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It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
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St. Louis
Missouri
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