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01/08/1974
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Arjan Blaauw, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1974
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Loch Ness Monster photographed
Type: Event
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01/08/1974
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Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York
Type: Event
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01/08/1974
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Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London
Type: Event
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01/08/1974
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E Wilson Jr's musical "Let My People Come," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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01/08/1974
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Brian Roberson, wide receiver (NY Giants)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1975
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Star Behl, Miss Delaware USA (1996)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1975
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Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison
Type: Event
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01/08/1975
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Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], US tenor (La Gioconda), dies at 61
Type: Death
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01/08/1975
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Louis J H C A de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), dies at 66
Type: Death
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01/08/1975
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John Gregson, actor (Rooney, Assassin), dies at 55
Type: Death
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01/08/1975
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Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66
Type: Death
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01/08/1975
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Gertrude Olmsted, actress (Cobra, Torrent), dies at 70
Type: Death
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01/08/1975
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John Dierkes, actor (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 69
Type: Death
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01/08/1975
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Vitali Yachmenev, Chelyabinsk Rus, NHL right wing (LA Kings)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1975
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Jenny Lewis, Las Vegas Nv, actress (Becky-Life With Lucy)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1976
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Brad Snyder, Ontario, shot putter (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1976
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Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78
Type: Death
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01/08/1976
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Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
Type: Event
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01/08/1977
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Pearl Amoah, Miss Universe-Ghana (1996)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1977
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Ryan Frances, actor (Trevor-Sisters)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1978
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Petra Minarova, Miss Czech Republic Universe (1997)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1978
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Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75
Type: Death
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01/08/1978
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Israeli govt votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai
Type: Event
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01/08/1979
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Argentina and Chile sign Beagle Canal accord
Type: Event
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01/08/1979
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Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge and occupy Phnom Penh
Type: Event
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01/08/1979
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Sarah Polley, actress (Sweet Hereafter)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1979
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Today Show gets a new theme song
Type: Event
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01/08/1979
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512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up
Type: Event
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01/08/1979
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Sequoyah, chimpanzee (son of Washoe)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1980
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Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0
Type: Event
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01/08/1980
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Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90
Type: Death
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01/08/1980
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NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports
Type: Event
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01/08/1981
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Matthew Beard, entertainer, dies
Type: Death
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01/08/1981
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Woody Chamblis, actor (Mr Lathrop-Gunsmoke), dies at 66
Type: Death
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01/08/1981
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"Pirates of Penzance" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 772 performances
Type: Event
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01/08/1981
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Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner)
Type: Event
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01/08/1981
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India all out 63 in one-day international v Australia
Type: Event
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01/08/1982
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Reta Shaw, actress (Ghost and Mrs Muir), dies of emphysema at 69
Type: Death
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01/08/1982
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Gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack
Type: Death
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01/08/1982
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Justice Dept withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since
Type: Event
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01/08/1982
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ATandT agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies
Type: Event
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01/08/1982
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Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville Tennessee
Type: Event
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01/08/1982
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Gaby Hoffman, actress (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now and Then)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1983
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Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72
Type: Death
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01/08/1983
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Lois Wilson, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
Type: Death
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01/08/1984
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Wash Caps Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals to beat Phila 7-1
Type: Event
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01/08/1984
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NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams
Type: Event
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01/08/1985
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Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet
Type: Event
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01/08/1986
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Yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84
Type: Death
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