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01/08/1948
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Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason
Type: Event
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01/08/1948
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Richard Tauber, Austria/British tenor/composer (L‚har), dies at 55
Type: Death
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01/08/1948
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Kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60
Type: Death
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01/08/1948
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Paul King, rocker (Blue Oyster Cult)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1948
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Gillies Mackinnon, director (Playboys)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1948
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Mel Pritchard, rocker
Type: Birth
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01/08/1949
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Lawrence Rowe, cricketer (prolific WI batsman, 302 v Eng 1974)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1949
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"Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 429 perfs
Type: Event
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01/08/1949
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"My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 95 performances
Type: Event
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01/08/1949
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"Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 134 performances
Type: Event
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01/08/1950
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Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies
Type: Death
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01/08/1950
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Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66
Type: Death
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01/08/1950
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George Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies
Type: Death
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01/08/1951
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John McTiernan, Albany NY, actor (Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1951
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Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow is rediscovered in Bermuda
Type: Event
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01/08/1951
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Paul Dresher, composer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1951
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G‚rard Leman, Belgian general
Type: Birth
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01/08/1952
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Jordan adopts constitution
Type: Event
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01/08/1952
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Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant and dwarf stars), dies
Type: Death
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01/08/1952
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Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66
Type: Death
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01/08/1952
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Lauri Walters, SF Calif, actress (8 is Enough, Harrad Experiment)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1952
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Norm Jarvis, Prince Albert Sask, golfer (1984 Chilliwack)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1953
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Ren‚ Mayer forms French govt
Type: Event
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01/08/1953
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Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78
Type: Death
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01/08/1953
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Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts)
Type: Event
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01/08/1953
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Bruce Sutter, pitcher (Cubs, Cards, Braves)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1954
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Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio and records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"
Type: Event
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01/08/1955
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WUNC TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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01/08/1955
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Mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1955
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Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt
Type: Event
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01/08/1955
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Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak
Type: Event
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01/08/1955
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Louise Sugg wins LPGA LA Golf Open
Type: Event
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01/08/1956
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Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 and stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)
Type: Event
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01/08/1956
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Conrad Aiken
Type: Event
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01/08/1958
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Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana
Type: Event
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01/08/1959
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Michael Harwood, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1959
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Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic
Type: Event
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01/08/1960
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Jolanda Egger, Luzean Switz, playmate (June, 1983)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1961
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters
Type: Event
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01/08/1961
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Shoaib Mohammad, cricketer (son of Hanif Patient and prolific batsman)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1962
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Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth)
Type: Event
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01/08/1962
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Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, 1st pro appearance, he came in 50th
Type: Event
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01/08/1963
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Hiromi Kobayashi, Fukushima Japan, LPGA golfer (1993 JAL Big Apple)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1963
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Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81
Type: Death
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01/08/1963
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Dmitri Shostakovitch' Katharina Ismailova, premieres in Riga
Type: Event
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01/08/1963
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"Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art
Type: Event
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01/08/1964
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President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"
Type: Event
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01/08/1964
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European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan
Type: Event
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01/08/1964
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Peter [Ped] Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or 3/5]
Type: Birth
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01/08/1964
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Virgil Hill, Missouri, middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1984)
Type: Birth
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