100 years anniversary |
06 Dec 1924
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birth
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Wally Cox: Detroit, Michigan -- Actor (Mr Peepers, Hollywood Squares)
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06 Dec 1924
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birth
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Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973) |
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06 Dec 1924
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death
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Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863) |
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75 years anniversary |
06 Dec 1949
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death
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Leadbelly [Huddie William Ledbetter]: Blues singer, dies at 64
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06 Dec 1949
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birth
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Linda Barnes, American author |
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06 Dec 1949
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birth
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Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986) |
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06 Dec 1949
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birth
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Doug Marlette, American cartoonist (d. 2007) |
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06 Dec 1949
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birth
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Gregory Venables, English-Argentinian bishop |
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06 Dec 1949
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death
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Lead Belly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1888) |
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06 Dec 1949
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music
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American blues artist, Leadbelly died. Huddie William Ledbetter wrote many songs including 'Goodnight Irene', Cotton Fields, 'The Rock Island Line', and The Midnight Special'. Leadbelly was jailed several times for fights and knife related incidents, he was once jailed for shooting a man dead during an argument over a woman.
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50 years anniversary |
06 Dec 1974
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birth
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Arjan Ebbinge: Soccer player (FC Groningen)
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06 Dec 1974
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event
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George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"
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06 Dec 1974
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birth
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Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist and boxer |
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06 Dec 1974
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birth
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Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player |
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20 years anniversary |
06 Dec 2004
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death
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Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and manager (b. 1921) |
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10 years anniversary |
06 Dec 2014
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death
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Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (b. 1922) |
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06 Dec 2014
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death
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Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (b. 1962) |
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06 Dec 2014
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death
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Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah, Saudi Arabian militant (b. 1975) |
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06 Dec 2014
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death
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Fred Hawkins, American golfer (b. 1923) |
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06 Dec 2014
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death
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Luke Somers, English-American photographer and journalist (b. 1981) |
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06 Dec 2014
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death
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Stella Young, Australian comedian and journalist (b. 1982) |
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