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Princess of Wales
Irish New Age singer
Actor, Morpheus in The Matrix
'Great' NHL player, #99
U.S. track star (but awful anthem singer)
Actress (Seinfeld, Veep)
Singer with the lower case stage name
44th U.S. President
49ers QB & ESPN commentator
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MLB all-time hit leader (at the time)
Actor, (Pride of the Yankees, High Noon)
UN General Secretary (plane crash)
Author (The Sun Also Rises)
Swiss developer of analytical psychology
Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo
Brother of Groucho and Harpo
Longest-serving Speaker of the House
Austrian physicist with a 'cat'
First Lady of the 28th US President
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Warned of military-industrial complex
Became first human in outer space
Had Catch-22 published
Inaugurated US President
Oscar, Best Actor (Elmer Gantry)
Coached the Packers to the NFL Championship
Set MLB single-season home run record
Won NBA MVP playing center for the Celtics
Became first American in outer space
Oscar, Best Actress (BUtterfield 8)
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Its war for independence from France continues
Its war for independence from Portugal begins
Treaty to manage this continent enters effect
Wall under construction in this city
U.S. lands in this country via Bay of Pigs
Adolf Eichmann on trial in this city
Birthday of its Grand Duke becomes national holiday
African country becomes independent from U.K.
58 megaton H-bomb tested (country)
23rd Amendment gives this city electoral votes
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