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The package was originally sent to Fischer at Pennsylvania State University but was later forwarded. The bomb consisted of smokeless powder and a large number of match heads. The package has a false return address, stating it came from LeRoy Bearnson, a professor of electrical engineering at Utah’s Brigham Young University.
(5 May 1982)

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		Bandleader and composer Duke Edward Kennedy Ellington 29 April 1899 (+) is born in Washington, United States. 24 May 1974 (-) dies of lung cancer and pneumonia in New York City, United States.
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