Delete fields in Address Book view

I imported my Outlook contacts into AB via .txt file. Now all of the address cards that I have just imported have bithdays and anniversaries with the same date. These fields do not appear on my template in preferences. Is there a way to delete these 2 fields on all of my cards?
Thanks

Hi Rob,
What I meant to post was:
set HitDate to (date "Sunday, November 21, 1999 00:00:00") + 12 * hours
tell application "Address Book"
-- Loop through people
repeat with thisPerson in people
-- Loop through element
repeat with thisDate in (custom dates of thisPerson)
-- Take action
if value of thisDate is equal to HitDate then
delete thisDate
end if
end repeat
end repeat
end tell
This doesn't work (the items are not deleted), but doesn't error.
It seems to me to be a bug in Address Book.
John M

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