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1994 - Dakota Fanning, born in Conyers, Georgia, American Actress
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1980 - Yvonne Tousek, born in Kitchener, Ontario, gymnast 1996 Olympics
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1978 - Karolina Rantamaki, ice hockey left wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics
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1977 - Angie Trostel, Oxford Ohio, diver 1996 Olympics
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1977 - Dally Randriantefy, Antananarivo Madag, tennis star, 1993 Marseille
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1976 - Dmitriy Dudarev, hockey forward, Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998
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1976 - Jeff O'Neill, Richmond Hill, NHL center, Hartford Whalers
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1975 - Bohdan Utihrach, Czechoslovakia, tennis star
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1975 - Chris Garner, NBA guard for the Toronto Raptors
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1975 - Michael Tricario, actor, Randy-Wonder Years
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1975 - Pat Barnes, quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs
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1974 - Herschelle Gibbs, cricketer, South African Test batsman 1996
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1974 - Kenyon Cotton, full back for the Baltimore Ravens
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1973 - Robert Pipkins, Staten Island, New York, luger 1994 Olympics
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1972 - Greg Hill, NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs
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1972 - Jamie Watson, NBA forward, Utah Jazz
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1972 - Ryan Grigson, NFL guard and tackle, Detroit Lions
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1972 - Steve Papin, WLAF running back for the Scotland Claymores
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1971 - Carin Hjalmarsson Koch, Kungalv Sweden, golfer, 1995 Pinewild-7th
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1971 - Jason Keller, Scarsdale, New York, actor, Jason-Out of the Blue
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1971 - Shane Keller, Scarsdale, New York, actor, Shane-Out of the Blue
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1971 - Torsten Kienass, Berlin GER, hockey defenseman, Team Germany
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1969 - Ed McDaniel, NFL linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings
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1969 - Michael Campbell, Hawera New Zealand, Australasia golfer
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1968 - Stephanie Seymour, SD California, actress/model, Sunny Side Up
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1967 - Gord Murphy, Willowdale, NHL defenseman for the Florida Panthers
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1967 - Steven C Stricker, Edgerton WI, PGA golfer, 1994 Northern Telecom-2nd
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1966 - John Druce, Peterborough, NHL right wing, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings
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1966 - Marc Price, actor/comedian, Skippy-Family Ties
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1965 - Helena Sukova, Prague, Czech Republic, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Open's Double
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1965 - Kristin Davis, actress, Melrose Place
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1965 - Sylvie Guillem, France, ballerina, Royal Ballet
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1965 - Michael Dell, born in Houston, Texas, businessman, founder of Dell
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1964 - Byron Evans, NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles
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1964 - John Norum, born in Vardo, Norway, musician, hard rock guitarist
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1963 - Bobby Bonilla, New York City, outfielder, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles
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1963 - Debbie Kruck, Danbury CT, Ms Fitness USA, 1994
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1963 - Reza Abdoh, born in Tehran, Iran, playwright, theatre director
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1962 - Melinda Mays, Augusta, Georgia, playmate, Feb
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1962 - Michael Wilton, born in San Francisco, California, guitarist, singer
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1960 - Cindy Figg-Currier, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, golfer, 1994 British Open-6th
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1960 - Gloria von Thurm un Taxis, born in Munich, West Germany, Princess
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1960 - Maria Gloria von Schonberg-Glauchau, wife of prince Thurn un Taxis
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1960 - Crown Prince Naruhito, heir apparent to the Chrysanthemum Throne of Japan, eldest son of Emperor Aki
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1959 - John Arthur Wilson, Ceres California, PGA golfer, 1994 Anheuser-Busch-4th
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1958 - David Sylvian, vocal/guitar, Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex
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1958 - Lorraine Michaels, Canterbury England, playmate, April, 1981
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1958 - Ria Brieffies, Dutch vocalist, Dolly Dots
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1955 - Howard Jones, rock pianist/vocalist, Things Can Only Get Better
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1954 - Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian Statesman
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1953 - Sallie L. Baliunas, born in New York, New York, astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astro
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1952 - Brad Whitford, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun
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1951 - Ed \Too Tall\ Jones, NFL linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys
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1951 - Nicholas Kenyon, controller, BBC Radio 3
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1951 - Patricia Richardson, born in Bethesada, Maryland, actress, 'Double Trouble'
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1950 - Steve Priest, London, rock bassist, Sweet Hayes
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1949 - Anna-Maria Muller, born in East Germany, Luge, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics
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1949 - Larry Demps, U.S. R&B vocalist, Dramatics-Me and Mrs. Jones
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1949 - Marc Garneau, Quebec City Canada, PhD/astronaut, STS-13, 77
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1949 - Maureen Hicks, British MP
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1949 - Terry \Tex\ Comer, bassist/guitarist
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1948 - Bill Alexander, theatre director
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1947 - Colin Sanders, British computer engineer, Solid State Logic
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1947 - Geoff Cope, cricketer, England off-spinner 1977-78
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1947 - Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress, Man Who be King, Miss Guyana
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1946 - Rusty Young, California, rock steel guitarist, Poco-Heat of the Night
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1946 - Joseph Sobran, American Activist
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1945 - Frank Murray, police Officer
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1944 - James Cousins, British MP
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1944 - Johnny Winter, John Dawson, Leland Mississippi, guitarist, Silver Train
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1944 - Mike Maxfield, rocker, Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas
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1943 - Bobby Wayne Mitchell, Chatham, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1971 Cleveland Open
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1943 - Fred Biletnikoff, NFL wide receiver
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1943 - Jada Rowland, New York City, actress, Penny-Hamptons, Amy-Secret Storm
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1942 - Beau Boulter, born in El Paso, Texas, Representative-R-Texas 1985 - 1989
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1942 - Colin Sanders, founder, Solid State Logic
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1942 - John Lewis, Head Master, Eton College
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1941 - Frank Gerstenberg, Edinburgh, principal, George Watson's College
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1941 - Robin Bynoe, cricketer, WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67
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1941 - William Hjortsberg, New York City, writer, Gray Matters, Fallen Angel
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1940 - Jermyn P Brooks, CEO, Price Waterhouse Europe
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1940 - Peter Fonda, actor, Easy Rider, Lilith, Wild Angels
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1939 - Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher
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1939 - Josef Feistmantl, Austria, lugeist 1964 Olympic gold
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1939 - Majel Barrett, Columbus Ohio, actress, Christine Chapel-Star Trek
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1938 - Diane Varsi, San Mateo California, actress, Peyton Place
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1938 - Sylvia Chase, St. Paul, Minnesota, newscaster, ABC Weekend News
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1937 - David Ward, president, Law Society
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1937 - Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdin
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1937 - Tom Osborne, college football coach
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1937 - Claude Brown, American Writer
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1933 - Lee Calhoun, Laurel Mississippi, hurdler, Olympics gold 56, 60
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1933 - Lee Quencey Calhoun, Laurel MS, 110m hurdler, Gold Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics
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1931 - Tom Wesselman, U.S. sculptor, Great American Nudes
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1931 - Tom Wesselmann, American Artist
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1930 - Gerry Davis, born in England, science-fiction writer, wrote British television soap operas Coronatio
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1930 - Harry Boldt, Federal Republic of Germany, equestrian dressage 1976 Olympics gold
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1930 - Imre Gyongyossy, film Maker
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1930 - Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer, Black Venus
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1930 - Johnny Seven, New York City, actor, Ironside, Amy Prentiss
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1929 - Eduard W. \Ed\ Bauer, Eddy Evers, Dutch actor, Bluejackets
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1929 - Elston Howard, Yankee catcher, 1st black New York Yankee/1963 AL MVP
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1929 - Richard Moryl, composer
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1929 - Regine Crespin, Marseilles France, operatic soprano
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1928 - David Somerset, born in England, David Robert Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, British peer
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1928 - Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev, Siberia U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 12, 18A
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1927 - Ivan Hrusovsky, composer
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1926 - Regine Crespin, French vocalist, Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete
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1925 - Ian Smith, cricket leg-spinner, South Africa 1947-58 avg 64.08
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1925 - Louis Stokes, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1969 - 1999
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1924 - Lejaren Hiller, composer
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1923 - Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet
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1920 - David Wright, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, given name David John Murray Wright, editor of 'X'
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1920 - Hall Overton, Bangor Michigan, composer, Enchanted Pear Tree
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1919 - Johnny Carey, soccer star
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1918 - Dom Aelred Watkin, headmaster, Downside School
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1916 - George Abel, Canada, ice hockey player, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics
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1916 - Martindale Sidwell, organist/conductor
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1916 - William Walsh, academic
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1915 - Heinrich Schirmbeck, German author, Das Spiegellabyrinth
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1914 - Margaret Farrer, CEO, Central Midwives Board
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1913 - Charles Leonard, U.S., pentathelete, 1936 Olympics
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1913 - Edward Fiennes-Clinton, born in Australia, born Edward Horace Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln,
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1911 - G Mennen Williams, Detroit, Supreme Court Justice, Gov-D-Michigan, 1949-60
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1911 - Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic
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1909 - Frank Ward, cricketer, Australian leggie late 30s
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1908 - William McMahon, Prime Minister of Australia, Liberal, 1971 - 1972
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1907 - Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman
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1905 - Leonidas Zoras, composer
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1904 - Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy/founded, CP Palestina
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1904 - William L Shirer, historian, Rise and Fall of 3rd Reich
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1903 - Grigori V Aleksandrov, Russian director, Veselye Rebjata
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1901 - Aartje W. \Mien\ van It Sant-van Bommel, author, Mieke-serial
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1900 - Elinor Remick Warren, composer
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1899 - E Langgasser, writer
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1899 - Erich Kastner, Dresden German author, Emil and the Detective
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1898 - Reinhard Herbig, German archaeologist
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1895 - Richard Goolden, born in London, England, actor, School for Husbands
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1892 - Kathleen Harrison, actress, Fast Lady, Big Money, West 11
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1889 - Cyril Delevanti, England, actor, Lucius-Jefferson Davis, Black Eye
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1889 - Frederik M baron of Asbeck, Dutch lawyer, League of Nations
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1887 - Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer
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1886 - Albert Edward Sammons, composer
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1886 - Ventura Garcia Calderon, Peruvian diplomat/author
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1884 - Frank Cellier, Surbiton England, actor, Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade
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1884 - Herman Courtens, Belgian painter
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1883 - Karl Jaspers, Oldenburg Germany, existentialist philosopher
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1883 - Victor Fleming, born in Pasadena, California, director, Wizard of Oz
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1882 - Ladislav Vycpalek, composer
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1881 - Titus Brandsma, Dutch philosopher
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1880 - Edgar Istel, composer
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1879 - Agnes Arber, English biologist/philosopher, Mind and the Eye
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1879 - Norman Lindsay, Creswick Victoria, artist/novelist
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1878 - Kazimir Malevich, Polish Artist
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1876 - Agnes M Royden, writer
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1876 - Wadi' Sabra, composer
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1875 - Jozef E Stokvis, journalist/Dutch MP, SDAP
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1874 - Konstantin Pats, Estonian PM, 1921-23, 1932-33, dictator
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1873 - Dmitri Arakishvili, composer
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1869 - Nadezhda Konstantinova Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, Soc-Dem
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1868 - W. E. B. Du Bois, born in Massachusetts, civil rights writer, Souls of Black Folk
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1865 - Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner for the Pittsburgh Pirates
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1863 - Franz von Stuck, German painter, Der Krieg
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1859 - Theodor Batthyanyi, Hungarian statesman/contra revolutionary
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1848 - Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer
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1840 - Carl Menger, Austrian economist
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1838 - Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brigadier General Confederate Army
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1834 - Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis
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1831 - Hendrik W. Mesdag, Dutch painter, Panorama Mesdag
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1824 - Herman N van der Tuuk, Dutch philologist, Tobasch' Grammar
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1824 - Lewis Cass Hunt, Brigadier General Union volunteers
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1818 - Jeremy F Gilmer, Major Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept
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1817 - George Watts, London, painter
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1811 - George Washington Hewitt, composer
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1792 - Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor
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1787 - Emma Willard, U.S., opens school for young ladies, Hall of Fame
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1776 - John Walter II, London, chief proprietor, The Times, 1812-47
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1764 - William Eaton, American Soldier
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1744 - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Frankfurt, founder, House of Rothschild
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1730 - Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer
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1700 - Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, Dutch theologist, Profound Christianity
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1685 - George Friedrich Handel, Halle Germany, organist/composer, Messiah
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1649 - John Blow, composer of 1st English opera, Venus and Adonis, baptized
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1633 - Samuel Pepys, born in London, England, Navy expert/composer, Diary
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1615 - Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised
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1614 - Jacob Colijn, s, Dutch coat of arms painter
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1417 - Paul II, Pietro Barbo, Italy, Pope, 1464 - 1471
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2010 - A car bomb explodes in a courthouse located in Newry, Northern Ireland. The area's last incidence of
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2003 - 45th Grammy Awards, Norah Jones and John Mayer win major awards
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2000 - 42nd Grammy Awards, Santana, Sarah McLachlan and Sting win major awards
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1998 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charleston South Carolina on WAVF 96.1 FM
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1998 - Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand
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1998 - Tornadoes in Florida kills at least 31
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1997 - Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building and kills 1
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1997 - American Express Senior Golf Invitational
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1997 - Jeff Sluman wins Tucson Golf Classic
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1997 - NBC TV shows \Schindler's List,\ completely uncensored, 65 million watch
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1997 - Tucson Chrysler Golf Classic
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1997 - Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named \
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1996 - Mark Waugh scores 130 in World Cup vs Kenya, 207 w/brother Steve
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1996 - Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands
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1995 - \Uncle Vanya\ opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 29 performances
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1995 - Antoine Nduwayo appointed Premier of Burundi
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1995 - Dow Jones closes above 4,000 for 1st time (4,003.33)
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1994 - Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field)
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1993 - Gary Coleman wins $1,280,000 lawsuit against parents for high fees
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1993 - India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England
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1993 - Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as CFL's 9th franchise (1st U.S. team)
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1992 - 16th Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France
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1992 - Andy Flower scores 115* on ODI debut, Zimbabwe vs. Sri Lanka
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1992 - World Cup scoreline Zimbabwe 4-312, Sri Lanka 7-313
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1991 - Greg Haugen scores a split decision over Hector \Macho\ Camacho
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1991 - Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested
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1991 - North Carolina is 1st NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games
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1991 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
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1991 - U.S. insists Iraq publicly announce it is leaving Kuwait by 12 PM EST
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1990 - Ian Smith 173* New Zealand vs. India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat
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1988 - 15th Winter Olympic games opens in Calgary, Alberta
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1988 - Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights and play up to 18 night games
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1988 - Yvonne van Gennip skates female record 3k (4:11.94)
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1987 - Dick Howser retires from managing Kansas City Royals, due to brain tumor
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1987 - Russian Writers Union accepts Boris Pasternak posthumous as member
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1987 - Supernova 1987A in LMC 1st seen; 1st naked-eye supernova since 1604
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1986 - Despite losing, Red Sox Wade Boggs gets largest arbitration ($1.35M)
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1986 - Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA Standard Register/Samaritan Golf Classic
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1986 - Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 60 m indoor (7.00 sec)
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1985 - Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game
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1985 - U.S. Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general
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1983 - 25th Grammy Awards: Roxanna, Toto IV, Men at Work wins
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1983 - USFL New Jersey Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 mil)
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1982 - Michael Frayn's \Noises Off,\ premieres in London
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1981 - People mag features drug ordeal of Mackenzie and Papa John Phillips
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1981 - Spanish coup under Lt-colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails
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1980 - 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York
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1980 - Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics
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1980 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1980 - Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-million-gallon spill
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1979 - \Sarava\ opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 140 performances
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1979 - Frank Peterson, Jr. named 1st black general in Marine Corps
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1979 - George Harrison releases \George Harrison\ album
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1978 - 20th Grammy Awards: Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone wins
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1976 - Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract
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1975 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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1974 - Patty Hearst, daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by SLA
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1974 - Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in \Confessions of an Orth\
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1973 - Gold goes up $10 overnight to record $95 an ounce in London
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1971 - Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak
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1971 - George Harrison is fined and his driving license is suspended for 1 year
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1971 - Lt. Calley confessed and implicates Captain Medina
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1970 - Guyana becomes a republic (National Day)
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1970 - Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service
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1969 - Nayif Hawatimah forms Dem People's Front for Liberation of Palestine
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1969 - WWVU (now WNPB) TV channel 24 in Morgantown, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast
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1968 - Wilt Chamberlain becomes 1st NBAer to score 25,000 points
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1967 - 25th amendment (presidential succession) declared ratified
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1967 - John Herbert's \Fortune and Men's Eyes,\ premieres in New York City
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1967 - Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as CFL commissioner
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1967 - U.S. troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War
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1966 - Aldo Moro forms Italian government
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1966 - Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government
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1966 - Premier Obote grabs power in Uganda
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1965 - Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president
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1964 - Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in Kansas City
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1962 - U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1960 - Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field (opened in 1913)
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1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
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1959 - KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, California (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1958 - 5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels
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1958 - Arturo Frondizi elected president of Argentina
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1958 - Last Municipal arc light, Mission and 25th removed (installed in 1913)
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1958 - U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
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1957 - \Mr Wonderful\ closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 383 performances
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1956 - 20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow
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1956 - Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin
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1955 - Edgar Faure forms French government
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1954 - 1st mass inoculation with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh)
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1954 - Syrian army drives out president Adib el-Shishakli
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1947 - General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews
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1945 - 2nd Dutch government of Gerbrandy forms in London
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1945 - Canadian troops occupy Kalkar
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1945 - U.S. Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo and statue
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1943 - Major General Bradley arrives in Dakar and Marrakesh
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1943 - German troops pull back through Kasserine-pass Tunisia
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1942 - Japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood, California
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1940 - Russian troops conquer Lasi Island
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1940 - Walt Disney's animated movie \Pinocchio,\ released
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1939 - Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ
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1938 - Joe Louis KOs Nathan Mann in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
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1936 - 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, New York
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1934 - Casey Stengel becomes manager of Brooklyn Dodgers
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1934 - Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium
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1927 - President Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FCC)
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1923 - German Republic day with laws against worker
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1923 - Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5%
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1921 - 1st U.S. transcontinental air mail flight arrives in New York City from San Francisco
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1917 - February revolution begins in Russia
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1916 - Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin
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1916 - French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verdun
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1915 - Germany sinks U.S. ships Carib and Evelyn and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin
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1915 - Nevada enforces convenient divorce law
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1910 - 1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)
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1910 - George Bernard Shaw's \Misalliance,\ premieres in London
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1909 - Russian tsar Nicolas II dissolves Finnish Diet
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1906 - Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
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1905 - Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago
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1904 - U.S. acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million
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1903 - Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA
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1900 - Battle at Hart's Hill, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
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1900 - Steamer \Rio de Janeiro\ sinks in San Francisco Bay
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1898 - In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his \J'accuse\ letter accusing government of anti-Se
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1896 - Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield
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1895 - Jaap Eden skates world record 10km (17:56)
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1895 - William Heard, AME minister and educator, named minister to Liberia
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1894 - Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play
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1892 - 1st college student government forms at Bryn Mawr Penn
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1887 - Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco
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1887 - French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die
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1886 - Aluminum manufacturing process developed
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1886 - London Times publishes world's 1st classified ad
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1886 - Tsjaikovski's symphony \Manfred,\ premieres
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1883 - Alabama becomes 1st U.S. state to enact an antitrust law
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1883 - American Anti-Vivisection Society organized in Philadelphia
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1874 - Major Walter Winfield patents game called \sphairistike\ (lawn tennis)
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1870 - Mississippi is readmitted to U.S.
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1869 - Louisiana governor signs public accommodations law
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1861 - By popular referendum, Texas becomes 7th state to secede from U.S.
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1861 - Dutch Premier Floris A van Hall resigns
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1861 - President-elect Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington D.C. to take office
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1854 - Great Britain and Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein
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1847 - Battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans
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1846 - Polish revolutionaries march on Cracow, but are defeated
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1836 - Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed
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1822 - Boston is incorporated as a city
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1821 - College of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st U.S. pharmacy college
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1820 - Cato Street conspiracy uncovered
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1813 - 1st U.S. raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Massachusetts
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1804 - Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII
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1792 - Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres
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1792 - Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)
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1778 - Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge
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1689 - Dutch prince William III proclaimed king of England
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1672 - Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam
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1668 - Fire in Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, emperor Leopold I rescued
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1660 - Charles XI becomes king of Sweden
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1574 - France begins 5th holy war against Huguenots
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1455 - Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, Bible (estimated date)
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0303 - Emperor Diocletian orders general persecution of Christians
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2008 - Janez Drnovsek, dies in Slovenia, of cancer, at 57
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2004 - Carl Anderson, actor/singer, \, Jesus Christ, Superstar
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2003 - Christopher Hill, English Historian
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2003 - John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian
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2002 - Gordon Matthews, engineer, inventor of voice mail, dies at 65
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2000 - Ofra Haza, singer, Prince of Egypt, dies at 43
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1998 - Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74
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1998 - Philip Abbott, actor, The FBI, dies at 74
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1997 - Oscar Lewenstein, impressario, dies at 80
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1997 - Tony Williams, jazz musician, dies at 51
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1996 - Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut and wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies
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1996 - George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher, dies at 66
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1996 - Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician, dies at 78
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1995 - Art Kane, photographer, dies at 69
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1995 - David Melvin English Franklin, singer, dies at 52
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1995 - James Herriot, Scottish author (All Creatures Great and Small), dies at 78
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1995 - Norman Hunter, writer, dies at 95
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1995 - Peter Guy Wykeham Fighter Pilot-Barnes, dies at 79
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1994 - Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40
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1993 - Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33
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1992 - Jacquelyn Hyde, actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies at 61
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1992 - Markos Vafiades, leader (ELAS, 1943-49), dies
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1990 - Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53
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1990 - James Gavin, commandant U.S. 82nd Airborn Div (Normandy), dies at 82
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1990 - Jose Napoleon Duarte, president of Salvador (1984-89), dies at 62
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1990 - James M. Gavin, American Scientist
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1987 - Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80
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1985 - Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71
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1983 - Adrian Boult, conductor, dies
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1980 - Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62
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1976 - Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74
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1976 - L S Lowry, painter, dies
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1974 - Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63
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1972 - Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81
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1971 - King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73
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1969 - Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67
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1969 - Joseph Messner, composer, dies at 75
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1968 - Edna Ferber, U.S. author (Giant, Showboat), dies at 80
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1968 - Fannie Hurst, U.S. author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78
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1965 - Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel and Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74
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1961 - Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies
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1955 - Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86
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1945 - Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62
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1945 - Aubrey Cousins, Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle
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1944 - Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies
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1942 - Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60
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1935 - Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44
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1934 - Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard
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1934 - Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76
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1934 - Edward Elgar, British Composer
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1931 - Nellie Melba, Helen Mitchell, Australian soprano, dies
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1930 - Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22
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1930 - Mabel Normand, actress/director (Extra Girl), dies at 35
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1927 - Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79
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1924 - Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th U.S. President (1913-21), dies
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1920 - Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61
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1916 - George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71
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1915 - Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC
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1906 - Johann Hoch, U.S. murderer, executed
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1903 - Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57
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1903 - Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer, dies at 70
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1902 - Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72
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1900 - William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies
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1900 - Ernest Dowson, English Poet
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1897 - Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68
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1884 - Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23
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1867 - George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90
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1855 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies
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1848 - John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. President 1825 - 1829, dies of a stroke at 80
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1828 - Mihaly Fazekar, Hungarian botanist/literary (Book of Spices), dies
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1821 - John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome
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1821 - John Keats, writer, dies at 25
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1821 - Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor, dies
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1807 - Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61
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1806 - John Alcock, composer, dies at 90
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1797 - Antoine d'Auvergne, French opera composer (Coquette Trompee), dies at 83
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1792 - Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68
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1766 - Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies
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1718 - Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63
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1704 - Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50
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1682 - Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75
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1669 - Lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68
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1662 - Johann Cruger, German organist/composer/music theorist, dies at 63
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1660 - Charles X. Gustaaf, king of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37
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1607 - Herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60
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1554 - Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed
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1468 - John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies
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1447 - Eugene IV, Gabriele Condulmer, Italian Pope (1431-47), dies
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0155 - Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested and burned at stake
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