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3 Dec 1919 Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78
2:11 PM Dec 3rd
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15 NOV 1630 Johann Kepler, German astronomer, dies at 58
10:15 AM Nov 15th
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15 NOV 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st film "Love Me Tender," premieres in New York City
10:04 AM Nov 15th
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15 NOV 2006 Al Jazeera launches Al Jazeera English
10:01 AM Nov 15th
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2 Nov 1924 Sunday Express publishes 1st British crossword puzzle
2:26 PM Nov 2nd
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2 Nov 1904 British newspaper, "Daily Mirror," begins publishing
2:24 PM Nov 2nd
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29 Oct 1958 Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature
2:57 PM Oct 29th
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29 oct 1923 Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire)
2:56 PM Oct 29th
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29 oct 1872 - J S Risdon patents metal windmill
2:50 PM Oct 29th
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16 Oct 1793 Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France
1:44 PM Oct 16th
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16 Oct 1847 Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published
1:39 PM Oct 16th
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16 Oct 1964 China becomes world's 5th nuclear power
1:35 PM Oct 16th
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16 Oct 1984 Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize
1:33 PM Oct 16th
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23 Sep 1939 Sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83
5:20 PM Sep 23rd
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23 Sep 1973 Pablo Neruda, [N R R Basoalto], poet (100 Love Sonnets), dies at 69
5:20 PM Sep 23rd
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14 Sep 1982 Grace Kelly, princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52
3:30 PM Sep 14th
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14 Sep 1960 Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela form OPEC
3:17 PM Sep 14th
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13 Sep 1788 New York City becomes 1st capital of US
3:01 PM Sep 13th
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13 Sep 1881 Lewis Latimer invents and patents electric lamp with a carbon filament
3:00 PM Sep 13th
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9 Sep 1997 Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million
11:30 AM Sep 10th
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