| 1621 | * | The Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherlands, now known as New York City. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1770 | * | Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in Calif. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1779 | * | Simon Kenton escapes from the British stronghold in Detroit. | Ref: 58 |
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| 1833 | * | 4th national black convention meets (Phila). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1853 | * | Central College was chartered in Pella, Iowa under Baptist auspices. (In 1916 the university passed to Dutch Reformed leadership.). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | * | Comanche, Iowa completely destroyed by 1 of a series of tornadoes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1884 | * | John Lynch (R-MS) chosen first black major-party natl convention chair. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) authorized by National Defense Act. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1918 | * | A Federal child labor law, enacted two years earlier, was declared unconstitutional. A new law was enacted 24 February 1919, but this one too was declared unconstitutional (on 2 June 1924). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | | The Finnish Parliament ratifies a treaty with Germany. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1919 | * | Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Ernest Rutherford speculates on the possible existence and properties of the neutron in his second Bakerian Lecture, London. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1921 | * | After several days of voir dire, only seven jurors have been selected and the entire panel of 500 people exhausted. The Court directs the Sheriff to bring in 200 more potential jurors. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1923 | * | In Italy, dictator Benito Mussolini grants women the right to vote. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1924 | * | Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Goodyear airship "Pilgrim" makes first flight (1st with enclosed cabin). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | First trade show at Atlantic City Convention Center (electric light). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Pope Pius XI encyclical "On oppression of the Church in Spain". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Dr Frederick Banting co-discoverer of insulin, is knighted. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | | French Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of 1,077 hours. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson of Baltimore, MD, the woman who was the cause of King Edward VIII’s abdication of the British throne, was married this day to the former King (The Duke of Windsor) Monts, France. This was the storybook romance; the king in love with the commoner gives up his throne to spend the rest of his life with the woman he loves. They lived happily ever after ... in France. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Construction begins on the first house in the 49-home section of Stadium Heights, Xenia OH. (XDG, p 14A, 8/25/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1949 | * | Construction begins on the first house in Stadium Heights [Xenia OH]. (XDG, p 4B, 9/30/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1949 | * | First negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | The first class to graduate from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO, did so on this day. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1966 | | European DX Council formed in Copenhagen (shortwave listeners). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | In Cincinnati, Ohio, Sally J. Priesand, 25, became the first woman in Reform Judaism to be ordained as a rabbi. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Charles Colson, an aide to President Richard Nixon, pleads guilty to obstruction of justice. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1976 | * | US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | First diplomatic missions exchanged between Cuba and the U.S. since 1961 | Ref: 62 |
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| 1979 | | Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Pope John Paul II left a Rome hospital and returned to the Vatican three weeks after the attempt on his life. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1985 | * | American Health magazine released a survey that indicated 52 percent of doctors claimed that no one really should need to eat red meat more than once or twice a week, and 72 percent said that a vegetarian diet was a passing fad. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1991 | * | Pope John Paul the Second, visiting the Polish city of Kielce, indirectly criticized abortion, appealing to his listeners to "prevent further destruction of the Polish family." | Ref: 6 |
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| 1993 | * | President Clinton abandons his nominatino of Lani Guinier to head the Justice Department's civil rights division, agreeing with critics who'd accused her of far-out views on minority rights. (XDG, p 4A, 6/03/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1996 | * | The FBI pulled the plug on electricity at the Freemen ranch in Montana in an attempt to persuade the occupants to negotiate an end to the 71-day-old standoff. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1996 | * | During joint war games in the Pacific, a Japanese destroyer mistakenly shoots down an American attack plane; two US Navy aviators ejected safely. | Ref: 6 |
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| 1998 | * | President Clinton urges Congress to renew normal trade benefits to China, saying good relations with Bejing were crucial amid fears of a nuclear arms race in south Asia. (XDG, p 4A, 6/03/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1999 | | Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic accepted a peace plan for Kosovo designed to end mass expulsions of ethnic Albanians and 11 weeks of NATO airstrikes. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2000 | * | President Clinton held talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin on topics including missile defense. | Ref: 6 |
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| 2001 | * | A 7.2 earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand. | Ref: 85 |
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| 2002 | * | President Bush, in Little Rock AR, to promote his welfare initiative, said intelligence agencies and the FBI had to do a better job of tracking and catching terrorist, emphasizing pursuit of "this shadowy enemy". (XDG, p 4A, 6/03/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1539 | * | Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1789 | * | Alex Mackenzie explores Mackenzie River (Canada). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | The 200-inch reflecting telescope at the Palomar Mountain Observatory in California is dedicated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Astronaut Edward White became the first American to "walk" in space, during the flight of "Gemini Four." | Ref: 70 |
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| 1966 | * | Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford & Cernan). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1098 | * | Armies of the First Crusade (1096-99) captured the city of Antioch (in modern Syria). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1665 | * | Victory of English fleet over Dutch in Battle of Lowestoft. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1781 | * | Jack Jouett rides to warn Jefferson of British attack. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1861 | * | First Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1863 | * | Gen. Lee with 75,000 Confederates launches second invasion of the North, heading into Pennsylvania in a campaign that will soon lead to Gettysburg. | |
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| 1864 | * | A costly mistake by Grant results in 7,000 Union casualties in twenty minutes during an offensive against fortified Rebels at Cold Harbor in Virginia. The battle lasts four days. Many of the Union soldiers in the failed assault had predicted the outcome, including a dead soldier from Massachusetts whose last entry in his diary was, "June 3, 1864, Cold Harbor, Virginia."I was killed." | Ref: 2 |
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| 1916 | * | National Defense Act authorizes five-year expansion of US Army, but at the same time drastically limits size and authority of US War Department General Staff. | |
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| 1929 | | Border dispute between Peru & Chile resolved. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | The German Luftwaffe hits Paris with 1,100 bombs. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1940 | * | Evacuation of Dunkirk ends. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1942 | * | The House votes 357-0, 360-0 and 361-0 in favor of war against Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, respectively. (USA Today, p 5A, 10/08/2002) | Ref: 13 |
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| 1942 | * | Japan attacks the Aleutian Islands at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Japanese Admiral Yamamoto provided the Northern Area Fleet, commanded by Vice Adm. Boshiro Hosogaya, with a force of 2 small aircraft carriers, 5 cruisers, 12 destroyers, 6 submarines, and 4 troop transports, along with supporting auxiliary ships. US Coastal defenses from the Aleutians to Panama are put on full alert. | Ref: 82 |
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| 1942 | * | Minesweeper Bunting collided with Navy patrol craft PC-569 about 2000 yards west of the Golden Gate Bridge. 14 crew members were rescued. The Office of Price Administration - OPA - said if gas rationing is introduced drivers will be limited to just less than four gallons per week. President Roosevelt and the cabinet will decide on rationing at a Friday meeting. | Ref: 37 |
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| 1952 | * | A rebellion by North Korean prisoners in the Koje prison camp in South Korea is put down by American troops. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1851 | * | The New York Knickerbockers became the first baseball team to wear uniforms. The ball players wore blue trousers, white shirts and straw hats. Sharp! | Ref: 4 |
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| 1932 | * | Citing poor health, the Giants announce the resignation of long time skipper, John McGraw; in his thirty-two year tenure, the fiery manager won three World Series and nine National League flags including a record four consecutive pennants. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1932 | * | Lou Gehrig becomes the first player to hit four home runs in a single game in the Yankees' 20-13 win at Philadelphia. He remains the only Yankee to hit four home runs in one game. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1933 | * | Scoring ten runs in the fifth inning, the Yankees overcome the A's 11 run second inning en route to an eventual 17-11 victory over the Philadelphia. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1968 | * | Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Chic Cub Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 1-0. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Balt Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs KC Royals). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Phillie Davey Johnson becomes the first major leaguer to pinch-hit two grand slams in one season. His ninth inning bases-loaded shot beats the Dodgers, 5-1. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1980 | * | The Mets select 18-year old Darryl Strawberry as the #1 pick in the June draft. The Blue Jays select shortstop Garry Harris as #2. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1981 | * | Returning after two years as free agent, Royal catcher Jerry Grote hits his first HR since 1976. The former Astro and Met's backstop grand slam help Kansas City overcome Mariners, 12-9. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1984 | * | Patty Shoehan wins LPGA by a record 10 strokes | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Three grand slams are hit at Wrigley (K. Moreland, B. Dayett and B. Hatcher) as Cubs drub Astros, 22-7. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1988 | * | Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | It takes 22 innings and seven hours and 14-minutes for the Astros to beat the Dodgers, 5-4 making it the longest game in National League history. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1989 | * | Nolan Ryan pitches his 11th career one-hitter beating the Mariners, 6-1. The Alvin, Texas native breaks Bob Feller's record of 15 low-hit game having now having pitched a combination of 16 no-hit and one-hit games. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1995 | * | Expo hurler Pedro Martinez hurls nine perfect innings against Padres before giving up a double to Bip Roberts in the bottom of tenth after Montreal had taken the lead. Mel Rojas saves the 1-0 gem. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1995 | * | After the team is only able to break a scoreless tie in the top of the tenth, Montreal Expos' starter Pedro Martinez takes a perfect 1-0 game into the bottom of the tenth at San Diego, but gives up a lead-off double to Bip Roberts, thus losing his bid for perfection or a no-hitter. He is replaced by closer Mel Rojas, who is able to earn the save. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1996 | * | The Tampa Bay Devil Rays begin their first mini-camp as 24 players, all free agents signed before the June draft, assemble at Huggins-Stengel complex in St. Petersburg under the watchful eye of the Rays' coaching staff directed by field coordinator Tom Foley. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1998 | * | Orlando Hernandez makes his major league debut defeating the Devil Rays, 7-1; 'El Duque', who escaped from Cuba by boat six months ago, allows a run on 5 hits in 7 innings. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2001 | * | Manny Ramirez's 491-foot, fifth deck home run is the longest home run ever hit in the history of the SkyDome. The Red Sox DH's moon shot eclipses A's first baseman Mark McGwire's record established in 1996. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | The fifth major league manager is fired since the beginning of the season as Buck Martinez (20-33) is let go by the Blue Jays. The former catcher and broadcaster will be replaced for the remainder of the season by third base coach Carlos Tosca. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2003 | * | Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter is named the 11th captain in club history, The 28-year old joins Hal Chase (1912), Roger Peckinpaugh (1914-21), Babe Ruth (1922), Everett Scott (1922), Lou Gehrig (1935-41), Thurman Munson (1976-79), Graig Nettles (1982-84), co-captains Willie Randolph and Ron Guidry (1986-89) and Don Mattingly (1991-95). | Ref: 1 |
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| 2003 | * | Slugger Sammy Sosa is ejected from the game during the first inning after he shatters his bat and the broken remains exposes cork. The Cub outfielder will be suspended by major league baseball for 8 games (will be reduced to 7) his offense. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1888 | * | The poem "Casey at the Bat," by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was first published, in the San Francisco Daily Examiner. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1931 | * | The Band Wagon, a Broadway musical, opened in New York City. The show ran for 260 performances. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1938 | * | The German Third Reich votes to confiscate so-called "degenerate art." | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | | Mutual Radio debuted The Casebook of Gregory Hood. The show was the summer replacement series for Sherlock Holmes. The mystery series became a regular weekly program in the fall of 1946. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | | "Dragnet" is first broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Frank Sinatra recorded the classic Birth of the Blues for Columbia Records. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | Howard Cosell's first TV show. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | The Hollywood Palace on ABC-TV hosted the first appearance of the first U.S. concert tour of The Rolling Stones. Dean Martin emceed the show. One critic called the Stones “dirtier and streakier and more disheveled than The Beatles.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis & pharyngitis. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Rolling Stones begin first US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Pop artist Andy Warhol was shot and critically wounded in his New York film studio, known as The Factory, by Valerie Solanas, an actress and self-styled feminist. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1976 | * | Queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams combined their singing talents to reach the number one spot on the nation’s pop music charts with Too Much, Too Little, Too Late. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1979 | * | "The Madwoman of Central Park West" opens on Broadway. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | ESPN begins televising college world series games. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | After five years, the characters of Nancy and Chris Hughes returned to As the World Turns. CBS-TV brought the couple back to the daytime serial to add more “homespun values” to the show. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1989 | * | Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2001 | * | Mel Brooks' musical comedy "The Producers" won a record 12 Tony Awards. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1726 | * | James Hutton, Scottish scientist, pioneer in the field of geology, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1726 | * | Birth of Philip William Otterbein, German Reformed pastor who in 1800 helped found the Church of the United Brethren in Christ (an early branch of the modern United Methodist Church). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1761 | * | Henry Shrapnel English inventor (shrapnel shell), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1780 | * | William Hone, English radical journalist and publisher, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1804 | * | Richard Cobden, English economist and politician, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1808 | * | Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederacy, is born in Christian County, Kentucky. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1811 | * | Henry James, American philosopher and author, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1832 | * | Charles Lecocq, French composer of operettas, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1844 | * | Vice President Garret A. Hobart, (R) 24th US VP (1897-99), served under President McKinley, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1864 | * | Ransom Eli Olds, American inventor and automobile (Oldsmobile) & truck (REO) manufacturer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1865 | * | George V king of England (1910-36), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1877 | * | Raoul Dufy, French painter and designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1895 | | Kavalam Madhava Panikkar India, statesman/diplomat/writer | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | * | Maurice Evans, Dorchester England, actor (Maurice-Bewitched), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Jan Peerce (Jacob Pincus Perlemuth) opera singer: tenor; actor: Goodbye, Columbus; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1904 | * | Dr Charles Drew Washington DC, pioneer of blood plasma preservation/first director of the Red Cross blood bank, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Paulette Goddard, actress (Hazard), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1906 | * | Josephine Baker, American-born French dancer and singer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1911 | * | Dr Mason Gross TV professor (Think Fast, Two for the Money), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Olaf Okern Norway, Nordic skier (Olympic-medal-1948), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Paulette Goddard [Marion Levy], Switz, actress (The Great Dictator), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | William Douglas-Home, English playwright, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1913 | * | Ellen Corby Racine Wisc, actress (Grandma Walton-The Waltons), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Leo Gorcey actor: Dead End Kids/Bowery Boys series: Bowery Buckaroos, Here Come the Marines, ’Neath Brooklyn Bridge, Smuggler’s Cove; is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1918 | * | Lili St. Cyr (Willis Marie Van Schaak) actress: The Naked and the Dead, Son of Sinbad; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1922 | * | Alain Resnais director: Last Year at Marienbad, Stavisky, Providence, On connaît la chanson, is born in France. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1924 | * | Colleen Dewhurst Tony Award-winning actress: All the Way Home [1960], A Moon for the Misbegotten [1974]; Desire Under the Elms, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Mourning Becomes Electra, Ah, Wilderness; Emmy Award-winner: Between Two Women [1986], Those She Left Behind [1989], Murphy Brown: Bon and Murphy and Ted and Avery [1991]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1925 | * | Tony Curtis [Bernard Schwartz] Bronx NY, actor (Some Like it Hot), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1926 | * | (Irwin) Allen Ginsberg Beat Generation poet: Howl, and Other Poems, Kaddish and Other Poems, Reality Sandwiches, The Fall of America: Poems of These States; is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1926 | * | Colleen Dewhurst Montreal Canada, actress (Maggie-Blue & Grey), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Chuck Barris producer: Dating Game, Newlywed Game, Three’s a Crowd; producer/host: The Gong Show; songwriter: Palisades Park; novelist: You and Me, Babe, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1932 | * | Dakota Staton (Aliyah Rabia) jazz singer: No Man is Going to Change Me, The Late Late Show, Dynamic!, Crazy He Calls Me, Time to Swing, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1934 | * | Jim (James Edward) Gentile ‘Diamond Jim’: baseball: Brooklyn Dodgers, LA Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles [2 grand slams in same game: 1961/record shared with 8 others], KC Athletics, Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1936 | * | Larry McMurtry, novelist (The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment). | Ref: 2 |
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| 1939 | * | Ian Hunter (Patterson) guitar, singer, songwriter: group: Mott the Hoople: All the Young Dudes, Ballad of Mott, All the Way to Memphis, The Golden Age of Rock ’n’ Roll, Saturday Gigs; book: Diary of a Rock Star, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Curtis Mayfield singer (Freddie's Dead, Superfly), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Billy Cunningham ‘Kangaroo Kid’: Basketball Hall of Famer: basketball: Philadelphia 76ers; Carolina Cougars: ABA player of the year [1972]; coach of Philadelphia ’76ers, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Mike Clarke (Michael Dick) musician: drummer: group: The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man, Turn! Turn! Turn!; died Dec 19, 1993 | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Hale Irwin golf champion: U.S. Open [1974, 1979, 1990]: the majors’ oldest winner [45 years], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Eddie Holman singer: Hey There Lonely Girl; made first singing appearance at age of two at Metropolitan AME Zion church, Norfolk, VA; ordained Baptist minister since the early 1980s, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1946 | * | Ian Hunter England, rocker (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Tristan Rogers Australia, actor (Robert Scorpio-General Hospital), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Michael Burton Olympic Gold medalist: 1,500-meter freestyle [1968, 1972], 400-meter freestyle [1968] the only swimmer to win this event twice; founded Des Moines, Iowa Aquatic Club, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Suzi Quatro Detroit, singer (Stumblin' In)/actress (Happy Days), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Christopher Cross Texas, singer (Sailing), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Deniece Williams singer (Love Wouldn't Let Me Wait), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Billy Powell musician: keyboards: group: Lynryd Skynyrd: Sweet Home Alabama, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1954 | * | Dan Hill singer: Sometimes When We Touch, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1956 | * | Suren Nalbandyan USSR, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1976), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Scott Valentine actor (Nick-Family Ties, My Demon Lover), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Charles Hart Broadway lyricist: Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 913 | | Byzantine Emperor Alexander dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1657 | * | William Harvey, English physician; developed theory of blood circulation, dies at age 79. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1861 | * | Lincoln's political rival Stephen A. Douglas dies unexpectedly of acute rheumatism at age 48. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1875 | * | Georges Bizet, composer of Carmen and The Pearl Fishers, dies at age 36. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1881 | * | Japanese giant salamander dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Johann Strauss ‘The Waltz King’: composer: On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Emperor Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Wine, Women and Song; operettas: Die Fledermaus, A Night in Venice, The Gypsy Baron; dies at age 73. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1900 | * | Mary Henrietta Kingsley, English traveler and writer, dies at age 37. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1921 | * | A sudden cloudburst kills 120 near Pikes Peak, Colorado. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Franz Kafka, Prague-born German novelist (The Metamorphosis, The Trail), dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1928 | | Manchurian warlord Chian Tso-Lin dies as a result of a bomb blast set off by the Japanese. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1933 | * | William Muldoon Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Amedos Peter Giannine founder of Bank of America dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Angelo Roncalli, Pope John XXIII died at age 81, ending a papacy marked by innovative reforms in the Roman Catholic Church. He was succeeded by Pope Paul VI. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1963 | * | Paul Maxey actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice), dies at 57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Arthur Tedder, English deputy commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, dies at age 76. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1975 | * | Sato Eisaku, Japanese prime minister (1964-72); awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1974), dies at age 74. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1975 | * | Ozzie (Oswald George) Nelson bandleader, actor: The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; married to actress, Harriet Nelson; parents of David and Ricky; dies at age 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Roberto Rossellini director: Seven Deadly Sins, The Messiah; dies at age 71. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1980 | | A.C. Nielsen dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1981 | * | Dr Carleton Coon anthropology prof (What in the World), dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Ronald Duncan, English playwright, poet and writer, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1983 | * | Gordon Kahl, a militant tax protester wanted in the slayings of two U.S. marshals in North Dakota, was killed in a gun battle with law enforcement officials near Smithville, Ark. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1986 | * | Dame Anna Neagle, English actress and dancer, dies at age 81. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1986 | * | Patricia Wheel actress (Christine-Woman to Remember), dies at 42. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Will Sampson actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | | The Chinese government begins its crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Hundreds are killed and thousands are arrested. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1989 | * | Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, died. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1991 | * | Eva Le Gallienne, English/Am. Actress/producer, dies at age 92. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1991 | * | The Mount Unzen volcano in southern Japan erupted, killing about 40 people. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Harry Glicken volcanologist, killed by Mt Unzen Volcano in Japan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Thomas C Lasorda artist/son Dodger manager, dies of pneumonia at 33 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | William Maxwell, American publisher of Mad magazine, dies at age 70. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1992 | * | Robert Morley (Adolph Milton) actor: Marie Antoinette, Around the World in 80 Days, The African Queen, War and Remembrance, Of Human Bondage, Istanbul; producer; dies at age 84. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1992 | * | William Gaines, American publisher of Mad magazine, dies at age 70 in New York City. (TWA, 1993) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1995 | * | John Presper Eckert, computer pioneer, co-inventor of the ENIAC, dies. (TWA, 1996) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1997 | * | Dennis James (Demie James Sposa) TV host: Chance of a Lifetime, High Finance, The Name’s the Same, United Cerebral Palsy Telethon; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1998 | * | A high speed train derails in Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people. (XDG, p 4A, 6/03/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2000 | * | Former Treasury Secretary and onetime "energy czar" William Simon died in Santa Barbara, CA, at age 72. (TWA, 2001) | Ref: 95 |
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| 2001 | * | Anthony Quinn Academy Award-winning actor: Viva Zapata! [1952], Lust for Life [1956]; The Guns of Navarone, The Inheritance, The Old Man and the Sea, Zorba the Greek; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2002 | * | Movie mogul Lew Wasserman dies in Beverly Hills CA at age 89. (XDG, p 4A, 6/03/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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