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07 Oct 0290
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[Christian] Sergius: Roman soldier / martyred saint, decapitated
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07 Oct 0336
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Marcus: Bishop of Rome (336)
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07 Oct 0336
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Pope Mark |
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07 Oct 0929
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death
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Charles III [the Plain]: King of France (893-929)
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07 Oct 0929
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death
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Charles the Simple, French king (b. 879) |
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07 Oct 1368
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death
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Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician (b. 1338) |
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07 Oct 1488
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death
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Andrea del Verrochio: Sculptor / Painter / goldsmith, dies at about 52
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07 Oct 1553
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death
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Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (b. 1500) |
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07 Oct 1555
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Louis of Praet (b. 1488) |
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07 Oct 1571
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death
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Ali Pasha: Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle
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07 Oct 1577
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George Gascoigne, English soldier, courtier, and poet (b. 1535) |
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07 Oct 1612
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Menso Alting: Dutch reformed vicar / theologist, dies at 70
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07 Oct 1612
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Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1538) |
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07 Oct 1620
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Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish-Lithuanian commander (b. 1547) |
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07 Oct 1637
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death
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Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587) |
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07 Oct 1639
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death
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John I Pontanus: Physicist / Historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68
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07 Oct 1651
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Jacques Sirmond, French scholar (b. 1559) |
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07 Oct 1653
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Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (b. 1581) |
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07 Oct 1660
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death
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Paul Scarron: French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50
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07 Oct 1681
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death
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Nicolaas Heinsius: Dutch philological / diplomat, dies at 61
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07 Oct 1708
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Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (b. 1666) |
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07 Oct 1766
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death
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Andre Cheron: Composer, dies at 71
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07 Oct 1772
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John Woolman, American preacher and activist (b. 1720) |
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07 Oct 1777
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death
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Simon Fraser: English General, dies in battle
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07 Oct 1780
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Patrick Ferguson, Scottish soldier (b. 1744) |
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07 Oct 1787
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death
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Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711) |
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07 Oct 1792
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George Mason, American politician (b. 1725) |
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07 Oct 1793
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death
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Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718) |
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07 Oct 1796
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Thomas Reid, Scottish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1710) |
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07 Oct 1800
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death
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Gabriel: Slave revolt leader (Virginia), hanged
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07 Oct 1811
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death
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August R van Hekeren van Suideras: Dutch orangist, dies at 68
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07 Oct 1849
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death
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Edgar Allen Poe: Poet (Raven), dies in Baltimore at 40
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07 Oct 1849
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Edgar Allan Poe, American author and poet (b. 1809) |
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07 Oct 1864
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death
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Alexander Gardiner: US Union Brigadier General, dies in battle
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07 Oct 1864
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death
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John Gregg: US judge / Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 36
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07 Oct 1887
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death
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George James Webb: Composer, dies at 84
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07 Oct 1890
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death
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John Hill Hewitt: Composer, dies at 89
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07 Oct 1894
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death
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809) |
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07 Oct 1896
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death
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Emma Darwin, English wife of Charles Darwin, (b. 1808) |
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07 Oct 1903
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death
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Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832) |
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07 Oct 1904
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death
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Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831) |
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07 Oct 1906
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Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848) |
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07 Oct 1911
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death
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John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835) |
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07 Oct 1915
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Samuel Prowse Warren: Composer, dies at 74
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07 Oct 1918
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death
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C Hubert H Parry: Engl musicologist / Composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70
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07 Oct 1919
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Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856) |
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07 Oct 1924
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death
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Clemens Baeumker: German Historian (Christian Philosophy), dies at 71
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07 Oct 1925
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death
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Hubert Platt Main: Composer, dies at 86
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07 Oct 1925
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Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880) |
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07 Oct 1926
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death
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Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856) |
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07 Oct 1931
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Eugen Schmidt, Danish tug of war competitor (b. 1862) |
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07 Oct 1939
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death
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Harvey (William) Cushing: US neurologist, dies at 70
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07 Oct 1939
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Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869) |
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07 Oct 1943
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Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1899) |
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07 Oct 1943
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Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880) |
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07 Oct 1943
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Archibald Warden, English tennis player (b. 1869) |
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07 Oct 1944
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Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918) |
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07 Oct 1951
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death
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Anton F Philips: CEO (Philips), dies at 77
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07 Oct 1951
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Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874) |
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07 Oct 1956
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Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886) |
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07 Oct 1959
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Prime Minister Kassem of Iraq: Assassinated
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07 Oct 1959
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Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (b. 1921) |
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07 Oct 1962
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death
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Mauritius Dekker [Boris Robazki]: Writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66
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07 Oct 1963
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Grace Darmond: Silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69
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07 Oct 1964
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Eugen Varga: Hungarian / Russian economist / politician, dies at 84
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07 Oct 1966
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Johnny Kidd: Rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash
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07 Oct 1966
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Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890) |
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07 Oct 1966
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Smiley Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913) |
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07 Oct 1967
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Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872) |
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07 Oct 1976
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Nikolai Lopatnikoff: Composer, dies at 73
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07 Oct 1981
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Wouter Paap: Composer, dies at 73
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07 Oct 1988
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Billy Daniels: Singer, dies of cancer at 73
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07 Oct 1990
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death
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J Teengs Gerritsen: Resistance fighter
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07 Oct 1990
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death
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John "Cat" Thompson: Basketball hall of famer, dies at 84
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07 Oct 1990
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death
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Juan Jose Arevalo: President of Guatemala (1945-51)
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07 Oct 1991
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death
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Leo Durocher: Baseball coach / manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86
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07 Oct 1992
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death
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Allan Bloom: Author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62
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07 Oct 1992
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death
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Ed Blackwell: US jazz drummer (Quartet)
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07 Oct 1993
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death
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Cyril Cusack: Actor (Fahrenheit 451), dies of neuron disease at 82
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07 Oct 1993
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death
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Kenneth Nelson: US / English actor (Boys in the Band), dies at 63
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07 Oct 1994
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death
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Niels Kaj Jerne: Danish immunologist (Nobel prize 1984), dies at 82
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07 Oct 1994
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death
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Paul Swift: US actor (Egg Man in Pink Flamingo), dies of AIDS at 60
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07 Oct 1995
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death
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Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati: Politician / businessman, dies at 59
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07 Oct 1995
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death
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Louis Meyer: Indie 500 racer (3 wins), dies at 91
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07 Oct 1996
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death
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Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser: Dies at 86
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