. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1966 | * | Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Carol Mann wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | 23rd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | 99th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding He stole 30 bases, & scored 33 runs). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | When he singles off of Expo pitcher Steve Rogers, Pete Rose becomes the 13th member of the 3000 hit club. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1979 | * | 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | For pushing his glove in the face of umpire Gerry Crawford, Pirate Bill Madlock is suspended for 15 days and fined $5,000 by NL president Chub Feeney . | Ref: 1 |
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| 1981 | * | 16th & final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 4-1, hold 8-7-1 edge. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 0. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | The first husband and wife team to win a major marathon, Ken and Lisa Maratin, won over $50,000 for their first-place finishes in the Pittsburgh Marathon. Interesting also, because they had never run in the same race before. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1987 | * | Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in American League, but go on to win the American League East. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | | ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Thirty-four years after Don Zimmer played third base in the franchise's first game, Edgardo Alfonzo becomes the 100th player to cover the 'hot corner' in Mets history. Howard Johnson played the most games at the position appearing in 835 games over a span of 8 seasons. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1996 | * | Karrie Webb wins LPGA Sprint Titleholders Golf Championship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1999 | * | Beating the Cubs 13-6, the Rockies become only the third team in the 1900's to score a run in every inning. The Cardinals also did it against the Cubs in 1964 and Giants scored in every frame against the Phillies in 1923. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | Former Dodger skipper Tommy Lasorda is named manager of the United States' Olympic baseball team. The Hall of Fame pilot won four NL pennants and two World Series titles with Los Angeles. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | Cardinal first baseman Mark McGwire hits the longest home run in the 30-year history of Riverfront/Cinergy Field, but the 473-foot shot isn't enough as Ken Griffey Jr.'s homer leads the Reds past St. Louis, 3-2. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2000 | * | For the first time in team history, the Rangers overcome an eight-run deficit beating the A's, 17-16. The teams tie (Red Sox and A's June 29, 1950) an American League record as 18 players score, including every starter. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1726 | * | Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opéra of Paris France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Carnegie Hall, originally named just "Music Hall", opens in New York City with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1900 | | The Billboard, a magazine for the music and entertainment industries, began weekly publication after six years as a monthly. The name was later shortened to Billboard. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1926 | * | Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Dmitri Shostakovich's first Symphony, premieres in Berlin. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | | The radio program, Rhythm at Eight, made its debut. The star of the show was 24-year-old Ethel Merman. Though Merman would become a legend years later, she didn't fare so well on radio. Her show was taken off the air after 13 weeks and Miss Merman returned to her first love, Broadway. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco CA (ABC) begins broadcasting. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | "Out of This World" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 157 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Pulitzer prize awarded to Herman Wouk (Caine Mutiny). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | The musical, Damn Yankees, opened in New York City for a successful run of 1,019 performances. The show at the 42nd Street Theatre mixed both baseball and ballet. It is an adaptation of the book, The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant. Gwen Verdon starred in the role of Lola. Whatever Lola wants Lola gets including the Tony for Best Actress in a musical for her performance. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | "West Side Story" soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 5 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | 56,800 fans paid $309,000 to see Led Zeppelin at Tampa Stadium. This was the largest, paid crowd ever assembled in the US to see a single musical act. The concert topped The Beatles 55,000-person audience at Shea Stadium in NY ($301,000). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1975 | * | Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | | Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Paul Hogan & Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1352 | * | Ruprecht Roman catholic German king, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1557 | * | Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1635 | * | Philippe Quinault French playwright (L'amant indiscret), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1657 | * | Jacques Danican Philidor composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1680 | * | Giuseppe Porsile composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1715 | * | Daniel Dal Barba composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1747 | * | Leopold II, Holy Roman emperor (1790-92), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1749 | * | Jean-Frederic Edelmann composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1800 | * | Louis Hachette French publisher (Librairie Hachette), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1804 | * | Jacob Kats Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1809 | * | Frederick Barnard, American president of Columbia College (1864-1889), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1813 | * | Søren Kierkegaard, Denmark, philosopher (founded Existentialism), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1815 | * | Eugène-Marin Labiche French playwright, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1815 | * | Birth of New England musical artist Ithamar Conkey. In addition to being a well-known church organist and bass soloist, Conkey also penned the hymn tune RATHBUN, to which we sing today, "In the Cross of Christ I Glory." | Ref: 5 |
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| 1817 | * | George Washington Julian MC (Union), died in 1899, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1818 | * | Karl Marx socialist writer: Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto; founder of communism, is born in Prussia. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1819 | * | Stanislaw Moniuszko Polish composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1823 | * | James Allen Hardie Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1876, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1826 | * | Eugénie M de Montijo y de Guzman Empress of France, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1830 | * | John B. Stetson, American hat maker, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1832 | * | Hubert Howe Bancroft, American historian of the American West, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1833 | * | Ferdinand von Richthofen German geographer/explorer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1835 | * | Leopold II Belgian crown prince, baptized, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1842 | * | Johann Nepomuk Fuchs composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1846 | * | Henryk Sienkiewicz Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1846 | * | Federico Chueca Madrid Spain, composer (La Gran Via), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1848 | * | Adalbert von Goldschmidt composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1849 | * | Hambletonian Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1854 | * | Antonio Smareglia composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1861 | * | Peter Cooper Hewitt, electrical engineer, inventor of the mercury-vapor lamp, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1862 | * | Max Elskamp Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1863 | | Frederik A Stoett linguist (Dutch Proverbs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Nellie Bly, the American newspaper writer who challenged herself in an around-the-world race, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1865 | * | Felicjan Szopski composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | Nelly Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) is born. She was a courageous journalist, writing about taboo subjects of her time: divorce, poverty, capital punishment, insanity; women's rights advocate. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1867 | * | Thomas Tertius Noble composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1869 | * | Hans Erich Pfitzner Moscow Russia, composer (Krakquer Begrüs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1871 | * | Alberto Cametti composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | | Symon Petlyura leader Ukraine (pogroms), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Charles Albert "Chief" Bender only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Leopold Samuel composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Petar Konjovic composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1884 | * | Wang Tjing-Wei premier China (1932-35), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1885 | * | Henri Velge first chairman (Belgian Council of State), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1886 | * | Manuel Borguno composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth archbishop of Canterbury, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | Estelle Hemsley Boston MA, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Christopher Morley, American novelist (Kitty Foyle), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1892 | * | Dorothy Garrod, English archaeologist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1894 | * | Kit Guard Denmark, actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Freeman Gosden, Richmond VA, radio actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Charles Jewtraw US, 500 meter speed skater (Olympics-gold-1924), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Actor Spencer (Bonaventure) Tracy is born in Milwaukee WI. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1900 | * | Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Mervyn A Ellison British astronomer (spectrohelioscope), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | James Beard US, culinary expert/author (Delights & Prejudices), is born. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1904 | * | Sir Gordon Richards, British jockey (winner of 4,870 races), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Arnold Meijer Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | | Robert Houben Belgian CVP-minister of Public health (1958), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Ursula Jeans Simla India, actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Benny Baker St Joseph MO, actor (18 Again, Sting II, Thunderbirds), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Kenneth Muir English scholar, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Yoritsune Matsudaira composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Rex [Reginald Carey] Harrison Huyton Lancashire England, actor (My Fair Lady, Doctor Dolittle, Cleopatra), is born. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1908 | * | Jacques Massu French general (Algeria), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Miklós Radnóti writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Carlos Baker, biographer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1910 | * | William I Martin US pilot/Vice-Admiral (WWII), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Giles Grangier film director, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr specialist in tropical medicine, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Alice Faye [Ann Jeanne Leppert] New York NY, actress (Barricade, State Fair), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | W Fenton Morley preacher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | * | Duane Carter auto racer: Sprint Car Hall of Famer; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1914 | * | Tyrone Power, Cincinnati OH, actor (Mark of Zorro, Alexander's Ragtime Band), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1915 | * | Alice Faye (Alice Jeanne Leppert) actress: In Old Chicago, Lillian Russell, Rose of Washington Square, Tin Pan Alley, State Fair; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1915 | * | Richard H Rovere Jersey City, journalist (Goldwater Caper), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Mutal' Burkhanov composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Erbie Bowser pianist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | George London Montréal Canada, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | Tony Canadeo Chicago IL, NFL hall of fame halfback (Green Bay Packers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | John Hidalgo Moya architect/designer (Skylon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Sonja Oosterman Dutch singer (Marketensters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Arthur L. Schawlow, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1981), is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1922 | * | Jay D Miller record producer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Phil Gordon Meridian MS, actor/singer (Jasper-Bev Hillbillies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Godfrey Quigley actor (Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita, Rooney), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Theo Olof German/Netherlands violinist/prodigy/concert master, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Monica Lewis actress (Box Office), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Ann B Davis Schenectady NY, actress (Bob Cummings Show, Brady Bunch), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Art Pollard auto racer: killed during Indianapolis 500 time trials, is born | Ref: 4 |
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| 1927 | * | Charles Rosen New York NY, pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Pat Carroll Shreveport LA, comedienne/actress (Make Room for Daddy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | John S Ragin Newark NJ, actor (Dr Astin-Quincy ME), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Michael James Adams USAF pilot (X-15), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Richard Schaal Chicago IL, actor (Leo-Phyllis, Trapper John MD), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Aurel Stroe composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Will Hutchins Atwater CA, actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | ‘Ace’ Cannon (John Henry Cannon Jr.) saxophonist: Tuff, Blues [Stay Away From Me] | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | * | Jose (Antonio Rodriguez) Pagan baseball: SF Giants [World Series: 1967], Pittsburgh Pirates[World Series: 1971], Philadelphia Phillies, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | * | Douglas Marland West Sand Lake NY, soap opera writer (General Hospital), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Sandy Baron (Sanford Beresofsky) comedian, actor: Leprechaun 2, If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, Motorama, Birdy; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1937 | * | Robert O "Rob" van Gennep Dutch publisher (Guevara, Gorz, Mandèl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Jerzy Skolimowski Warsaw Poland, director (Hands Up, Deep End), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Johnnie Taylor US gospel singer (I Believe in You), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Michael Murphy Los Angeles CA, actor (McCabe & Mrs Miller, Unmarried Woman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | James R Jones (Representative-D-OK, 1973- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Eric Burdon Walker-on-Tyne England, rock singer (Animals-House of Rising Sun, War), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Lance Henriksen New York NY, actor (Aliens, Pumpkinhead, Knights, Hard Target), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Tommy (Vann) Helms baseball: Cincinnati Reds [all-star: 1967, 1968/World Series: 1970], Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | Aleksandr Ragulin USSR, ice hockey play (Olympics-gold-1964, 68, 72), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Howie Komives NBA star (New York Knicks, Buffalo Braves), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Tammy Wynette (Virginia Wynette Pugh) Grammy Award-winning country singer: I Don’t Wanna Play House [1967], Stand By Your Man [1969]; D-I-V-O-R-C-E, Near You, Apartment #9; is born in Redbay AL. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Amy Hill actress (Grandma-Seinfeld, Pauly Shore), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Michael Palin Sheffield Yorkshire England, comedian (Monty Python, Fish Called Wanda), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Roger Rees actor: M.A.N.T.I.S., Cheers, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Charles & Diana: A Palace Divided, If Looks Could Kill, Mountains of the Moon, Star 80, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Jean-Pierre Léaud, Paris France, actor (Detective), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | John Rhys-Davies Salisbury Wiltshire England, actor (Sir Edward-The Quest, Sliders, Lord of the Rings), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Roger Raised English actor (Nicholas Nickleby), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Jiri Svoboda composer (Accumulator 1), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Raphael Spain, Spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Stefania Sandrelli Viareggio Italy, actress (Lie, Conformist, 1900), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Larry (Eugene) Hisle baseball: Philadelphia Phillies, Minnesota Twins [all-star: 1977], Milwaukee Brewers [all-star: 1978], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | John Hummer basketball: Princeton Univ., LA Clippers | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Bill Ward Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Frank Esier-Smith rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Anna Bergman Stockholm Sweden, actress (Agent 69), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Michael Murphy Los Angeles CA, actor (Dr Art Armstrong-2 Marriages), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Maggie MacNeal Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Nick Bebout football: Seattle Seahawks, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1951 | * | Rex Goh rock guitarist (Air Supply), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Louis Cortelezzi rock saxophonist (Mink DeVille), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Billy Burnette Memphis TN, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Angelo Kimball Boston MA, rock guitarist (Face To Face), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Dagmar Wöhrl German Federal Republic, Miss Germany (1977), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | John Greg Adams Scottsdale AZ, PGA golfer (1982 Hall of Fame-2nd), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Peter Erskine jazz drummer (Weather Report), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Melinda Culea Western Springs IL, actress (A-Team, Brotherly Love, Glitter), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Robert Feld Nashville TN, National Scrabble Champion (1990), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Dick Kemper Amsterdam Netherlands, rock vocalist/bassist (Vandenberg), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Lisa Eilbacher, Dharan Saudi Arabia, actress (Beverly Hills Cop, Officer & Gentleman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Thereza Bazaar rocker (Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Ian McCullough rocker (Echo & The Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Hiro Hase wrestler (NJPW), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Gary Daly singer: group: China Crisis: Wishful Thinking, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | Kevin Mooney musician: bass: group: Adam & The Ants: LPs: King’s of the Wild Frontier, Prince Charming, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | Patrick Ewing, basketball great, is born. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1964 | * | Heike Henkel German Federal Republic, world record indoor high jumper (1992), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Lorraine McIntosh British pop singer (Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Ulrich Wilson soccer player (FC Volendam), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Paul Frase NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Mike Stapleton Sarnia, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Brad Baxter NFL fullback (New York Jets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Charles Nagy Fairfield CT, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Craig Hendrickson CFL tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Michael Titley WLAF TE (London Monarchs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Robert David Burns Mission Hills CA, PGA golfer (1994 Buick-5th), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Bryan Ivie Torrance CA, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-bronze-92, 96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Harold Nash CFL halfback (Montréal Alouettes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | LaPhonso Ellis NBA forward (Denver Nuggets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Harold Miner NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Keith Hamilton defensive end (New York Giants), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Ken Brown NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Reggie Jones wide receiver (Kansas City Chiefs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Barrett Brooks NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Brigitta Boccoli Milan Italy, actress (Manhattan Baby), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Janelle Lynn Canady Miss Alaska USA (1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Mikael Renberg Pitea Swe, NHL right wing (Philadelphia Flyers, TB Lightning), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Mike Hollis kicker (Jacksonville Jaguars), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Ron Snook Australian rower (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Rushia Brown WNBA forward/center (Cleveland Rockers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Travis Jervey NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Wendy Kaye Memphis TN, playmate (July 1991), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Zigmund Palffy Skalica Slo, NHL right wing (New York Islanders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Tina Yothers Whittier CA, actress (Jennifer-Family Ties), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Johan Hedberg Nacka Sweden, hockey goalie (Team Sweden, Olympics-1998), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Matt Dubuc CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Muhsin Muhammad wide receiver (Carolina Panthers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Christine Buschur Eagle River AK, Miss America-Alaska (1997), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Sage Stallone Sylvester's son/actor (Rocky V), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Tiffany Roberts Petaluma CA, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Bonnie Lynn Gagnon Miss New Hampshire Teen USA (1997), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Danielle Christine Fishel Mesa AZ, actress (Topanga-Boy Meets World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg NY NY, daughter of Caroline, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 311 | * | Gaius VM Galerius emperor of Rome, dies at about 50. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1028 | * | Alfonso V King of León/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1194 | * | Kazimierz II the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1309 | * | Charles II the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1504 | * | Anton of Burgundy the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1525 | * | Frederik III the Wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1553 | * | Erasmus Alberus German theologist (Barfüsser Mönche), dies at about 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1582 | * | Charlotte de Bourbon Princess of Orange, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1604 | * | Claudio Merulo Italian organist/composer, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1613 | * | Johann Steuerlein composer, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1678 | * | Anna M van Schurman Dutch poet/spoke 10 languages, dies at about 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1702 | * | Jacob Hintze composer, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1705 | * | Leopold I von Hapsburg Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1786 | * | Pedro III King of Portugal, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1801 | * | Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1809 | * | Augustin Pajou, French sculptor and decorator, dies at age 78. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1819 | * | Hawaiian King Kamehameha I dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1821 | * | Napoleon I Bonaparte emperor France (1799-1815), dies in St Helena, most likely of stomach cancer. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1827 | * | Frederik Augustus I Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1831 | * | Friedrich Ludwig Seidel composer, dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1837 | * | Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1840 | * | Gottlob Benedikt Bierey composer, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1840 | * | Matthaus Fischer composer, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1859 | * | Peter G L Dirichlet German mathematician, dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1875 | | Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1885 | * | Lauro Rossi composer, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Jan Nepomuk Skroup composer, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Bret Harte writer, dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Pauline Staegeman German feminist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Alfred H Fried Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Charles Boissevain editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Rene Lalique, French jeweler and important figure in the Art Nouveau movement, dies at age 85. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1945 | * | Guðmundur Jónsson Kamban Icelandic writer (Vi mordere), dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | (date approximated) Martin Bormann, German Nazi party leader, dies at age 44. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1947 | * | Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 & causes $850 million in damage. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Maurice Maeterlinck Belgian playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Eddie Dunn comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Charles R Gallas lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin composer, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Joseph Wm. Kennedy, American scientist; one of four co-discoverers of plutonium, dies at age 40. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1958 | * | James Branch Cabell, American novelist; wrote "Jurgen", dies at age 79. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1960 | * | Sulho Ranta composer, dies at 58. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Heinrich Gebhard composer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Jacobus JP Old architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Albert Dekker dies of accidental suffocation at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Ben Alexander actor (Frank Smith-Dragnet), dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Alice Tissot actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Petro Scaglione Italian procureur-general, killed by Mafia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Reverend Gary David vocalist, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Train collision at Schiedam Netherlands, kills 24. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Thomas Burnett Swann sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | | Ludwig Erhard German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Shirley O'Hara actress (Wild Party), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Edmond Vandercammen Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Irish Republican Army hunger-striker Bobby Sands died at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland in his 66th day without food. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1982 | * | Helmut Dantine actor, dies of a heart attack at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Cal Tjader (Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr.) Grammy Award-winning musician: vibes, piano, percussion; composer: Cast Your Fate to the Winds [1962], La Onda VA Bien [1980]; soundtracks for Peanuts TV cartoons; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1983 | * | John Williams actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Jon William Haussermann Jr composer, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Rui Coelho composer, dies at 94. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | George Rose actor (Devil's Disciple, Hideaways), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | | Tamara Pos, Suriname/Dutch activist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Sir Reginald Goodall, English opera conductor, dies at age 88. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1991 | * | William De Acutis dies at 33. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Jean-Claude Pascal French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Stefano d'Arrigo Siciilian writer, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Ben Frommer dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Dick Yarmy dies of lung cancer at 58. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | | Balak Brahmachari [Marxist Godman], Indies guru, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Irving Howe US writer/critic (Dissent), dies at age 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Lenore Kingston Jenson dies of cancer at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Hein Salomonson architect, dies at about 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Joseph Lichtman Layton, dancer/director/choreographer (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at age 63. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1994 | * | Gilbert Roland (Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso) actor: Barbarosa, Islands in the Stream, Cheyenne Autumn, Treasures of Pancho Villa, Thunder Bay, Captain Kidd, The Cisco Kid series; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1995 | * | Anthony Wagner genealogist, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | | Bernard Benjamin Gillis judge, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Esther Waterhouse doctor/methodist, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | | James Pack naval officer museum curator, dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington engineer, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik world chess champion, dies. (TWA, 1996) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1995 | * | Thomas Eden Binkley musician, dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Ai Qing poet, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Beryl Burton cyclist, dies at 58 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Murray Kempton Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaperman; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2002 | * | Hugo Banzer, former president of Bolivia, a one-time dictator who led his country to democracy, dies at age 75. (XDG, p 8A, 1/01/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2002 | * | Earl Schaffer, the first person to hike all 2160 miles of the Appalachian Trail in one journey (in 1948), dies at age 83. (XDG, p 8A, 1/01/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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