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1997
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2007
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1989
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1038
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1040
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1057
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1369
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1552
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1621
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1582
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1666
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1591
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1714
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1728
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1656
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1758
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1698
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1799
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1729
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1852
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1760
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1880
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1848
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1907
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1831
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1909
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Euclides da Cunha
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1866
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1917
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Thomas J. Higgins
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1831
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1925
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Konrad Mägi
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1878
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1935
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Wiley Post
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1898
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Will Rogers
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1879
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1936
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Grazia Deledda
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Nobel Prize Laureate
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1871
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1945
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Korechika Anami
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War Minister
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1887
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1951
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Artur Schnabel
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1882
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1953
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Ludwig Prandtl
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1875
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1959
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Blind Willie McTell
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1901
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1962
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Lei Feng
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1940
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1967
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René Magritte
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1898
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1971
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Paul Lukas
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1887
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1975
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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President of Bangladesh
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1920
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Clay Shaw
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John F. Kennedy
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1913
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1982
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Hugo Theorell
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Nobel Prize Laureate
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1903
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1990
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Viktor Tsoi
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1962
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1995
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John Cameron Swayze
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1906
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1999
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Hugh Casson
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1910
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2001
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Richard Chelimo
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1972
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2003
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Gösta Sundqvist
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1957
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2004
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Semiha Berksoy
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1910
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2004
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Sune Bergström
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Nobel Prize Laureate
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1916
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Amarsinh Chaudhary
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1941
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2006
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Te Atairangi Kaahu
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1931
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2007
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John Gofman
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Manhattan Project
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Geoffrey Orbell
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Independence Day
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1947
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Flooding of the Nile
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Gwangbokjeol
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Tuva
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Naadym
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Costa Rica
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Mother's Day
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Jesus
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. It uses material from the
Wikipedia article "August 15"
.
