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05/07/1956
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Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300
Type: Event
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05/07/1957
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[Christopher St John] "Sinjin" Smith, LA CA, volleyballer (Oly-96)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1957
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Shauna McDonald Brown, TV producer
Type: Birth
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05/07/1957
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Maj Johnson, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to 17.28 miles (27.8 K)
Type: Event
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05/07/1957
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Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit by a line drive off Gil McDougald
Type: Event
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05/07/1958
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Howard Johnson sets aircraft altitude record in F-104, 27,810 m
Type: Event
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05/07/1958
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Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
Type: Death
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05/07/1959
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"Roy Campanella Night" Largest baseball crowd (93,103 in LA Coliseum) sees Dodgers' Sandy Koufax beat Yankees 6-2 in exhibition
Type: Event
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05/07/1959
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Tamara E Jernigan, Chattoonaga, PhD/astro (STS 40, 52, 67, 80)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1959
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Michael E Knight, Princeton NJ, actor (Date with Angel, All My Child)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1959
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Robin L Freeman, St Charles MO, PGA golfer (1993 Northern Telecom-3rd)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1960
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Arnon Ohad, co-pilot (El Al) plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam
Type: Birth
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05/07/1960
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Dodgers Larry and Norm Sherry are baseball's 10th brother battery
Type: Event
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05/07/1960
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"From A to Z" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 21 performances
Type: Event
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05/07/1960
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86th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Venetian Way wins in 2:02.4
Type: Event
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05/07/1960
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"Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances
Type: Event
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05/07/1960
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LA Dodger Norm Sherry's 11th HR wins the game for brother Larry
Type: Event
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05/07/1960
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Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as pres of USSR
Type: Event
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05/07/1960
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Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12«-8« for world chess championship
Type: Event
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05/07/1960
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USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy
Type: Event
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05/07/1960
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"Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 perfs
Type: Event
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05/07/1961
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Linda Somers, Bitburg Germany, US marathoner (Olympics-31st-96)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1961
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Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
Type: Event
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05/07/1961
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"Young Abe Lincoln" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 27 perfs
Type: Event
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05/07/1962
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Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77
Type: Death
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05/07/1962
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Robbie Knievel, daredevil, son of Evel (Chips Something Special)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1962
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960)
Type: Event
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05/07/1962
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
Type: Event
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05/07/1963
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SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))
Type: Event
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05/07/1963
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Bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champ
Type: Event
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05/07/1964
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Ronnie Harmon, NFL running back (SD Chargers, Tennessee Oilers)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1964
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Mustapha Zerqti, Moroccan/Neth writer (Ihtidaar hub fi el-mahd)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1964
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Leslie O'Neal, NFL defensive end (SD Chargers, St Louis Rams)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1965
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Reuben Davis, NFL defensive tackle (SD Chargers)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1965
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WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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05/07/1966
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92nd Kentucky Derby: Donald Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 2:02
Type: Event
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05/07/1966
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Mamas and Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1
Type: Event
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05/07/1966
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Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene
Type: Event
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05/07/1966
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Anderson Cummins, cricketer (in Packer's Valley Barbados and WI quickie)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1967
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
Type: Event
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05/07/1967
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Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54
Type: Death
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05/07/1968
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Joe King, NFL safety (Oakland Raiders)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1968
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Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41
Type: Death
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05/07/1969
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Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player (US Open Junior 1984)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1969
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Melanie Valerio, 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1969
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Lt General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA
Type: Event
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05/07/1969
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2nd ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1
Type: Event
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05/07/1970
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Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
Type: Death
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05/07/1970
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Sebastien Britten, Brossard Que, figure skater (1995 Canadian Champ)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1970
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"Long and Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release
Type: Event
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