| 771 | * | With the death of his brother Carloman II, Charlemagne becomes sole ruler of the Frankish Empire. | Ref: 72 |
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| 1154 | * | Hadrian IV, 54, was elected to the papacy. Born Nicholas Breakspear, near St. Albans, England, he was the only Englishman ever elevated to the office of pope. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1563 | * | Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years. Ref | |
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| 1619 | * | America's first Thanksgiving Day (Virginia). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1644 | | First European peace congress opens in Münster. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1655 | * | Middelburg Netherlands forbids building of synagogue. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1674 | * | French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette erected a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan, in present day IL. His log cabin became the first building of a settlement that afterward grew to become the city of Chicago. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1680 | * | Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1682 | * | First General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1688 | | General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1691 | * | Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of South Netherlands. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1691 | * | Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1779 | * | The College of William and Mary reorganized as a university, offering the first elective system of studies in the United States. | |
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| 1783 | * | Gen. George Washington said farewell to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in NY. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1786 | * | Mission Santa Barbara, Franciscan order, founded in California. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1809 | * | The International Bible Society was founded in NY City as an interdenominational agency for translating, producing and distributing the Scriptures. The I.B.S. has since distributed the Bible to over 150 countries in the world. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1816 | * | James Monroe (VA), elected 5th President, defeating Federalist Rufus King. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1829 | | Britain abolished "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1833 | * | American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Philadelphia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1836 | * | Whig party holds its first national convention, Harrisburg PA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1839 | * | The Whig Party opened a national convention in Harrisburg, Pa., during which delegates nominated William Henry Harrison for president. | Ref: 64 |
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| 1844 | * | James K Polk elected 11th President of US, George M Dallas Vice President. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1861 | * | Queen Victoria of Britain forbids the export of gunpowder, firearms and all materials for their production. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1862 | * | (Dakota Conflict) Several hundred civilians, armed with hatchets, clubs, and knives, attack the camp where the condemned Dakota are being held, but are surrounded and disarmed by soldiers. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1863 | * | Storm flood ravages Netherland coastal provinces. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | The Order of Patrons of Husbandry, more commonly known as the National Grange, is founded by Oliver Kelley, a traveling clerk with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The original purpose of the Grange was to provide enrichment opportunities for isolated farm families, but its purpose quickly became economic and political. Farmers, particularly in the Midwest and South, were frequently victimized by railroad monopolies that charged exorbitant rates and storage fees. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1871 | * | Germany adopts gold standard. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1872 | * | The U.S. brigantine Marie Celeste is found adrift and deserted with its cargo intact, in the Atlantic Ocean between the Azores and Portugal. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1875 | * | William Marcy Tweed, the "Boss" of NY City's Tammany Hall political organization, escaped from jail and fled the country. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1899 | * | Webb Hayes, son of President Rutherford Hayes, receives the medal of honor. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | 56th US Congress (1899-1901) convenes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | The French National Assembly, successor to the States-General, rejects Nationalist General Mercier's proposal to plan an invasion of England. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1901 | * | Anne Russell's "Girl & The Judge" premieres in NY NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | British government of Balfour resigns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Alpha Phi Alpha, first Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | (Shipp) Oral arguments are held before the Supreme Court on the question of whether the Court had jurisdiction to consider the contempt charges against the 27 defendants. Arguments continue for two days, mostly focusing on whether the Johnson case had raised a genuine constituional issue. At one point in the argument, Justice Holmes asks a lawyer for the defendant, "But you would agree that this Court has the authority to determine that the Sixth Amendment [guarantee of a fair trial] is binding on the state courts, do you not?" Defense lawyers also argue that their clients sworn statements entitle them to discharge from the proceedings. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1908 | * | Haiti's President General Alexis Nord flees from military coup. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | | Premier Yuan Shih-K'ai signs a truce with rebel general Li Yuan-hung, ending the Chinese Revolution in less than two months. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1911 | * | (Triangle) Jury selection begins in the manslaughter trial of Harris and Blanck. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1915 | * | Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County GA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Panama-Pacific International Exposition closes in San Francisco CA (Opened February 20 1915). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | F F Fletcher is first admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes (Yugoslavia) proclaimed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | France cancels trade treaties in order to compete in the postwar economic battles. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1918 | * | President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Lucille Atcherson, becomes first woman legation secretary-US foreign service. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | French government of Tardieu falls. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | (Prohibition) Prohibition in the U.S. ended at 5:32 p.m., when Utah became the last of 36 states to ratify the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (repealing the 18th Amendment, which had prohibited all booze). | Ref: 4 |
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| 1933 | * | (Prohibition) FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | 1,200 at St Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Dandy comic book starring Desperate Dan first published; still going 4 December 2001. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1941 | * | Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | First US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the dismantling of the Works Progress Administration, which had been created to provide jobs during the Depression. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1945 | * | The Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1950 | * | The University of TN defies court rulings by rejecting five Negro applicants. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1952 | * | Walter P Reuther chosen chairman of CIO. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | "On Your Toes" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 64 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Manager Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | | Finnish government of Fagerholm, resigns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within French Community. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Finnish government of Fagerholm, resigns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | | Peking pardons Pu Yi, ex-emperor of China and of the Japanese puppet-state of Manchukuo. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1961 | * | Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Aldo Moro forms Italian government. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | (Mississippi Burning) Nineteen members of the conspiracy are arrested and charged with violating the civil rights of Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1965 | * | Composer, lyricist, and singer, Jacques Brel made his American debut in concert at Carnegie Hall in NY City. Brel composed Jackie, You’re Not Alone, If You Go Away and more. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1970 | * | Unemployment in US increases to 5.8%. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | | Jean-Paul Sartre visits RAF leader Andreas Baader in prison. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first woman mayor when she was named to replace George Moscone, who had been murdered. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1981 | * | According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence; Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence (No 12333). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | | China adopts its constitution. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Police & racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Dallas, TX became the largest city in the United States to pass a no smoking law for restaurants. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | Robert McFarland resigns as National Security Advisor. Admiral John Poindexter is named to succeed. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1985 | * | French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Dallas, Texas became the largest city in the United States to pass a no smoking law for restaurants. ‘Big D’ added another ‘biggest’ to its list. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | | French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in NY NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Pan American World Airways ceased operations (however, a new, smaller version of Pan Am was later formed). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Patricia Bowman testifies that William Kennedy Smith raped her. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson, the longest held of Western hostages in Lebanon, was released after nearly seven years in captivity. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1994 | * | 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | The (Sam) Sheppard family lawyer says DNA tests show blood found in the Sheppard's home could be Richard Eberling's. (Ref:Dayton Daily News, 01/30/00, p 6A) | |
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| 1997 | * | Europe health officials vote to ban tobacco advertising beginning in 4-5 years. | Ref: 10 |
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| 2000 | * | In a pair of legal setbacks for Al Gore, a Florida state judge refused to overturn George W. Bush's certified victory in Florida and the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a ruling that had allowed manual recounts. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2000 | * | PepsiCo agreed to pay $13.4B to acquire Quaker Oats. (XDG, p 4A, 12/04/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2000 | * | European Union farm ministers approved a 6-month ban on animal products in fodder, part of an extraordinary plan to stem growing panic over mad cow disease. (XDG, p 4A, 12/04/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2001 | * | Stepping up reprisals for suicide bombings by Palestinian militants, Israel unleashed air strikes; three missiles hit near Yasser Arafat's office as the Palestinian leader worked inside. The United States froze the financial assets of organizations allegedly linked to Hamas, the group that claimed responsibility for recent deadly suicide attacks in Israel. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2001 | * | The United States froze the financial assets of organizations allegedly linked to Hamas, the group that claimed responsibility recent deadly suicide attacks in Israel. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1812 | * | The power mower is patented by Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, PA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1843 | * | Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Massachusetts. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | The Stillson (pipe) wrench is patented by D.C. Stillson of Somerville, MA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1889 | * | Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | The Grumman XS2F-1 makes its first flight | Ref: 2 |
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| 1965 | * | The United States launched "Gemini Seven" with Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Frank Borman and Navy Commander James A. Lovell aboard. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Pioneer 11 passes within 34,000 km of Jupiter's cloud tops. | |
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| 1978 | * | Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | The discovery of a Bronze Age shipwreck off the southern coast of Turkey was announced by the National Geographic Society. The find dated back to when King Tutankhamen (Tut, to you) ruled Egypt. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1986 | * | NASA launches Fltsatcom-7. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | The Mars Pathfinder lifted off from Cape Canaveral and began speeding toward Mars on a successful 310 million-mile odyssey to explore the Red Planet's surface. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1110 | * | Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1197 | * | Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1259 | * | Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III & French king Louis IX. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1489 | | Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from the Moors. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1534 | | Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1745 | * | Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1798 | | Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1832 | * | French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1851 | * | President Louis Napolean Bonaparte's forces crush a coup d'etat in France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1861 | * | The U.S. Senate, voting 36 to 0, expels Senator John C. Brekinridge of Kentucky because of his joining the Confederate Army. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1862 | * | Winchester, Va., falls into Union hands, resulting in the capture of 145 Southern soldiers. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1863 | * | Seven solid days of bombardment ends at Charleston, S.C. The Union fires some 1,307 rounds. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1864 | * | Battle of Waynesborough, Brier Creek GA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | | Japanese lose another 11,000 men but gain last hill at Port Arthur in Russo Japanese War. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1914 | * | The first Seaplane Unit formed by the German Navy officially comes into existence and begins operations from Zeebrugge, Belgium. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1915 | * | Henry Ford, with large party of peace advocates, sails for Europe on chartered steamer Oscar II, with the object of ending the war. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1941 | * | Operation Taifun (Typhoon), which was launched by the German armies on October 2, as a prelude to taking Moscow, is halted because of freezing temperatures and lack of serviceable aircraft. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1942 | * | U.S. bombers struck the Italian mainland for the first time in World War II at Naples. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1943 | * | 2nd conference of Caïro: FDR, Churchill & Turkish President Inönü. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr Ribar. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | In Greece, a civil war starts when the National People's Liberation Army of the National Liberation Front begins armed fighting against British troops and Greek government forces. Athens is placed under martial law. | Ref: 36 |
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| 1944 | * | Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | President George H.W. Bush ordered American troops to lead a mercy mission to Somalia, threatening military action against warlords and gangs who were blocking food for starving millions. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1995 | | The first rush of a 60,000-strong NATO force surged into Bosnia and Croatia in a peacekeeping mission in the Balkans. The troops arrival came two days after Serb military leader Gen. Ratko Mladic rejected the Dayton peace accord. He demanded a reconsideration of the accord’s transfer of control over Serb areas around Sarajevo to a new Muslim-Croat federation. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1908 | * | Numerals are used for the first time on football uniforms worn by college football players. The University of Pittsburgh Panthers proudly displayed their new numbers in a game with Washington and Jefferson. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1909 | * | First CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Parkdale, 26-6. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | First Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | 8th CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 16-3. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | 14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats University of Toronto, 10-7. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Pirates' Paul Waner wins National League MVP. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Commissioner Landis announces any baseball club may sign Negroes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB); he is first junior to win the trophy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | | USSR joins International Amateur Athletic Union. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | The Browns trade second baseman Owen Friend, outfielder Bob Nieman and J.W. Porter to the Tigers for pitchers Virgil Trucks and Hal White and outfielder Johnny Groth. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1956 | * | 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | The major league owners raise the minimum salary to $7,000 and eliminate the bonus rule. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1961 | * | Smallest NY Knicks crowd at 49th St Madison Square Garden-1,300 (due to snowstorm). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | The Tigers trade pitcher Jim Bunning to the Phillies for catcher Gus Triandos, pitcher Jack Hamilton and outfielder Don Demeter. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1964 | * | The owners decides to use a free agent draft beginning next month. The inverse order of the previous year's standings will be used to select players every four months. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1964 | * | Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | 2nd NY Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies Golf Invitational. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | John Cappelletti wins Heisman trophy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Hollis Stacy/Jerry Pate win Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats Kansas City 27-7. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey #7, Bingo Smith. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Colorado Rockies). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | Running back Herschel Walker of the University of Georgia received the Heisman Trophy as the nation’s finest college football player. Walker was only the seventh junior to receive the award. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1983 | * | New Jersey Devils first shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | | Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Baltimore Orioles trade veteran first baseman Eddie Murray to Los Angeles Dodgers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Amy Benz/John Huston win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | | Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | | Dan Jansen skates world record 500 meter (35.92 seconds). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Marta Figueras-Dottie/Brad Bryant win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | The home run ball Cal Ripken hit on the night he he tied Lou Gehrig's record is sold by Michael Stirn, the fan who caught it, to a Maryland businessman at an auction for $41,736. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1996 | * | Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest points scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | The NBA suspended all-star Latrell Sprewell of the Golden State Warriors for one year for choking and threatening to kill his coach, P.J. Carlesimo. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1997 | * | Darryl Kile, one of the most coveted pitchers on the free-agent market, agrees to a three-year contract with the Colorado Rockies. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1665 | | Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand" premieres in Paris. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1791 | * | Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, first published. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1843 | | Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri" premieres in Leipzig. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | | Cecil B DeMille's first version of "Ten Commandments" premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Duke Ellington’s big band opened the famed Cotton Club in Harlem. It was the first appearance of the Duke’s new and larger group. He played the club until 1932. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee" premieres in NY NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | | "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | | “Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the ships at sea. Let’s go to press!” The Walter Winchell Show and later, Kaiser-Frazer News was first heard on the NBC Blue network. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1933 | | One of America’s great radio shows made the leap to the big time. Ma Perkins moved from WLW in Cincinnati, OH to the NBC-Red network. The show proved to be so popular that it was later carried on both CBS and NBC radio. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1933 | * | Tobacco Road, a play based on Erskine Caldwell’s book, premiered at the Masque Theatre in New York City. The play ran for eight years and 3,182 shows. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1934 | * | Ethel Merman recorded I Get a Kick Out of You, from Cole Porter’s musical, Anything Goes. She was backed by the Johnny Green Orchestra. The tune was recorded for Brunswick Records. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 48 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper" premieres in NY NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | The Abbott and Costello Show starts a 52-episode, syndicated run on TV. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | | Mutual radio broadcast The Green Hornet for the final time. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | As part of an NBC-TV special, mime artist Marcel Marceau appeared on television for the first time. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | | First edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | | Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | James Caan makes his TV acting debut in A Fist of Five, an episode of The Untouchables on ABC-TV, starring Robert Stack, today’s Unsolved Mysteries host. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | "Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert NYC after 232 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Frank Reynolds was seen co-hosting the ABC Evening News with Howard K. Smith for the final time this night. Reynolds commented on the switch to a new co-host (Harry Reasoner) saying, “Due to circumstances beyond my control, the unemployment statistics rose yesterday.” | Ref: 4 |
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| 1972 | * | Billy Paul from Philadelphia received a gold record for his smash hit, Me and Mrs. Jones. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1976 | * | Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Neil Simon's "Chapter Two" premieres in NY NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | "Amen Corner" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | David Shire & R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby" premieres at Barrymore Theater NYC for 241 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | | "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound" premieres in NY NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Judds final concert (Nashville). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Tony Kushner’s"Angels in America-Perestroika" closes at W Kerr NYC after 216 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Tony Kushner’s"Angels in America-Millennium Approaches" closes at W Kerr after 367 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | 7th Billboard Music Awards. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | "Diary of Anne Frank" opens at Music Box Theater NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | | The remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Psycho opened in U.S. theatres. Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche starred. By 2001, the film had grossed $21.486 million in the U.S. Considering it cost $25 million (plus a heafty marketing campaign), the bottom line is pretty scary for this flick. The original has brought in some $16 million, but cost just $800,000 to make in 1960. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1584 | * | John Cotton, English-born Puritan clergyman (The Way of the Church of Christ in New England), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1660 | * | Andre Campra composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1667 | * | Michel Pignolet de Monteclair composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1708 | * | Marianus Konigsperger composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1720 | * | Jean-Jacques Robson composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1786 | * | John LA Luyten Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament [or 12/14], is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1791 | * | Johann Gottlob Topfer composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1795 | * | Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian and essayist (The French Revolution, Sartor Resartus), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1800 | * | Emil Aarestrup Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1803 | | Augustus Zerega diZerega Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1808 | * | Ernest Panckoucke French publisher (Horatius), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1812 | * | Elias Smith Dennis, Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1818 | * | William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring Major General (Confederate Army), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1822 | * | Frances Crabbe England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | * | Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1835 | * | Samuel Butler, English writer and painter (Erewhon, The Way of All Flesh), is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1838 | * | Melesio Morales composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1849 | * | Crazy Horse, American Indian Chief, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1854 | * | Birth of Mary Reed, American Methodist missionary. She died in 1943, having spent the last 52 years of her life ministering to the lepers of India. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1858 | * | Chester Greenwood inventor: ear muffs; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1861 | * | Lillian Russell (Helen Louise Leonard) singer, actress: Wild Fire; burlesque: The Great Mogul [1881]; is born in Clinton IA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1865 | * | Edith Louisa Cavell, English nurse who tended to friend and foe alike during World War I, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1866 | * | Vassily Kandinsky Russian/German/French abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1868 | * | Richard N Roland Holst Dutch artist/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1874 | * | Jean H L Bossard actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1875 | * | Rainer Maria Rilke Germany, poet (Duino Elegies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | Dimitur Poljanov [Popov] Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Herbert Hamilton Harty composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1881 | | Erwin von Witzleben German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1888 | * | Aleksandar I Karadordjevic king of Yugoslavia (1921-34), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Buck Jones [Charles F Gebhart] US actor (War Horse), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Isabel Randolph IL, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator who came to power as a result of the Spanish Civil War, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1895 | * | Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1896 | * | Nikolai S Tichonov Russian writer (against Pasternak), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | Mari Andriessen Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Douwe Hermans Kiestra [Harm Harmstra] Frisian farmer/writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Alfred Leslie Rowse historian, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Cornell Woolrich US, writer (El Angel Negro), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Emilio Médici President of Brazil (1969-74), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Director Otto (Ludwig) Preminger is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1907 | * | Jo Boer, Dutch author (Catharina & the Magnolias), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | A D Hershey US, biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Ramaswamy Venkataraman President of India (1987-92), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Alex North Chester PA, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Pappy (Gregory) Boyington, USMC aviator and commanding officer of WWII Black Sheep Squadron, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1912 | * | Alfons "Alphons" Berckmans Flemish/British actor (Family Stastok), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Jimmy Jewel comedian, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | John W Pritchard [Ian Wallace] US, sci-fi author (Megalomania), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Claude Renoir cinematographer: The Spy Who Loved Me, The River; son of artist Pierre Renoir; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1915 | * | Eddie Heywood Jr. pianist, composer: Canadian Sunset, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1915 | * | Allan Jackson Hot Springs AR, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Michael Bates Jhansi India, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Deanna Durbin Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist (100 Men & a Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Gerard Philipe Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Charles Keating district attorney (Los Angeles CA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Frank Press, geophysicist, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1924 | * | John Portman South Carolina, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Maurice Binder NY NY, photographer/film titler (James Bond), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Lee Doraey rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Russell L Rogers USAF/astronaut (X-20), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Dena Dietrich Pittsburgh PA, actress (Dena-Karen, Ethel-The Ropers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Harvey (Edward) Kuenn baseball: Detroit Tigers [American League Rookie of the Year: 1953/all-star: 1953-1959], Cleveland Indians [all-star: 1960], SF Giants [World Series: 1962], Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies; manager: Milwaukee Brewers: American League Manager of the Year [1982]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1930 | * | Ronnie Corbett England, comedian (2 Ronnies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Paul-Heinz Dittrich composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Roman Semyonovich Ledenyou composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Alex Delvecchio Hockey Hall of Famer: Detroit Red Wings: Lady Bing Trophy-winner [1959, 1966, 1969], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1932 | * | Roh Tae Woo Taegu South Korea, President of South Korea (1988-93), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Edgar Valcarcel composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Joanne Battiste artist (heroines), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Horst Buchholz actor: Faraway, So Close!, Avalanche Express, Raid on Entebbe, The Savage Bees, Fanny, The Magnificent Seven, is born in Berlin Germany. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Wink [Winston Conrad] Martindale Jackson TN, TV host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This), is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1934 | * | Actor Victor French ("Little House On The Prairie", "Highway To Heaven") is born in Santa Barbara CA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1935 | * | Singer ‘Little’ Richard (Pennimann) is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1936 | * | Larry Davis blues singer/guitarist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Actor ("Beverly Hillbillies") and son of boxing great Max Baer, Max Baer, Jr. is born in Oakland CA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1937 | * | Donnelly Rhodes Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, actor (Dutch-Soap, Double Trouble), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Andre Marrou Libertarian presidential candidate (1992), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Liesbeth Struppert actress (Miep Gies-Anne Frank), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Lynn Blessing vibes Player, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Freddy Cannon [Picariello] Lynn MA, rocker (Palisades Park), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | John Cale Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Velvet Underground), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Marty Riessen tennis champion: shares record for most US Open mixed doubles, won by an individual male [4], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1941 | * | Humberto Solas director/writer (Lucia), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Raul Blanco Australian soccer assistant coach (Olyroos, Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Raul Blanco Australian soccer assistant coach (Olyroos, Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Bob Mosley Paradise Valley CA, rock bassist (Moby Grape), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Chris Hillman musician: guitar, bass, mandolin: groups: The Byrds: Turn! Turn! Turn!; Golden State Boys, Hillmen, Green Grass Group, Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas, Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, Desert Rose Band; solo: LPs: Slippin’ Away, Clear Sailin’, The Hillman, Morning Sky, Desert Rose, Ever Call Ready, is born in San Diego CA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Gary Sabourin hockey: NHL: SL Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs, California Seals, Cleveland Barons, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1943 | * | Patti Chandler, California, actress (Bikini Beach), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Dennis Wilson Hawthorne CA, drummer/vocalist (Beach Boys-In My Room, CA Dreaming), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Michael Gerzon mathematician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Pam Higgins LPGA golfer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Skip Vanderbundt football: SF 49ers LB, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | Ursula Krechel writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Roberta Lynn Bondar Ontario, astronaut (STS 42), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Randy Vataha football: Stanford Univ., New England Patriots WR; sports consultant, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1948 | * | Southside Johnny (Lyon) singer: group: Southside Johnny and The Asbury Dukes: I Don’t Wanna Go Home, The Fever, This Time It’s for Real, Hearts of Stone, is born in Neptune NJ. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Lin Onus artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Jeff Bridges, actor: White Squall, Wild Bill, Blown Away, The Vanishing, American Heart, The Fisher King, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Starman, Against All Odds, The Last Picture Show, The Company She Keeps, Fearless, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, Sea Hunt; songwriter; son of actor Lloyd Bridges; brother of actor Beau Bridges, is born in Los Angeles. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1949 | * | Mary Bea Porter-King Everett WA, LPGA golfer (1975 Golf Inns Classic), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Russ Karel director, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Pamela Stephenson Auckland New Zealand, actress (Superman 3, Sat Night Live), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Jan Rietman Dutch radio/TV host, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Karel van de Graf Dutch TV host, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Gary Rossington rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Patricia Wettig Emmy Award-winning actress: thirtysomething [1987-88, 1989-90, 1990-91]; Stephen King’s The Langoliers, City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly’s Gold, City Slickers, is born in Cincinnati OH. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Ronald Michael Sega Cleveland OH, PhD/Astronaut (STS 60, 76), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Brian Prout Troy NY, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Cassandra Wilson jazz singer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Bernard King basketball: New Jersey Nets, Utah Jazz, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks: led NBA in scoring [32.9 points per game, 1984-85], Washington Bullets; actor: Fast Break, Miami Vice, Ryan’s Hope, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Blagoi Blagoyev Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifter (Olympics-silver-1976), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Herbert Groenemeyer Germany, rocker (OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Raul Boesel Brazil, Indy-car racer (CART), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Lee Smith Jamestown LA, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Bill Roy Versailles IL, skeet (Olympics-1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Frank Reich NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Arnold Scholten soccer player (Feyenoord), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | John Gaasbeek soccer player (FC Twente/NAC), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Stan Gelbaugh NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Sergey Bubka Ukraine, pole vaulter (Olympics-gold-88, 92), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Johanna Wright Raleigh NC, WPVA volleyballer (Pismo Beach-4th), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Mike Snoei soccer player (Sparta), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Bill Peterson Smithfield NC, WLAF general manager (Amsterdam Admirals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Marisa Tomei Academy Award-winning actress: My Cousin Vinny [1993]; Chaplin, Oscar, The Paper, Untamed Heart, A Different World, The Flamingo Kid, As the World Turns, is born in Brooklyn NY. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1965 | * | Rob Smits pop drummer (Kong/Phlegm), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Martha O'Kelley US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Klaus Wilmsmeyer NFL punter (New Orleans Saints), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Mike Barrowman Costa Mesa CA, kayak/200 meter breast stroke (Olympics-gold-92, 96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Ferric Collons NFL defensive end (New England Patriots), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Jacques Landry Saskatoon Saskatchawan, cyclist (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Marie-Josée Morneau Longueuil Québec, 56 kg judoka (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Mik Middleton WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Terry Glenn wide receiver (New England Patriots), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Jeff Blake NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Terrence Wisdom NFL/WLAF guard/center (NY Jets, London Monarchs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Damien Covington NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Howard Eisley NBA guard (Utah Jazz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Jassen Cullimore Simcoe, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Jude St John CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Kerry Anne Guse Brisbane Queensland, tennis star (1996 final Hobart), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Ted Johnson NFL inside linebacker (New England Patriots), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Tyra Banks model/actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Corliss Williamson NBA forward (Sacramento Kings), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Anke Huber Bruchsal Germany, tennis star (1996 finalist Australian), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | John Lee Chicago IL, dance skater (& Julia Bikbova), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Emily Ballard Miss Washington Teen USA (1996), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | Lindsay Felton actress: Thunder Alley, Stray Dog, The Metro Chase, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 749 | | Saint John of Damascus dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 771 | * | Karloman II French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20. | Ref: 5 |
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| 811 | * | Charles eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1131 | * | Omar Khayyam, Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer, dies at age 83. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1137 | * | Lotharius III of Supplinburg emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1182 | * | Henry Earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1214 | | King William the Lion of Scotland dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1334 | * | John XXII [Jacques Duèze] Pope (316-34), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1371 | * | Reinald III the Fat Duke, Duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1371 | * | Stefanus X Uros V King of Serbia (1355-71), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1514 | * | Richard Hunne English "heretic", commits suicide(?). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1576 | * | Rheticus mathematician, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1603 | * | Maarten de Vos Flemish painter, dies at about 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1642 | * | Armand-Jean Duplessis (Cardinal) Richelieu bishop of Luçon, dies in Paris France at about age 57. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1649 | * | Outgert Arisz Akersloot Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1670 | * | Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and political theorist, dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1676 | * | Johann Georg Ebeling composer, dies at 39. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1679 | * | Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and political theorist, dies at age 91. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1732 | * | John Gay English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1791 | * | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Theophilus) composer: Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, Symphony #41, Requiem, A Little Night Music, dies in Vienna, Austria, at age 35. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1798 | * | Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist, inventor of galvanized steel, dies at age 61. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1807 | * | Prince Hall activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1836 | * | Daniel Read composer, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1864 | * | John Fowler, English developer of the steam-hauled plow, dies at age 38. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1884 | * | Alice Mary Smith composer, dies at 45. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Willem III Dutch king, buried. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Sir Frederick Whitaker, English politician and businessman; prime minister of New Zealand (1863-64,1882-83), dies at age 79. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1902 | * | Charles Henry Dow, American journalist, dies at age 51. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1909 | * | Paul-Albert Besnard French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Gustav Hollaender composer, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | [Auguste-]Maurice Barrès French writer/parliament leader, dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Gustav Meyrink writer, dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Stefan George German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Johan Halvorsen composer, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Dina Appeldoorn Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Carlo Mierendorff German politician/antifascist, dies at 46. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Karl Bonhoeffer German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psychoanalyst who exposed the male bias in the Freudian analysis of women, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1952 | * | Great London smog starts; 4,000 to die in next three weeks. "Smog" becomes a word. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Daniel Gregory Mason composer, dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Nina Vasar wife of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Glenn Luther Martin, aviator (Collier Trophy-1933), American airplane inventor, dies at age 69. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1957 | * | 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's England). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | | Rosetta Duncan (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury CT, 4 die. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | | Benjamin Britten dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1967 | * | Bert Lahr [Irving Lahrheim] US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Fred Hampton US Black-Panther leader, murdered. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Alceo Toni composer, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Shunryu Suzuki Zen teacher, founder of San Francisco Zen Center, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Alfred Fuller, founder of Fuller Brush, dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1973 | * | Michael O'Shea actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Alfred Fuller company founder: The Fuller Brush man!; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1974 | * | Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Lee Kinsolving actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Hannah Arendt German/US sociologist, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Tommy Bolin rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Benjamin Britten Lowestoft Suffolk England, composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at age 63. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1977 | * | Leila Hyams actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Andre Eglevsky, Russian-born American ballet dancer and instructor, dies at age 59. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1978 | * | Samuel Abraham Goldsmith Netherlands/US phycists, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Robert Karnes actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Francisco Sá Carneiro PM of Portugal (1980), dies in air crash. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | The bodies of four American churchwomen slain in El Salvador two days earlier were unearthed. (Five national guardsmen were later convicted of murdering nuns Ita Ford, Maura Clarke and Dorothy Kazel, and lay worker Jean Donovan.) | Ref: 70 |
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| 1980 | * | Stanislawa Walasiewicz, Polish-American Olympic gold medalist in track and field, dies at age 69 from a gunshot. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1983 | * | Estelle Omens actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | John Rock US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Marcel Boereboom Belgian musicologist, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Reuben Nakian US sculptor, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Rouben Mamoulian director (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Edward Binns US actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Frank Zappa musician, songwriter, singer: group: Mothers of Invention; Valley Girl [w/daughter Moon]; dies at age 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Frank Sturgis watergate burglar, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Hetty de Boer-Jongkind Dutch medical astrologist, dies at 42. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Margaret Landon US author (Anna & the King of Siam), dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Geoffery Rudolph Elton historiographer, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Jakob Kaplan French head rabbi (1955-81), dies at 99. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Julio Ramon Ribeyro Peruvian playwright, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | | Robert Jesse Charleston museum curator, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | | Thomas Roy Garrett museum curator, dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Robert Jesse Charleston museum curator, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Thomas Roy Garrett museum curator, dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Adrianne Jones killed by David Graham & Diane Zamora, at 16. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Itzhak Rabin PM of Israel (1968-73), assassinated. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | | Basil Nield judge/politician, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | | Muriel Monkhouse Red Cross worker, dies at 86. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | David Abell Wood priest, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Richard Vernon British actor (Gandhi, Hard Days Night), dies at 72 | Ref: 5 |
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| 2001 | * | A 5.8 earthquake kills 2 in southern Peru. | Ref: 85 |
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| 2003 | * | Baltimore Federal Prosecutor Jonathan Luna is found at 5:30AM, near Lancaster PA, face-down in a stream, stabbed 36 times. (USA Today, p 2A, 12/09/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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