Births
1488 - Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot
1546 - Arcangelo Crivelli, composer
1619 - John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)
1672 - Johann Philipp Kafer, composer
1713 - Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France
1729 - Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia (1762-96)
1730 - Antonin Kammel, composer
1749 - Johann Michael Malzat, composer
1774 - Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)
1775 - Alexander Anderson, US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare)
1779 - William Knyvett, composer
1782 - Friedrich W A Fr”bel, German educator (founded kindergarten)
1795 - Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint
1803 - Levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885
1806 - Peter van Schendel, Dutch painter
1809 - Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secy State (Confederacy)
1814 - Beni Egressy, composer
1816 - Charlotte Bront‰, Tornton England, novelist (Jane Eyre)
1816 - Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Confederate Army, died in 1874
1824 - Anselmo Clave, composer
1828 - Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian (Voyage in Italy)
1834 - William Rufus Terrill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1837 - Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)
1838 - John Muir, US, naturalist/discoverer (glaciers in High Seirras)
1838 - Nat Thompson, cricketer (1st batsman dismissed in a Test match)
1840 - Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis)
1849 - Oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization
1853 - Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer
1854 - Eusapia Palladino, Napolitanse with parergische phenomenons
1854 - Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer
1864 - Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian (Ancient Judaism)
1867 - Benjamin A Jesurun, Antillian literary
1871 - Leo Blech, composer
1871 - Vojtech Rihovsky, composer
1872 - GW Bitzer, [Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer], Roxbury MA
1878 - Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist
1881 - Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist (Rocks of Oran)
1886 - Charlie Naughton, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Frozen Limits)
1887 - Lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer
1892 - ?, 1st buffalo born in Golden Gate Park
1892 - Jaroslav Kvapil, composer
1896 - Attila H”rbiger, Austrian actor (Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika)
1896 - H de Montherlant, writer
1896 - Henry M de Montherlant, French stage author (La Reine Morte)
1898 - Steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach (NY Giants)
1899 - Clement D'Hooghe, composer
1899 - Randall Thompson, NYC, composer (Trip to Nahant)
1901 - Julian Bautista, composer
1902 - Bernard J H "Ben" Stroman, recensent/writer (Jomtof & Blue Beard)
1903 - Hans Hedtoft, premier Denmark (1947..55)
1904 - Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67)
1904 - Jean H‚lion, artist/author (They Shall Not Have Me)
1905 - Edmund G "Pat" Brown, (Gov-D-Calif)
1906 - Tom Burns, editor
1907 - Antoni Szalowski, composer
1907 - Beatrice Kay, NYC, singer/actress, Sister Sue-Calvin & Col)
1908 - Louis Hostin, France, Light Heavyweight, Olympic-gold-1932, 36)
1909 - Rollo May, US, psychologist, Love & Will)
1911 - Leonard Warren, NYC, baritone, Met 1939-60) died on stage
1912 - Feike P Asma, Dutch organist
1912 - Marcel Camus, French director, Orfeu negro)
1912 - Nell [Petronella GS] Koppen, actress, Kniertje-Op Hoop van Zegen)
1913 - Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor, isolated growth hormones)
1913 - Kai-Uwe von Hassel, German politician
1913 - Norman Parkinson, England, fashion photographer, Harper's Bazaar)
1915 - Andor Kovach, composer
1915 - Anthony Quinn, M‚xico, actor, Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia)
1915 - Frick, [W Groebli], Swiss clown, Frick & Frack)
1915 - Anthony Quinn
1916 - Sidney Clute, Brooklyn NY, actor, Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey)
1917 - Emanuel Vardi, Jerusalem Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82)
1919 - Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper
1919 - John Goddard, cricketer, West Indian all-rounder 1948-57)
1920 - Bruno Maderna, Venice Italy, conductor/composer, Hyperion) [or Mar 21
1920 - Christopher Dark, NY, actor, Suddenly, Tenderfoot)
1921 - Jack Fletcher, Forest Hills NY, actor, Grady, Bob Crane Show)
1922 - Allan Watkins, cricketer, England batsman late 40s early 50s)
1923 - Andrea Domburg, Dutch actress, (Theo d'Or Prize, Keetje Tippel)
1924 - Daniel Melnick, NYC, producer, Get Smart)
1924 - Ira Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer, Louvin Brothers)
1926 - Elizabeth, Alexandra Mary Windsor II, Queen of England, 1952- )
1926 - Elizabeth II, Quee
1927 - Robert Brustein, NYC, dean, Yale School of Drama)
1930 - Don Tyson, founder, Tyson Foods)
1930 - Margaret Rose, London England, Princess of York [or Aug 21]
1930 - Silvana Mangano, Rome Italy, actress (Death in Venice, Barabbas)
1932 - Elaine May
1932 - Angela Mortimer, English tennis player, Wimbledon)
1932 - Elaine May, Phila Pa, comedienne/writer/actress, New Leaf)
1933 - Easley Blackwood, Indianapolis In, composer, Un Voyage Cythere)
1934 - Martin Horton, cricketer, England off-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 1959)
1935 - Charles Grodin, Pitt, actor, Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid
1935 - Robin Dixon, England, 2 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1960)
1935 - Charles Grodin
1936 - Anthony Joseph Gnazzo, composer
1936 - Bob Cleary, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
1937 - Charles Lee Herron, Ky, FBI most wanted fugitive (Jan 1 1986)
1939 - Ernie Maresca, singer/songwriter (Runaround Sue, Wanderer)
1939 - John McCabe, composer
1940 - Souleymane Cisse, director (Waati, Yeelen, Finye, Baara)
1942 - Bobby McClure, US gospel singer (Don't Mess Up a Good Thing)
1946 - S Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test ump, ICC referee
1947 - Alan Warner, rocker (Foundations)
1947 - Iggy Pop, [James Osterberg], Mich, rocker (Zombie Birdhouse)
1947 - John Weider, bassist (Family-Family Entertainment)
1948 - Claire Denis, Paris France, actress (Boom Boom, Chocolat)
1948 - Gary A Condit, (Rep-D-California)
1948 - Lord Egremont, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1948 - Paul Davis, Meridian Mi, country/rock vocalist (I Go Crazy)
1949 - Patti LuPone, Northport NY, actress/singer (Evita, Life Goes On)
1951 - Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-2)
1951 - Nicoel Barclay, rocker
1951 - Paul Carrack, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Squeeze/Ace-How Long)
1951 - Tony Danza, Brooklyn, (Tony Banta-Taxi, Tony Micelli-Who's the Boss)
1951 - Tony Danza
1953 - Edward Ray Fiori, Lynwood CA, PGA golfer (1979 Southern Open)
1954 - Dale Eggeling, Statesboro GA, LPGA golfer (1995 Oldsmobile Classic)
1956 - Rick DeMont, US, 400m swimmer, drug disqualification (1972 Olympics)
1957 - Jesse Orosco, Santa Barbara CA, pitcher (NY Mets, Orioles, Dodgers)
1958 - Andie MacDowell, [Rosali Anderson], SC, actress (Green Card) [or 2/12
1958 - Kyle Stevens, LPGA golfer
1958 - Andie Macdowell
1959 - Robert Smith, Sussex, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cure-Hell's Kitchen)
1960 - Julius Korir, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-gold-1984)
1962 - Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, Russia, major/cosmonaut
1963 - John Cameron Mitchell, El Paso TX, actor (Misplaced, Band of the Hand
1963 - Ken Caminiti, Hanford CA, infielder (San Diego Padres)
1964 - Louise Mullard, Kurri Kurri NSW, golfer (1990 T3 Coca Cola Classic)
1965 - Ed Belfour, Carman, NHL goalie (Chicago Blackhawks)
1965 - Gary Grant, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
1965 - Karen Foster, Lufkin Tx, playmate (Oct, 1989)
1966 - Judy Diduck, ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Oly-98)
1968 - Peter van Foxes, soccer player (Ajax)
1969 - Conrad Clarks, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
1969 - Dwight Hollier, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1970 - Israel Stanley, NFL/WLAF defensive end (NO Saints, Rhein Fire)
1970 - Stewart Malgunas, Prince George, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1971 - Jennifer Reed, Miss USA-Michigan (1997)
1971 - Samantha Druce, youngest woman to swim English Channel
1971 - Tom Cavallo, NFL/WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy, SF 49ers)
1971 - Tony Mcgee, NFL tight end (Cin Bengals)
1972 - David Williams, Bedford PA, outfielder (SF Giants)
1972 - Lori Flick, Boston Massachusetts, Miss America-Massachusetts (1997)
1972 - Tia Jackson, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
1974 - Brice Hunter, wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1975 - Angela Michelle Hughes, Anderson SC, Miss America-SC (1997)
1975 - Danyon Joseph Loader, Dunedin NZ, 200m/400m swimmer (Olymp-2 gold-96)
1977 - Karen Ann Peterson, Miss Aruba Universe (1997)
1978 - Aimee Delatte, Miss Arkansas Teen USA (1996)
1978 - Avi Phillips, Ontario, actor (Maniac Mansion)
1978 - Melissa Coish, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA (1996)
1984 - Ashley Peldon, Staten Is NY, actress (Marsha-Guilding Light, Deceived
Events
953 - Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights
1420 - Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike
1453 - Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople
1477 - Maximilian of Habsburg marries Maria of Bourgondië at proxy
1509 - Henry the VIII becomes King of England
1521 - Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards
1526 - Battle at Panipat: Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi
1572 - France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant
1600 - 1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun (OS)
1649 - Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship
1654 - England & Sweden sign trade agreement
1689 - William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England
1739 - Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord
1785 - Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges
1789 - John Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington)
1794 - NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to prote
1818 - Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna
1828 - Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary
1836 - Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from México
1855 - 1st train crosses Miss River's 1st bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia
1857 - Alexander Douglas patents the bustle
1862 - Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Co
1862 - Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston
1863 - Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Feast of Ridván (Jalâl 13, 20)
1865 - Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington
1878 - NY installs 1st firehouse pole
1878 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Inscrutabili
1878 - Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
1884 - Potters Field reopened as Madison Park
1892 - Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St Louis Mo
1894 - George Bernard Shaw's "Arms & the Man," premieres in London
1898 - Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat
1898 - Spanish-American War begins
1904 - Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
1908 - Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't)
1910 - Cleve Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0
1913 - German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
1913 - Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper
1914 - US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
1920 - John Galsworthy's "Skin Game," premieres in London
1921 - Ottawa Senators beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup [or 4/4]
1925 - Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR
1925 - No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral
1925 - Noël Coward's "Fallen Angels," premieres in London
1930 - Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322
1930 - Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Moskva Golid," premieres in Moscow
1934 - Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays AL record 117th cons errorless game
1935 - King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties
1940 - 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio
1940 - Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer
1941 - Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany
1944 - NFL Chic Cardinals & Pitts Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3)
1945 - Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
1945 - He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
1945 - Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream," premieres in London
1945 - Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin
1945 - US 7th Army occupies Neurenberg
1946 - SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany
1948 - 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US
1948 - 2nd NBA Championship: Balt Bullets beat Phila Warriors, 4 games to 2
1951 - 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
1951 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1
1952 - BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
1954 - Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of USSR
1954 - USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
1955 - Bkln Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
1955 - J Lawrence & R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in NYC
1955 - Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
1956 - Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1
1957 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1957 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum
1959 - 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
1959 - Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark
1960 - Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil
1961 - Dirk U Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO
1961 - French army revolts in Algeria
1961 - USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,000 m
1962 - Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington
1963 - Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
1963 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open
1964 - Pirates & Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5
1965 - New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd & final season
1966 - Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica
1967 - Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
1967 - EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands
1967 - Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to US
1967 - Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier
1967 - Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC
1968 - 22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz & Guilderstern & Hallelujah Baby! win
1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1969 - 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49
1970 - Reds clout 7 HRs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team & 9 different batters
1971 - Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
1972 - John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
1972 - Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched
1974 - 28th Tony Awards: River Niger & Raisin win
1974 - 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice
1975 - 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24
1975 - 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55
1975 - Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
1975 - Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24)
1976 - Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing
1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 - "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
1977 - Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
1977 - Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
1977 - C Strouse & M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in NYC
1977 - Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh
1979 - "Carmelina" closes at St James Theater NYC after 17 performances
1980 - 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11
1980 - Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit Mich
1980 - 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Can in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified
1981 - US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
1982 - Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
1982 - Dr Michael E Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
1982 - Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress
1983 - Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?]
1983 - £1 coin introduced in United Kingdom
1984 - "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to ½ hour
1984 - After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
1984 - Centers for Disease Cont says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
1984 - Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
1984 - Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game
1985 - Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
1985 - Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
1985 - Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06
1985 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1986 - 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55
1986 - 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51
1986 - Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz)
1986 - Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing
1987 - Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games
1987 - Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history
1987 - Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
1987 - Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
1987 - Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed
1988 - 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
1988 - Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
1989 - George W Bush & Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
1989 - Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater
1990 - "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks
1990 - National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards
1990 - Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history
1991 - 52nd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus
1991 - Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17)
1991 - Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14)
1991 - Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pitts scores 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Cub lead, Pirat
1992 - "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway
1992 - Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill
1993 - "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" opens at Circle in Sq NYC for 30 perfs
1993 - Brazil votes against a monarchy
1993 - Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria
1994 - "Picnic" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1994 - Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRS in a games (11 times)
1994 - Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed
1995 - Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, NY Knicks win 98-92
1995 - FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh & charge him with Okla City bombing
1996 - "Delicate Balance," opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
1996 - 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin
1996 - Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship
1996 - Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8)
1996 - Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup
1996 - Wayne James scores 99 & 99 & ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final
1997 - 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34
1997 - 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23
1997 - Ashes of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit
Deaths
1073 - Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies
1109 - Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1142 - Pierre Ab‚lard, French philosopher (Sic et Non, H‚lo‹se), dies at 62
1509 - Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52
1552 - Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50
1574 - Cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54
1652 - Pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66
1696 - Andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61
1699 - Jean Racine, French playwright (PhŠdre), dies at 59
1730 - Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79
1736 - Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72
1780 - Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60
1871 - Elisabeth Grube, writer, dies
1878 - Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62
1898 - Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78
1899 - Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80
1900 - Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55
1910 - Mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74
1918 - "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25
1924 - Eleanora Duse, Ital actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64
1930 - Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79
1930 - Robert S Bridges, poet laureate (Testament of beauty), dies at 85
1938 - Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 6
1939 - Herman Finck, composer, dies at 66
1945 - John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25
1946 - John M Keynes, English economist (How to pay for the war?), dies at 6
1946 - Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
1948 - Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66
1952 - Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61
1952 - [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing, dies at 6
1961 - James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57
1962 - Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies
1965 - Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72
1967 - Andr‚ L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77
1968 - Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69
1968 - Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt
1971 - Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81
1971 - Fran‡ois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti, dies at 64
1973 - Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66
1975 - Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70
1977 - Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84
1978 - Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37
1981 - Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies
1982 - Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80
1985 - Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62
1985 - Tancredo Neves, president-elect of Brazil, dies at 75
1987 - Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77
1989 - James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64
1990 - Ert‚, art deco stylist, dies at 97
1990 - Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies
1991 - Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74
1991 - Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81
1992 - Robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39
1992 - Vladimir K Romanov, Grand Duke/Rus pretender to the throne, dies at 7
1993 - Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82
1994 - Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93
1995 - Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93
1995 - Stafford Heginbotham, toymaker/Football Club Chairman, dies at 61
1996 - A H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies
1996 - Dzhojar Dudaev, president of Republic of Chechenia (1991), dies
1996 - Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader, dies at 52
1996 - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at 76
1996 - Robert Hersant, press baron, dies at 76
1996 - Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter, dies at 93
1996 - Zora Arkus-Duntov, engineer, dies at 86
1997 - Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies
1997 - Diosdado Macapagal, Philippine president (1961-65), dies
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