| 756 | * | Abd-al-Rahman is proclaimed emir of Cordoba, Spain. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1004 | * | Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1213 | * | King John submits to the Pope, offering to make England and Ireland papal fiefs; names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury. Pope Innocent III lifts the interdict of 1208. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1248 | * | Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Köln cathedral. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1455 | * | A crusade against the Turks and for the capture of Constantinople was proclaimed by Pope Calixtus III. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1475 | * | Richard, Duke of York becomes youngest Knight of the British Empire at age 2 years 9 months. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1536 | * | Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1567 | * | Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1610 | * | Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1614 | * | An aristocratic uprising in France ends with treaty of St. Menehould. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1648 | | Treaty of Münster: Spain & Netherlands ratified. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1665 | * | Pope Alexander VII convicts Jansenisme. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1672 | * | First copyright law enacted by Massachusetts. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1686 | * | Rev. Robert Ratcliffe arrived in Boston from England, with orders from King Charles II to establish the Anglican Church in Massachusetts. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1730 | * | Following the resignation of Lord Townshend, Robert Walpole becomes the sole minister in the English cabinet. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1765 | * | The Quartering Act becomes law. It requires colonists to provide barracks and supplies for British troops. To Americans this seemed yet another example of taxation without representation. | |
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| 1768 | * | By the Treaty of Versailles, France purchases Corsica from Genoa. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1776 | * | Virginia's delegates to Congress were instructed to propose independence, the first colony to do so. At the same time, the Convention made plans for a new state constitution. | |
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| 1796 | * | France & Sardinia sign Peace treaty of Paris; French troops occupy Milan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1800 | * | King George III survives a 2nd assassination attempt. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1800 | * | Pope Pius VII calls on French bishops to return to Gospel principles. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1820 | * | The US Congress designates the slave trade to a form of piracy. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1829 | * | Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1849 | * | Philadelphia Turngemeinde founded. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1851 | * | Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), crowned. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1856 | * | 2nd San Fransisco Vigilance Committee organized. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | The US Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress on this day. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1867 | * | A site for a Xenia (Ohio) City Hall is selected and approved. (XDG, 10/2/1981) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1868 | * | Dutch Government of Zuylen van Nijevelt falls. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1869 | * | National Woman Suffrage Association forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1882 | * | May Laws-Czar Alexander III bans Jews from living in rural Romania. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | | Italy signs military treaty with Austria-Hungary & Germany. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1885 | * | Canadian Méti insurgent Louis Riel captured, Saskatchewan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | At the close of a two-day denominational conference in Cleveland, Ohio, the Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. It became the foundation of the current United Methodist Youth (UMY) fellowship programs. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Rerum novarum. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | British Central African Protectorate (now Malawi) is established. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | | Operations begin at Philips & Company in Holland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Las Vegas, Nevada was founded | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | U.S. Governors issue Declaration on Conservation | Ref: 62 |
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| 1911 | * | Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | British house of commons accept Parliament Bill. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | A.T.&T. becomes first corporation to have 1 million stockholders. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Regular airmail service between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. began under the direction of the Post Office Department, a forerunner of the United States Postal Service. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1923 | | Cooperation of Dutch Molen forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Ellen Church becomes first airline stewardess, United (San Fransisco to Cheyenne). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quadragesimo anno. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | First voice amplification system to be used in US Senate. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | | Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4 days 16 hours. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | | Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Nylon Day in U.S.;Du Pont causes shopping hysteria and riots when nylon stockings go on sale for the first time. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1943 | * | Warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Beginning of deportation of 14,000 Jews from Munkacs, Hungary to Auschwitz. | Ref: 35 |
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| 1944 | | Sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | (date given as mid-May) Little Boy is ready for combat use, except for the U-235 core. It is estimated sufficient material will be available by 1 August. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1948 | * | 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | AT&T becomes first corporation to have one million stockholders. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | | Vienna Treaty: Britain, France, US & US restores Austria's independence. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Vienna Treaty: Britain, France, US & USSR restores Austria's independence. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | First British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Taxes took 25% of earnings in US. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et Magistra. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigned amid a controversy over his past legal fees. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1970 | * | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Elizabeth Hoisington & Anna Mae Mays named first female US generals. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | | Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer and left paralyzed while campaigning in Laurel, Maryland, for the Democratic presidential nomination. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Ryukyu Island & Daito Island returned to Japan after 27 years of US control. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | James Earl Ray and six others escape from the Bushy Mountain State Prison. They are later recaptured. | Ref: 52 |
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| 1980 | * | Shawn Weatherly, Sumter SC, crowned 29th Miss USA/Miss Universe-1980. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Argentine ex-President Galtieri sentenced to 12 years. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | | Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for first Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right to lifers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Dow Jones average hits a record 2,822.45. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | French President Francois Mitterrand appointed Edith Cresson to be France's first female premier. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1991 | * | Defense releases docs claiming Noriega was "CIA's man in Panama". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Edith Cresson becomes France's first female premier. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Nepal premier Bhattarai resigns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | NY department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Part of Cruger Avenue in Bronx renamed Regis Philbin Avenue. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Treaty on Collective Security: Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan | Ref: 89 |
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| 1992 | * | Colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Vietnam gives U.S. presidential delegation batch of documents on missing Americans, later hailed by Pentagon as most detailed and informative of their kind. | Ref: 41 |
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| 1995 | * | Dow Corning Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing potentially astronomical expenses from liability lawsuits. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1996 | * | Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole announced he was leaving the Senate after 27 years to challenge President Clinton full-time. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1997 | * | Amazon.com goes public; issues 3m shares at $118. Stock opens at $27 closes at $23. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1999 | * | Impeachment vote against Yeltsin fails | Ref: 89 |
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| 2000 | * | By a five-to-four vote, the US Supreme Court threw out a key provision of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, saying that rape victims could not sue their attackers in federal court. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2000 | * | United Press International was sold to the parent company of The Washington Times. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2001 | * | A runaway freight train rolled about 70 miles through Ohio with no one aboard before a railroad employee jumped onto the locomotive and brought it to a stop. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2003 | * | Texas Democrats boarded two buses and returned home after a self-imposed four-day exile in Oklahoma that temporarily succeeded in killing a redistricting plan they opposed. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1602 | * | First caucasian, English Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, sets foot in New England at Cape Cod. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1618 | * | Johannes Kepler discovers his harmonics law. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1718 | * | James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's first machine gun. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1836 | * | Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1854 | * | Asylum for Inebriates is founded in Binghamton NY. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1902 | * | Lyman Gilmore is first person to fly a powered craft. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | First successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | The first British jet "Gloster" makes its inaugural flight. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Building of space travel center at Baikonur Kazachstan begins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | USSR launches Sputnik III. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | L. Gordon Cooper makes his 1d:10:19:49, 22.5 orbit flight in Faith 7. This is the last Mercury mission. (XDG, p 4A, 5/15/2000) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1980 | * | First trans-US balloon crossing. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | First Energiya Launch (USSR). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | STS 84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission | Ref: 5 |
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| 1492 | | Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1525 | * | German Boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1572 | * | Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1702 | * | War of Spanish Succession, first American conflict between England & France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1795 | * | Napoleon enters the Lombardian capital of Milan in triumph. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1817 | | Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority, under T Matulesia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1849 | | Neapolitan troops enter Palermo, Sicily. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1862 | * | The Union ironclad Monitor and the gunboat Galena fire on Confederate troops at the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1862 | * | General Benjamin F Butler issues "Woman's Order" women of New Orleans to be treated as whores as a result of their treatment of Union soldiers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Battle of Princeton WV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | At the Battle of New Market, Virginia Military Institute cadets repel a Union attack. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1864 | * | Battle of Resaca GA (3rd day). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | US Marines land in Santo Domingo to quell civil disorder. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1916 | * | Vimy Ridge gained by British. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1916 | * | Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Gen. Petain succeeds Gen. Nivelle as Commander-in-Chief of French armies. Gen. Foch is appointed Chief of Staff. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1918 | * | Pfc. Henry Johnson and Pfc. Needham Roberts receive the Croix de Guerre for their services in World War I. They are the first Americans to win France's highest military medal. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Greek troops lands at Smyrna. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | German armour division moves into Northern France. French Premier Paul Reynaud phones British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, telling him, "We are defeated!". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Operation Brevity begins (the British counter-attack in Egypt). British attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1941 | * | Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Gasoline rationing went into effect in 17 states, limiting sales to three gallons a week for non-essential vehicles. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrest 2,000 Dutch officers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Halifax bombers sink U-463. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Germans withdraw to the Adolf Hitler Line. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1945 | * | Major Courtney US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | | Hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1962 | * | US marines arrive in Laos. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | 10,000 march on White House to protest Vietnam war. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1968 | * | US Marines relieve army troops in Nhi Ha, South Vietnam after a fourteen-day battle. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1975 | * | The merchant ship Mayaguezis recaptured from Cambodia's Khmer Rouge. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1988 | * | The Soviet Union began withdrawing its 115,000 troops from Afghanistan, more than eight years after Soviet forces had entered the country. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1625 | * | 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vöcklamarkt Upper-Austria. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Baseball's first enclosed park, the Union Grounds, opens in Brooklyn, NY. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1876 | * | 2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38¼. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Stanley Robert Marchant composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard Chant wins in 2:41. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | * | The first shut out in American League history is recorded as the Washington Senators blank the Boston Americans, 4-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1906 | * | NY Giants' George Wiltse strikes out 4 batters in the 5th inning. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlander game & is suspended. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | In an18-inning game, Senator Walter Johnson defeats Lefty Williams, who also pitches the entire game, and the White Sox, 1-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1918 | * | 43rd Preakness (1st Division): Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6. | Ref:77 |
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| 1918 | * | 44th Preakness (2nd Dividion): Charles Peak aboard Jack Hare Jr wins in 1:53.4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1919 | * | After 12 scoreless innings, Cincinnati scores 10 runs in the 13th inning to beat Al Mamaux and the Dodgers, 10-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1920 | * | Soccer team ADO '20 forms in Heemskerk. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | The NY Rangers became the newest franchise to be awarded by the National Hockey League. Two years later, the Rangers won their first Stanley Cup. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1926 | * | 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Pirates beat Phillies 20-5. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | 63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak begins with a single off Edgar Smith in a 13-1 loss vs. Chicago at Yankee Stadium. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1944 | * | In his first start of the season in front of 1,014 fans at Crosley Field, Reds' hurler Clyde Shoun no-hits the Braves, 1-0. Chuck Aleno's only home run of the 1944 season accounts for the run. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1948 | * | 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Tiger Virgil Trucks throws the first of his two hitters this season blanking the Senators, 1-0. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1952 | * | Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | World heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano collected his 44th pro boxing victory on this night, knocking out former champ, Jersey Joe Walcott, at Chicago Stadium in two minutes, 25 seconds of the first round. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1959 | * | The 100th anniversary of the first ever intercollegiate baseball game played is celebrated as the original contest between Amherst & Williams is reenacted. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1960 | * | Don Cardwell no-hits the Cardinals in his Cub debut after being traded from the Phillies. He becomes the first pitcher to keep the opponents hitless in a first start after being traded. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1965 | * | Canadian Football Players Association organizes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | 91st Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | | Igor Vodic beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Invitational. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | First American League game played in Milwaukee, is a 4-2 California win against Chicago. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | South-Africa excluded from Olympic play. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | 97th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Angel fireballer Nolan Ryan no-hits the Royals, 3-0. It is the first of a record seven no-hitters he'll throw during his career including another one in two months. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1975 | * | 11th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 9-4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | 102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Len Barker, the 25-year-old pitching sensation of the Cleveland Indians, became the tenth major-league hurler to toss a perfect game beating the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-0. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1982 | * | 108th Preakness: 16-year-old Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | | Record archery score for a pair over 24 hours, is set. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | US Basketball League cancels its summer schedule. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Jimy Williams is dismissed as Toronto Blue Jays manager, replaced on an interim basis by Cito Gaston. It was the club's first managerial change in franchise history to take place during a season. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1990 | * | Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | England's Queen Elizabeth is President George Bush's guest at the A's-Oriole game played at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1991 | * | The Red Sox and White Sox play contest which lasts 4 hours and 11 minutes setting a new record for slowest game ever played in nine innings. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1991 | * | Paul Molitor becomes the fourth Milwaukee Brewer hitter to hit for the cycle as he does it at Minnesota with all of the hits coming off of Kevin Tapani. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1993 | | Alamodome in San Antonio TX opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Montréal Expos retire their first number, #10 for Rusty Staub. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | 119th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | 40th McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | The Los Angeles Dodgers trade Mike Piazza and Todd Zeile to the Florida Marlins for Gary Sheffield, Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich and Charles Johnson. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1999 | * | 125th Preakness: Chris Antley on Charismatic wins in 1:55.2 | Ref: 5 |
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| 2002 | * | Astros' bench coach Tony Pena is named manager of the Royals replacing interim skipper John Mizerock, who had taken over the reins when Tony Muser was released on April 29. Buck Showalter and Bucky Dent were rumored to be candidates for the position. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1858 | * | Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Jules Massenets opera "Griselde" premieres in Paris France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire" premieres in Paris France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Mickey Mouse first appears in "Plane Crazy", the 1st MM cartoon | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | | Irna Phillips, an NBC Blue network program-features writer, starred in the role of Mother Moran in the radio program, Today’s Children, which was heard for the first time this day. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | * | First radio quiz program in history airs in Canada. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1938 | * | Guy Lombardo and his orchestra recorded Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride, the group’s last side for Victor Records. Lombardo took disc number 25861 and moved the Royal Canadians over to Decca Records to make “the sweetest sound this side of heaven.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | | The first all-local radio network was formed with five radio stations around the Arlington, VA area (just outside of Washington, DC). Airtime on all the stations at the same time cost sponsors $300 an hour. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | | Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | KPUA (now KGMD) TV channel 9 in Hilo HI (CBS) begins broadcasting. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo HI (ABC) begins broadcasting. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | "Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | After five years on Wagon Train, Robert Horton let his performing contract expire and left the popular TV series. Robert Fuller replaced Horton as the trail scout who rode with wagon master Chris Hale, played by actor John McIntire. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1963 | * | Peter, Paul & Mary win their first Grammy (If I Had a Hammer). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | The Smothers Brothers, Dick and Tom, gave their first concert in Carnegie Hall in NY City. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1967 | * | Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is the substitute host. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be" is released in US. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Close to You, the Carpenter’s second album and the one that launched them to meteoric fame, was released by A&M Records. The title song, (They Long to Be) Close to You, became a pop music standard and the first of six million-sellers in a row for Karen and Richard. In all, The Carpenters would have 10 gold records for singles and a dozen top ten hits to their credit. The duo won Best New Artist honors at the Grammy Awards in 1970. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1971 | * | "70, Girls, 70" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 35 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | "Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 6 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Emmy 2nd Daytime Award & Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | "Fonz Song" by Heyettes hits #91. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | "Kentucky Moonrunner" by Cledus Maggard hits #85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | SCTV Network 90, sequel to Second City Television debut on NBC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | "Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Fiction: Prince Michael of Moldavia and Amanda Carrington tied the knot in wedded bliss on the nighttime soap opera, Dynasty. The series was canceled shortly after the wedding and Joan Collins says she hasn’t gotten a letter or anything from the couple. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1988 | * | "Carrie" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 5 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | "Gospel at Colonus" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 61 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | 2nd American Comedy Award: Robin Williams & Tracey Ullman. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right to lifers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | "Chu Chem" closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 44 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | | Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet"sold at Christies NY for record $82.5 million to Tokyo Gallery. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1990 | * | "Cemetery Club" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 56 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Jane Seymour & James Kesch marry. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | | ABC News & Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1565 | * | Henrick de Keyser architect/master builder of Amsterdam, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1567 | * | Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1754 | * | Pierre Dutillieu composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1759 | * | Maria Theresia von Paradis composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1764 | * | Johann Nepomuk Kalcher composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1773 | * | Prince Clemens Von Metternich, Chancellor of Austria, minister of foreign affairs (1809-48), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1791 | | Baron Floris A van Hall Dutch minister of Justice/Finance, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1795 | * | Adolf B Marx German music theorist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1802 | * | Isaac Ridgeway Trimble Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1888, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1807 | * | Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1808 | * | Gottfried Herrmann composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1808 | * | Michael Balfe, Irish singer and composer; wrote "The Bohemian Girl", is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1810 | * | Jacob Thompson (Confederacy), died in 1885, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1813 | * | Stephen Heller composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1816 | * | Birth of Sylvanus Dryden Phelps, U.S. Baptist clergyman and poet. His several writings included the hymn, "Savior, Thy Dying Love." | Ref: 5 |
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| 1817 | * | Debendranath Tagore, Indian Hindu philosopher and religious reformer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1819 | * | Thomas Leonidas Crittenden Major General (Union volunteers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1820 | * | The founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, is born in Florence, Italy. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1830 | * | Laurence Simmons Baker Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1907, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1830 | * | Martinus W van der Aa author/Dutch head-editor (The Time), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1841 | * | Giovanni Bolzoni composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1845 | * | Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, US, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1855 | * | Eduard earl of Keyserling German writer (Dritte Stiege), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1856 | * | Lyman Frank Baum, Chittenango NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1858 | * | Emily Folger, Shakespeare scholar, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1859 | * | Pierre Curie France, physicist (Nobel 1903), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | * | Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, first wife of President Woodrow Wilson, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1862 | * | Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | Albert Verwey Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1871 | * | Welterweight boxing champion "Mysterious" Billy Smith is born in Eastport ME. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1873 | * | Nikolay N Tcherepnin St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1877 | * | 71 Edwin Muir 5/15/1887 1/3/1959 Scottish poet, literary critic and translator | Ref: 70 |
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| 1878 | * | Francisco Pujol composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1880 | * | Otto Dibelius German theologist/bishop (Confessional Church), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | Edwin Muir, Scottish poet, literary critic and translator, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1888 | * | Jean Wahl French philosopher, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Bessie Hillman founder (Almalgamated Clothing Workers of America), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Mitoyo Kawate, of Hiroshima, Japan, is born. In September of 2003 she will become the world's oldest person. (XDG, p 5A, 11/14/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1890 | * | Katherine Anne Porter US, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (Ship of Fools), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Chief Nipo T Strongheart Yakima WA, US Indian actor (Pony Soldier), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | David Vogel Ukraine, author (Huwelijksleven), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Fritz Feigl Austria, chemist (spot tests), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Mikhail Bulgakov Russia, playwright/novelist (Black Snow), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Flyweight boxing champion Jimmy Wilde is born in Tylorstown, Wales. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1893 | * | Michel Gusikoff composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Stanley Lupino English comic (Cheer Up, Over She Goes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Jean Renoir French director (La Béte Humane), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | Charles Lamont San Fransisco CA, director (Abbott & Costello Go to Mars), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Casper Höweler Dutch music critic, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Arlette-Leonie Arletty [Bathiat], Courbevoie France, actress (Maxime) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | William Hume-Rothery, English founder of scientific metallurgy, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1902 | * | Richard Daley, mayor of Chicago through the 1960s and early 1970's, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1903 | * | Anny Ondra Czechoslovakia, actress (Blackmail, Manxman), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Clifton Fadiman, Brooklyn NY, American editor, anthologist, writer, TV host (Information Please, Quiz Kids), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Gustav-Adolf Boltenstein Sweden, equest dressage (Olympics-gold-1952, 56), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Joseph (Cheshire) Cotton actor: Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Duel in the Sun, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Tora Tora Tora, The Philadelphia Story, Once More with Feeling; is born in Petersburg VA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1907 | * | Josef Alexander composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | | Phillip Piratin communist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | James Mason England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Rodolfo Cornejo composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Robert F Wagner (Mayor-D-NYC, 1949-65), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Constance [Halverstadt] Cummings Seattle WA, actress (John & Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Leo Fuchs Polish/US Yiddish actor (Galitzianer Cowboy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Max (Rudolf) Frisch author: Homo Faber, I’m Not Stiller, Juerg Reinhardt; playwright: The Firebugs, Andorra, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1912 | * | Alexis Kagame Rwanda, priest/writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Alexis Nihon Bahamas, wrestler (Olympics-1968), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Arthur Victor Berger New York NY, composer (Ideas of Order), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Walter ‘Turk’ Broda Hockey Hall of Famer: NHL Vezina Trophy [1941, 1948, 1951]: Toronto Maple Leafs, goaltender for five Stanley Cup wins; died Oct 17, 1972 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1914 | * | Jack Pepys immunologist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Pierre Froidebise composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer; ascended Mt. Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1915 | * | Paul A Samuelson economist (1970 Nobel, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Maurice B Latey commentator (BBC World Service), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Bill Williams Brooklyn NY, actor (Starlit Time, Date With the Angels), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Catherine East, American feminist, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1917 | * | Hugh Edward Lance Falkus filmmaker/naturalist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Eddy Arnold Henderson TN, country singer (Cattle Call, Anytime), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1918 | * | Joseph Wiseman Montréal, actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Hugh Henry Home Popham aviator/writer/poet, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Erroll Garner Pittsburgh PA, jazz pianist (Misty), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | | Enrico Berlinguer Italian communist/secretary-general (CPI), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Richard Avedon photographer: famous for his 1960s and ’70s ‘up-against-the-wall’ pictures of celebrities and politicians, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1923 | * | Ellis Larkins pianist: favorite accompanist of: Mildred Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1924 | * | Andrea Gyarmati Hungary water polo player (Olympics, 1948-60), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Jaime Garcia Terre poet/essayist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Ursula Thiess Hamburg, actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Andrey Yakoulevich Eshpay composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Emmanuel Ghent composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Jos Jacobs Flemish director (Madonna of Nedermunster), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Anthony Shaffer, English playwright (Sleuth), twin brother of Peter Shaffer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1926 | * | Peter Shaffer, English playwright (Equus, Amadeus), twin brother of Anthony Shaffer, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1926 | * | Clermont Pepin composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Peggy Pope Montclair NJ, actress (Billy, Mrs David-Soap), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Jasper Johns, Jr., Augusta GA, painter/sculptor (Green Target), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Ken Venturi golf champion: U.S. Open [1964] | Ref: 4 |
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| 1931 | * | David Healy actor (Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton, Be My Guest), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | | F Korthals Altes Dutch minister of Justice (VVD), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | John Glen Thames England, actor (Spy Who Loves Me, Backfire), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | David Robin Francis Guy Greville 8th Duke of Warwick, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Anna Maria Alberghetti Italy, actress/singer (Cinderfella), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Donald [Anthony] Moffitt US, sci-fi author (Jupiter Theft), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Jean Balissat composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Paul Zindel playwright (Effects of Gamma Rays on Marigolds), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is born. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1937 | * | Trini Lopez Trinidad, singer/guitarist (If I Had a Hammer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Lenny Welch Asbury Park NJ, (Breaking up is Hard to Do), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Dudley Wysong golf: two-time winer on PGA Tour; vice president: PGA of America; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1939 | * | Brian Hartley mathematician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Don Nelson basketball: Golden State Warriors coach, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Beth Stone LPGA golfer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Mireille Darc Toulon France, actor (Week End, Hurried Man), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Paul Rudd Boston MA, actor (Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | K T Oslin Crossett AR, country singer (80's Ladies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Richard Edward Wilson composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Lainie Kazan Brooklyn NY, singer/actress (Lust in the Dust, Beaches), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1942 | * | Anthony Wayne England Indpls IN, PhD/astronaut (STS 51-F), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | David Cronenberg director: Crash, M Butterfly, Dead Ringers, The Fly, Dead Zone, Fast Company, They Came from Within, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Harve Brosten comedy writer/producer/director (All in the Family), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Gunilla Hutton Goteborg Sweden, actress (Petticoat Junction), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Miruts Yifter Ethiopia, 5K/10K runner (Olympics-gold-1980), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Tich rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Jerry Quarry boxing: heavyweight champ: record: 53-9-4, 33 KO's, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Chazz Palminteri Bronx NY, actor (Jade, Diabolique, Bronx Tale), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Graham Goble Adelaide Australia, rock guitarist (Little River Band), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Brian Eno (Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno) musician: synthesizer: Roxy Music [cofounder]; record producer: Seven Deadly Finns; songwriter [w/David Bowie]: Once in a Lifetime, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1949 | * | Eric J Beekes actor/singer (Hunk), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Frank L Culbertson Jr Charleston SC, Commander USN/astronaut (STS-38), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Wendy Pritchard Australian women's field hockey team manager (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Wally Chambers football: Chicago Bears [Pro Bowl: 1974], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1951 | * | Dennis Frederiksen rocker (Toto-Roseanna, Africa), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Rick Waits baseball pitcher (Rangers, Indians, Twins), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | George Brett, Wheeling WV, Kansas City Royal 3rd baseman (1980 American League MVP), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Pat Hickey hockey: NHL: NY Rangers, Colorado Rockies, Toronto Maple Leafs, Quebec Nordiques, SL Blues, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | Mike Oldfield England, composer (Tubular Bells), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Andrea Gyarmati Hungary, water polo player (Olympics-1948-60), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Bob Beauchemin Winnipeg Canada, golfer (West Coast Open-1982, 83), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Lee Horsley Muleshoe TX, actor (Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Alice Miller Marysville CA, LPGA golfer (1985 Nabisco Dinah Shore), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Andrew Eldritch rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Anne Kelly LPGA golfer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | George Heidweiler Suriname, Dutch painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Grant Herslov Los Angeles CA, actor (Wayne-Spencer, Under One Roof), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Pamela Dukes Bronx NY, discus thrower, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Pierre Trentin France, 1K time trials (Olympics-gold-1968), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Dan Stryzinski NFL punter (Atlanta Falcons), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Glen Hnatiuk Selkirk Manitoba, Nike golfer (1992 Mississippi Gulf), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Jeff Rochlin Brooklyn NY, actor (Cutting Class, Splitz, Taps), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Paul Ysebaert Sarnia, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | John Smoltz Detroit MI, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, 1996 Cy Young), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Omar Vizquel Caracas Venezuela, shortstop (Seattle Mariners, Indians), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | James "Jim" Neil Buffalo NY, rower (Olympics-1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Leroy Hoard NFL running back (Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Todd Porter Montclair NJ, actor (Hamilton-Whiz Kids), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Emmitt Smith running back (Dallas Cowboys, 3-time NFL rushing leader), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Holly McPeak Manhattan Beach CA, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Artie Smith NFL defensive end (Cincinnati Bengals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Cory Philpot CFL running back (British Columbia Lions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Desmond Howard NFL receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Frank de Boer Dutch soccer star (Ajax), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Keith Tower NBA center (Los Angeles Clippers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Prince Be rapper (PM Dawn), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Rod Smith NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Ronald de Boer Dutch soccer player (Ajax), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Tony Brown NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Scott Shipley Bremerton WA, slalom single kayak (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | David Charvet actor (Melrose Place), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Patrick Pothuizen soccer player (Vitesse), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Tirrell Greene WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Troy Drake NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Suzannah Bianco San Jose CA, synchronized swimmer (alternate-Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Vic"Tori"a Davey Spelling Los Angeles CA, actress (Donna-Beverly Hills 90210), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | A J Hinch Wavely IA, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Addilson dos Santos soccer player (Sparta), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Ahmet Rodan Zappa son of Frank/rocker (Z, 2 Hip 4 TV), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Ray Lewis linebacker (Baltimore Ravens), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Eric DuBose Bradenton FL, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Amy Chow San Jose CA, gymnast (Olympics-gold/silver-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | David Krumholtz New York NY, actor (Billy Kulchak-Chicago Sons), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Krissy Taylor model, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips daughter of Princess Anne-10th in succession to British throne | Ref: 5 |
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| 2003 | * | Rowan, daughter of Brooke Shields and Chris Henchly, is born. (USA Today, p 3D, 5/22/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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| 392 | * | Valentinianus II emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21. | Ref: 5 |
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| 884 | * | Marinus I [Martinus II] Pope (882-84), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1174 | * | Nur ad-Din Mahmud King of Syria, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1470 | * | Charles VIII Knutsson Bonde, king of Sweden (14??-70), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1482 | * | Paolo Toscanelli Italian physician & mapmaker, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1591 | * | Dimitri Ivanovitch Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1621 | * | Henrick de Keyser Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1622 | * | Peter Plancius Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1685 | * | Henri Otto Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1703 | * | Charles Perrault France, lawyer/writer (Mother Goose), dies at 75. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1746 | * | Giovanni Antonio Ricieri composer, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1761 | | Jacob Mossel Governor-General (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1773 | * | Alban Butler, English Roman Catholic priest and educator, dies at age 62. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1785 | * | Karel Blazej Kopriva composer, dies at 29. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1801 | | Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso Austrian diplomat, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1821 | * | John Wall Calcott composer, dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1822 | * | Christian Ludwig Dieter composer, dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1823 | * | Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky composer, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1824 | * | Alexander Campbell composer, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1832 | * | Carl Friedrich Zelter composer, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1833 | * | Edmund Kean English actor (Shylock), dies at 46. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1842 | * | Emanuel Count de las Cases French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1845 | | Samuel I Wiselius Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1852 | * | Louisa Adams (Johnson) wife of 6th U.S. President John Quincy Adams; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1855 | | Jan Mazereeuw Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1872 | * | Thomas Hastings composer, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1873 | * | Alexander J Cuza monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1886 | * | Emily Dickinson dies at age 55 in Amherst, MA where she had lived in seclusion for the previous 24 years. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1889 | * | Alfred Potocki premier Austrian/Governor/Viceroy of Galicia, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Arthur Hodister British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | Joseph Whitaker British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Tornado kills 78 in Texas. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Francisque Sarcey French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Paul d'Estornelles de Constant French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Mohammed VI Vahideddin last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleveland OH). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Ki Inukai premier Japan (1931-32), murdered. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Ernest Torrence actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Philip Snowden, English Labor Party leader, dies at age 72. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1940 | * | Joseph Limburg liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | | Willem A Bonger Dutch criminologist (Race & Crime), suicide at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Sergius, Russian Patriarch of Moscow, dies at age 77. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1952 | * | Albert Basserman actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Italo Montemezzi composer, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Michael G the Boer historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Berend van den Amstel [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Cornelis H Edelman Dutch geologist, dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Adrian Schoevers Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Edward Hopper US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Jaromir Fiala composer, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | A tornado strikes Jonesboro AR at 10 PM, killing 36. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | (Black Sox) Eddie Cicotte dies at age 85 in Detroit, MI. Former occupation – game warden. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1970 | * | Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green, two black students at Jackson State University in Mississippi, are killed when police opened fire during student protests. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1971 | * | Goose (Leon Allen) Goslin Baseball Hall of Famer: Washington Nationals [World Series: 1924, 1925, 1933], St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers [World Series: 1934, 1935/all-star: 1936]; drove in 100 or more runs on eleven occasions, hit .300 or better eleven times; career: .316 average, 2735 hits, 37 more in World Series competition; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1971 | * | Donald F. Duncan, inventor of the yo-yo, died | Ref: 62 |
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| 1971 | * | Tyrone Guthrie, English theater director, dies at age 70. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1972 | * | Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims (Minia Egypt). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Nigel Green actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Willem H Rassers Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Mail truck terrorists take school in Maälot, 30 killed | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Samuel Eliot Morison US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | James Van Der Zee, African-American photographer, dies at age 96. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1984 | * | Lionel Charles Robbins British economist, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Jackie Curtis playwright/actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Theodore H White US journalist (Making of President, Pulitzer), dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | | John Baur museum director, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Wynne Gibson actor (Night After Night, Aggie Appleby), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Andrew Duggan actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Greta Nissen actress (Ambassador Bill), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | John Waldo Green composer, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Bud Freeman jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Ronald Lacey actor (Raiders of Lost Ark, Next Victim), dies at 55. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Freddie Paris dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Reno Brown dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Barbara Lee (Jones) singer: group: The Chiffons: He’s So Fine, One Fine Day, Sweet Talkin’ Guy; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1992 | * | 17 are killed at a soccer match in Corsica. (Ref: Sports Illustrated, p. 15, 5/21/2001) | |
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| 1992 | * | Bruce Hopkins performer/director, dies at 44. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Robert Morris Page US physicist (radar), dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | [Henry] John Baker resistance fighter/journalist (Slogan), dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Frederik baron van Pallandt Danish singer (Nina & F), murdered at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Gilbert Roland Mexican/US actor (Armand in Camille), dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Ronnie Potsdammer singer/song/text writer/programmer, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Royal Dano actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Edouard Dermit actor (Testament of Orpheus), dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Eric Richard Porter actor (Crucible, Hennessy), dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Johnny Van Derrick jazz violinist, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Perry Lederman folk singer, dies at 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | George M Tindley songwriter/vocalist, dies at 57 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | Johnny Green songwriter: Coquette, Body and Soul, I’m Yours, [You Came Along From] Out of Nowhere, I Cover the Waterfront, Easy Come, Easy Go; won five Oscars for work on MGM films: Easter Parade, West Side Story, Oliver, An American in Paris, Bye Bye Birdie, High Society, Raintree County, The Great Caruso, Summer Stock, Brigadoon; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2003 | * | June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies. | Ref: 4 |
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