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0535 John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0615 St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0685 St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1360 Treaty of Brétigny signed by English & French
1429 French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orléans
1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI
1521 Parliament of Worms installs edict against Marten Luther
1541 Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River
1624 Hung king Bethlen G bor & emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna
1639 William Coddington founds Newport RI
1660 English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns
1721 Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII
1741 France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg
1784 Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
1792 British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash
1792 US establishes military draft
1794 US Post Office established
1823 "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
1834 Charles Darwin's expedition returns to the Beagle
1834 Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
1840 Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process
1842 Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die
1846 1st major battle of Méxican War fought at Palo Alto Texas
1847 Robert Thompson patents rubber tire
1858 John Brown holds antislavery convention
1861 Richmond Va, is named the capital of the Confederacy
1862 Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va
1863 Confederación Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia
1864 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
1864 Atlanta Campaign: Sever fighting near Dalton
1864 Battle of Antietam, VA (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
1866 Australian Rules Football is created
1871 English-US treaty ends Alabama dispute
1877 1st Westminster Dog Show held
1878 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
1879 George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch
1882 David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC
1885 Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl
1886 Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine)
1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1896 Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
1897 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¬
1900 250 grave robbers shot to death
1900 Galveston Texas, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die
1900 John McGraw & Wilbert Robinson sign with Cardinals
1901 In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Phila 12-4
1902 Mt Pelée erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000
1906 Phila A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs
1907 Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0
1907 Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1909 Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6)
1909 Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31)
1915 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4
1916 German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes
1919 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane
1919 Appingedam soccer team forms
1920 46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09
1921 Sweden abolished capital punishment
1923 Hobbs scores his 100th 100, 116* v Somerset at Bath
1924 Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231," premieres
1924 Memel territories given to Lithuania
1924 Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut
1925 51st Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59
1925 French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco
1926 1st flight over North Pole (Bennett & Byrd)
1926 A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
1926 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park
1929 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
1929 NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0
1931 Operette "Land of Smiles," premieres in London
1935 Cin Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-4
1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
1937 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2
1938 Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks," premieres in Washington, DC
1941 German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
1942 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
1942 German summer offensive opens in Crimea
1942 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
1943 69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4
1943 Adm Cunningham of Brit fleet: "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass"
1944 1st eye bank opens (NYC)
1944 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death
1944 U-575 sinks Asphodel
1945 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
1945 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet
1945 Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov
1945 V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe
1946 Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
1947 A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson & the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon
1948 Bradman scores 146 Aust v Surrey, 174 mins, 15 fours
1949 West German constitution approved
1950 Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons
1951 Dacron men's suits introduced
1951 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1952 "Of Thee I Sing" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
1952 "Shuffle Along" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 4 performances
1952 Mad Magazine debuts
1953 WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1954 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 m)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA
1956 John Osbornes "Look Back in Anger," premieres in London
1958 Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
1958 VP Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru
1959 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore
1960 USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations
1960 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Golf Open
1961 1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport Texas
1961 Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
1962 "Funny Thing Happened" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 965 perfs
1962 1st Atlas Centaur Launch
1962 London trolley buses go out of service
1963 "Dr No" premieres in US
1963 JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression
1965 1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7")
1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
1966 Last game at old Busch stadium, St Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF
1966 Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)
1967 Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
1968 Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0)
1968 Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)
1969 Cambodia recognizes German DR
1969 Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Sacra Ritum Congregation
1970 Beatles release "Let it Be" album
1970 Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in NYC's Wall Street
1970 NBA championship: Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99
1971 "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 5 performances
1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Sq Garden
1972 Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
1973 Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs mgr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager
1973 Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
1974 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
1974 Canada govt of Trudeau falls
1974 FC Magdenburg wins 14th Europe Cup II
1976 "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 7 perfs
1977 David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings
1977 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1978 ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"
1978 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
1979 Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
1980 Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game
1980 World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated
1981 Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record
1982 Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1983 Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1984 Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9)
1984 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1984 Minn Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
1984 Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
1984 USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
1985 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win
1985 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)
1988 "Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 46 performances
1988 François Mitterrand elected president of France
1988 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
1988 Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC
1988 Amateur referees work NJ Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils
1989 Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
1989 US space shuttle STS-30 lands
1990 Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway
1991 CIA director William H Webster resigns
1993 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware
1993 Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1993 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman & takes NYC subway train & 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
1994 "Rise & Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 9 perfs
1994 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
1994 Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
1994 Ernesto Pérez Balladares elected president of Panama
1994 José Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica
1994 Laura Davies wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1994 Pres Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
1996 NY Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3
1996 S Afr's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution
1997 Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village

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1078Cindy Parlow, Memphis Tenn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
1492Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer
1521Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint
1527Johann Walter, composer
1592Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)
1629Niels Juel, Danish admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjögebocht)
1641Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam)
1668Alain R Lesage, French author (Turcaret ou le Financier)
1673Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer
1703Gottlob Harrer, composer
1737Edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)
1742Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer
1745Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer
1750Elias Mann, composer
1753Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Méxican independence
1763John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman
1778Johann Gansbacher, composer
1786Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry
1803Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
1806Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer
1810James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1814Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist
1824William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57)
1828Jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901)
1829Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist
1833Frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
1836Bryan Morel Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905
1839Francis W Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton/writer
1842Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist
1844Hermann Gradener, composer
1846Oscar Hammerstein, Germany, opera/playwright (Kohinoor)
1853Charles Lee Williams, composer
1857Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, Dutch actor/husband of Alida Klein
1858John Meade Falkner, novelist (Moonfleet)
1871[mile M] Louis Madelin, French historian (French revolutionary)
1873Henry Leveson-Gower, cricketer (England capt 1909-10 later official)
1882Philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat
1884Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953)
1886Jef van Hoof, composer
1891Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
1892Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show)
1893Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913)
1895Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)
1895Fulton J Sheen, El Paso Ill, bishop (Life is Worth Living)
1895José Gómez, [Joselito el Gallo], bullfighter
1899Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter
1899[Friedrich] August von Hayek, Aust/British economist (Road to Serfdom)
1902Andre Michel Lwoff, physiologist
1902Milford "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ bat early 1930's, All Black half)
1903Fernandel, [Fernand JD Contandin], French actor (Paris Holiday)
1903Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian (Grand Chef)
1904John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator
1904John Snagge, commentator (BBC)
1905Inglis Gundry, composer
1906David Van Vactor, Plymouth Indiana, composer (Chaconne)
1906Roberto Rossellini, Rome Italy, director (Open City)
1908Arturo De Cordova, [Rodriguez], Merida Mexico, actor (Medal for Benny)
1910Mary Lou Williams, US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite)
1910Ronald Russell, actor/manager (We are Angels, Little Dorrit)
1911Robert Johnson, blues singer (King of Delta Blues Singer)
1911Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman, Dutch lawyer/foreign minister
1912George Woodcock, author
1912Gertrud Fussenegger, [Dorn], Austrian writer (Mohrenlegende)
1913Sidney James, [Cohen], Johannesburg, actor (Carry On)
1914Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman (Comm House of Lords)
1915John Archer, Osceola Nebraska, actor (Destination: Moon)
1916Gordon Scarrott, engineer
1919Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer
1920Maurice Cranston, political scientist
1920Sloan Wilson, Norwalk, Conn, novelist (Man in the Gray Flannal
1921Graham Leonard, bishop of London
1921Saul Bass, designer
1922Brian Kellett, CEO (Port of London Authority)
1922Friedrich Döppe, writer
1924Tristan Jones, sailor
1925Ali Hassan Mwinyi, president of Tanzania (1985- )
1925Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, lord of appeal in ordinary
1926David Attenborough, producer/TV host/scientist
1926David Attenborough, naturalist
1926Don Rickles, Queens NY, comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey)
1926Erico Menczer, Fiume Italy, cinematographer (Chosen, Miranda)
1926Richard F Attenborough, environmentalist/zoologist (BBC)
1926Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge
1927Ian Denholm, CEO (Murray Investment Trust)
1927Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman (National Westminster Bank)
1928Theodore Sorenson, presidential advisor (JFK)/author (1000 Days)
1928William Jay Sydeman, composer
1929V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice (CDA)
1930Doug Atkins, Humbolt Tn, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bears, Saints)
1930Gary Snyder, [Japhy Ryder], beat poet (Rip Rap & Cold Mountain Poems)
1930Heather Harper, soprano
1931Charles M Wilson, composer
1933Alistair Service, writer/publisher
1934Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge
1934Roger Kendrick, governor (Dartmoor Prison)
1934Sonny Liston, US heavyweight boxing chmap (1962-64)
1935Jack Charlton, soccer manager (Rep of Ireland)
1935Salome Jens, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (From Here to Eternity)
1935Viscount Falkland, British peer (Lib-Dem)
1936James Darren, actor (Time Tunnel)
1936Neville Purvis, British vice admiral (Chief of Fleet Support)
1937Daniël Robberechts, Belgian writer (Labia Majora)
1937Dennis DeConcini, (Sen-D-AZ, 1977- )
1937Michael Simmons, Air Marshal (British Ministry of Defense)
1937Thomas Pynchon, novelist (V)
1938Javed Burki, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1960-69)
1938Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran
1939Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove NY, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1964)
1940James Blyth, CEO (Boots)
1940Peter Benchley, NYC, novelist (Jaws, The Deep)
1940Ricky Nelson, NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party)
1941James A Traficant Jr, (Rep-D-OH, 1985- )
1941Jim Mitchum, Bridgeport CT, actor (Blackout, Invincible 6)
1941John Fred, rocker
1942Angel Cordero Jr, Santurce PR, jockey (Seattle Slew) [or Nov 8]
1942Euclid "Motorhead" Sherwood, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1942Norman Lamont, MP/Chancellor of Exchequer
1942Robin Hobbs, cricketer (England leg-spinner 1967-71)
1942Ruth Holland, journalist
1943Paul Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
1943Rick Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
1943Toni Tennille, Montgomery Ala, female Beachboy (Capt & Tennille)
1944Gary Glitter, [Paul Gadd], England, rocker (Rock & Roll Part II)
1945Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist (Holland's secret service)
1945Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer)
1947Felicity Lott, English soprano (We come to the river)
1947Phil Sawyer, rocker (Spencer Davis Group)
1947Rick Zehringer, Ohio, rocker (McCoys)
1948John Reid, MP
1948Maurizio Nichetti, actor (Icicle Thief, Volcano)
1951Chris Frantz, Ky, rock drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
1951Deborah Harmon, actress (Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us)
1951Philip Bailey, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)
1952Beth Henley, Jackson Miss, actress/playwright (Miss Firecracker)
1952Charles J Camarda, NYC, PhD/astronaut
1954David Keith, Knoxville Tenn, actor (Back Roads, Firestarter)
1954Pat Meyers, LPGA golfer
1955Alex Van Halen, Nijmegen Neth, rock drummer (Van Halen-1984, Jump)
1955Stephen Furst, Norfolk Va, actor (Animal House, Elliot-St Elsewhere)
1956Gary Wilmot, British? entertainer
1956Jeff Madrigali, Walnut Creek Calif, soling yachter (Olymp-bronze-96)
1957Deana Deardruff, US, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
1957Jeff Wincott, Toronto Canada, actor (Night Heat)
1959Ronnie Lott, Albuquerque, NM, NFL defensive back (SF 49er)
1961Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer (Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy)
1962Terry Baker, CFL kicker (Montreal Alouettes)
1963Clemens Lothaller, Austria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13 backup)
1964Cheryl Richardson, Palo Alto Calif, actress (Jennie-General Hospital)
1964Eric Brittingham, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
1964Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, LA, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
1964Peter Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or Mar/Jan 8]
1966Eddie Brown, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1968Franklin Langham, Augusta GA, Nike golfer (1993 Permian Basin Open)
1968John Johnson, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
1968Omar Camporese, Italy, tennis star
1969Brad Culpepper, NFL defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1969Duane Forde, CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
1969Swift Burch, CFL defensive end (Montreal Alouettes)
1970Christine Stark, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1970Marco Heering, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1970Michael Bevan, cricketer (dashing NSW & Australian lefty bat)
1971Carlos Brooks, NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
1971Chris Wolf, actor/musician (Guys Next Door)
1971Stephen Ingram, NFL tackle/guard (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1972Chris Sanders, NFL wide receiver (Tennessee/Houston Oilers)
1972Keelin Curnuck, Miss New York USA (1996)/Ms Venus Swimwear (1994)
1973Wolf Wigo, Abington Penn, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
1974Calvin Branch, cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
1974Colin Daynes, Windsor Ontario, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympic-96)
1974Korey Stringer, NFL tackle (Minn Vikings)
1976Oleg Tverdovsky, Donetsk Ukr, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
1978Cindy Parlow, Memphis Tenn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
1978Sandra Kleinova, Prague Czech, tennis star (1995 Futures-Turku-FIN)
1979Jayna Cronin Geneva NY, dance skater (& Dreger-1997 Natl-13th)

Famous deaths for this day Events  Birthdays

0535 John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies
0685 Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies
1319 Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies
1577 Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies
1684 Henri Dumont, composer, dies
1725 John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle
1773 Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies
1785 Pietro Longhi, painter, dies
1794 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined
1809 Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78
1818 Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78
1829 Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47
1844 Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies
1846 Giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59
1853 Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67
1861 L seló Teleki, Hungarian earl/revolutionary, commits suicide
1864 James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56
1873 John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66
1876 Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies
1880 Gustave Flaubert, French writer (Salammb“), dies
1885 Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65
1887 Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar
1891 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies
1894 Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79
1903 Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies
1904 Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies
1909 Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies
1915 Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82
1924 Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23
1930 Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 61
1932 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
1936 Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies
1941 Heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86
1943 Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed
1948 Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81
1950 Franklin Dyall, dies at 76
1951 Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40
1957 Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75
1958 Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered
1959 Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55
1960 Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88
1961 James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63
1965 H T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for Engld), dies
1967 Barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39
1967 Elmer Rice, NY playwright/director/novelist, dies at 74
1967 Laverne Andrews, singer (Andrews Sisters), dies at 51
1973 Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies
1974 Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train
1975 Avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87
1976 Alan Baxter, dies at 67
1976 Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies
1979 Talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76
1981 Daniel Gillès, Belgian writer, dies at 64
1981 Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies
1981 Maurice Fernandes, cricket capt (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 v Eng), dies
1982 Colin Blunstone, rocker (Zombies), dies of cancer at 36
1982 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident
1985 Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74
1985 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies of Alzheimer's at 69
1985 Karl Marx, German composer/conductor, dies at 87
1987 Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
1988 Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80
1990 Tomas O'Fiach, [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies
1991 Jean Langlais, composer, dies at 84
1991 Lloyd Ford, stuntman, dies at 79
1991 Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse), dies at 72
1992 Addeke H Boerma, dir-gen (FAO), dies at 80
1992 Brian Moore, writer (Catholics), dies of heart failure at 59
1992 Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), dies
1992 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java), dies
1992 Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer
1993 Kees Deenik, singer/conductor
1994 Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, peace activist, dies at 88
1994 George Peppard, actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, A-Team), dies at 65
1994 Rupert Haselden, journalist/screenwriter, dies at 36
1994 Steven Keats, actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at 48
1995 Carroll Best, bluegrass banjo, dies at 63
1995 Jerry Zipkin, socialite, dies at 80
1995 Prem Bhatia, journalist, dies at 83
1995 Teresa Teng, singer, dies at 41
1996 Jane Cowan, cello teacher, dies at 80
1996 Luis Miguel Domiguin, bullfighter, dies at 69
1996 Serge Chermayeff, architect/designer, dies at 95
1997 Kai-Uwe Von Hassel, German Pres of Bundestag (CDU 1969-72), dies

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