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18 Apr 0680
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Mu'awijja kalief of Al-Schaam, dies
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18 Apr 1161
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Theobald of Bec, French-English archbishop (b. 1090) |
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18 Apr 1504
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Filippino Lippi painter, dies at about 52
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18 Apr 1530
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18 Apr 1552
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John Leland, English poet and historian (b. 1502) |
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18 Apr 1556
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Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet and politician (b. 1495) |
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18 Apr 1567
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Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (b. 1503) |
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18 Apr 1587
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John Foxe, English historian and author (b. 1516) |
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18 Apr 1610
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Robert Parsons English jesuit leader/plotter, dies at 63
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18 Apr 1612
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Emanuel Van Meteren merchant/historian, dies
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18 Apr 1636
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Julius Caesar, English judge and politician (b. 1557) |
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18 Apr 1650
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Simonds d'Ewes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1602) |
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18 Apr 1674
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John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (b. 1620) |
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18 Apr 1679
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Hofmannswaldau writer, dies
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18 Apr 1684
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Gonzales Cocx [Coques] painter, dies
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18 Apr 1689
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George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Welsh judge and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1648) |
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18 Apr 1690
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Charles V Leopold Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies
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18 Apr 1710
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Pierre de La Barre composer, dies at 75
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18 Apr 1732
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Louis Feuillée, French astronomer, geographer, and botanist (b. 1660) |
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18 Apr 1763
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Marie-Josephte Corriveau, Canadian murderer (b. 1733) |
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18 Apr 1794
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Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714) |
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18 Apr 1796
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Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1732) |
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18 Apr 1800
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John Evangelist Schreiber composer, dies at 84
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18 Apr 1800
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Pieter Fouquet art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies
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18 Apr 1802
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Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731) |
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18 Apr 1818
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Pieter PJQ Ondaatje: Ceylon / Dutch lawyer, dies at 59
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18 Apr 1818
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Pieter Ondaatje Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59
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18 Apr 1824
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Edward Jones composer, dies at 72
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18 Apr 1830
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Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia composer, dies at 62
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18 Apr 1832
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Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (b. 1761) |
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18 Apr 1845
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Nicholas T the Saussure Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77
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18 Apr 1853
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William King US Vice President, dies a month after his inauguration
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18 Apr 1854
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Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner composer, dies at 84
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18 Apr 1855
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Jean-Baptiste Isabey painter, dies
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18 Apr 1859
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Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814) |
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18 Apr 1860
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Count Istv
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18 Apr 1861
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Heinrich August Neithardt composer, dies at 67
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18 Apr 1864
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Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832) |
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18 Apr 1867
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Robert Smirke architect, dies
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18 Apr 1871
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Omar Pasha [Michael Lats] Croatian Governor, dies at 64
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18 Apr 1873
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Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803) |
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18 Apr 1873
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Justus Freiherr von Liebig German chemist, dies at 69
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18 Apr 1874
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David Livingstone buried in Westminster Abbey
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18 Apr 1879
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Anthony Pannizim principal librarian (British Museum), dies
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18 Apr 1883
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Agnes Tyrrell composer, dies at 36
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18 Apr 1898
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Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826) |
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18 Apr 1898
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Gustave Moureau painter, dies
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18 Apr 1904
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Sumner Paine, American target shooter (b. 1868) |
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18 Apr 1905
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Juan Valera bon Alcal
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18 Apr 1906
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Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846) |
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18 Apr 1913
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Harrison Clark, American soldier (b. 1842) |
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18 Apr 1917
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Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858) |
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18 Apr 1917
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Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing Governor-General of Belgium (1914-17), dies at 73
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18 Apr 1919
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Enny Vrede [Maria M M
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18 Apr 1921
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Earnest [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire actor (Inkwartiering), dies at 70
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18 Apr 1925
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Charles Ebbets president (Dodgers), dies
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18 Apr 1928
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Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski composer, dies at 58
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18 Apr 1935
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Ignazio Guidi Italian orientalist/archaeologist, dies at 90
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18 Apr 1936
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Ottorino Respighi Italian composer (Belkis), dies at 56
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18 Apr 1936
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Seaborn M Denson composer, dies at 82
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18 Apr 1938
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Richard Runciman Terry musicologist, dies
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18 Apr 1939
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Theo Mann actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler), dies at 88
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18 Apr 1940
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Florrie Forde music hall artist, dies
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18 Apr 1940
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Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher historian, dies
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18 Apr 1941
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Korysis: Prime Minister of Greece, commits suicide
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18 Apr 1941
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Alexander Korysis PM of Greece, commits suicide
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18 Apr 1943
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I Yamamoto Admiral of Japanese fleet, dies
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18 Apr 1944
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18 Apr 1945
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Ernest T Pyle British/US newscaster, killed in WWII at 44
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18 Apr 1945
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John Ambrose Fleming electrical engineer, dies
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18 Apr 1947
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Benny Leonard lightweight boxing champion (1917-25), dies at 51
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18 Apr 1949
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Leonard Bloomfield linguist/philosopher, dies
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18 Apr 1955
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Albert Einstein German/US physicist (E=MC
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18 Apr 1955
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Don Blackie cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1928-29), dies at 46
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18 Apr 1955
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Eugen Herrigel Zen philosopher/scholar, dies in Germany at 70
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18 Apr 1958
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Maurice-Gustave Gamelin French Generalissmo (WWI, WWII), dies at 85
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18 Apr 1958
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Richard B Goldschmidt German zoologist (butterflies), dies
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18 Apr 1959
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Irving Cummings Sr actor/director (In Old Arizona), dies at 70
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18 Apr 1960
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Emory Johnson director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at 66
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18 Apr 1963
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Henrietta Kreis 3rd of famous Wallenda aerialist to fall to death
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18 Apr 1964
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Ben Hecht playwright (Child of the Century), dies at 71
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18 Apr 1964
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Albe Vidakovic composer, dies at 49
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18 Apr 1969
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Piotr F Scharoff Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov), dies at 82
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18 Apr 1971
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Masao Oki composer, dies at 69
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18 Apr 1974
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Betty Compson actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77
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18 Apr 1974
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Marcel Pagnol French writer/movie (Topaz), dies at 79
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18 Apr 1975
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Rob Touber [Robert J Noordervliet) chansonnier/director, dies at 38
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18 Apr 1976
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Percy Julian holder of more than 138 chemical patents, dies at 78
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18 Apr 1983
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Alan Melville cricketer (11 Tests for South Africa, 894 runs), dies
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18 Apr 1984
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John Lee Mahin screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81
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18 Apr 1986
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Marcel Dassault [Bloch] French airplane builder, dies at 94
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18 Apr 1990
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Robert D Webb director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at 87
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18 Apr 1992
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Florence Randall model/designer (Bill Blass), dies at 54 of cancer
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18 Apr 1993
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Arthur P Smith US founder of Miami Planetarium, dies at 76
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18 Apr 1994
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Ken Oosterbroek South African press photographer, shot dead at 32
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18 Apr 1995
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Arturo Frondizi President of Argentina (1958-62), dies
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18 Apr 1996
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Kalim Siddiqui islamic campaigner, dies at 62
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18 Apr 1996
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Michael Leander Farr record producer, dies at 55
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18 Apr 1996
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death
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Piet Hein architect/poet/mathematician/inventor, dies at 80
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18 Apr 1996
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Robert William Paine architect, dies at 88
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18 Apr 1997
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Edward Barker cartoonist, dies at 46
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