Births
1600 - Paul Hallman, composer
1613 - Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer
1635 - Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)
1673 - Richard Mead, London, physician
1720 - Martin Gerbert, composer
1737 - Joseph Nollekins, London, sculptor
1744 - Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer
1748 - Joseph Schuster, composer
1772 - Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount/general
1778 - Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, founder of turnverein (gymnastics) movement
1799 - Joachim de Barrande, French paleontologist/geologist
1805 - Pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude, Dutch judge/member of parliament
1807 - David R Atchison, pres of USA on March 3rd 1849
1811 - Judah P Benjamin, US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy [or Aug 6]
1823 - Charlotte Mary Yonge, England, writer (Heir of Redclyffe)
1828 - Edward Saloman, Gov (Union), died in 1909
1832 - Thomas Ogden Osbord, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1833 - Robert Green Ingersoll, NY, author/politician/agnostic (Att Gen-R-Ill
1836 - Cato M Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician
1837 - Marie Fran‡ois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated
1858 - Christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929)
1860 - Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson ‚tats de Normandie)
1862 - Carrie Jacobs Bond, Janesville Wisc, songwriter (I Love You Truly)
1863 - Arpad Szendy, composer
1867 - Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields)
1867 - Hobart Bosworth, Marietta OH, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade)
1870 - Tom Richardson, legendary England cricket fast bowler (1893-98)
1873 - John Rosamond Johnson, Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice & Sing)
1880 - Frederick Jerome Work, composer
1882 - Rodolfo Graziani, Italian marschal/viceroy of Ethiopia
1883 - Ernst Stadler, writer
1888 - Owen Nares, actor-manager (Maiden Erleigh)
1890 - Erich Wichman, Dutch fascist painter/sculptor
1891 - Helen Broderick, US, com‚dienne/actress/singer (Swing Time)
1892 - Hugh MacDiarmid, Scotland, writer (Scots Unbound)
1892 - Mac Diarmid, writer
1892 - Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general
1894 - Wilhelm Grosz, composer
1897 - Louise Bogan, Maine, writer (Sleeping Fury)
1898 - Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, politician/trade unionist
1900 - Alexander Mosolov, Kiev Russia, composer (Zavod) [NS]
1900 - Charles William Paddock, Texas, 100m runner (Olympic-2 gold-1920)
1902 - Christian Castries, French general (Dien Bien Phu)
1902 - Lloyd Nolan, SF Calif, actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place)
1903 - Michael Whalley Wickham, artist
1904 - Jess Stacy, pianist
1906 - Harry Elstrím, Danish/Belgian sculptor (Great Passion, Black Christ)
1907 - Ted a'Beckett, cricketer (Australian Test player)
1909 - Jean Lancaster, director (WRNS)
1909 - Hugo Buchthal, art historian
1909 - Gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer
1910 - Denis Moloney, NZ cricket all-rounder (1937 England tour)
1911 - Thanom Kittikachorn, general/premier Thailand (1958..73)
1911 - Ronald Batty, bookseller
1911 - Prem Bhatia, journalist
1911 - Henry Kulky, Hastings-on-Hudson NY, actor (Otto-Life of Riley)
1911 - Benny Lee, entertainer
1911 - Alphonse de Waelhens, Flemish philosopher (Psychosis)
1912 - Jean Parker, Butte Mont, actress (Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women)
1913 - Angus Wilson, England, writer (Mulberry Bush-1955)
1915 - Kunio Toda, composer
1917 - Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible)
1920 - William Masselos, Niagara Falls NY, pianist/prof (Juilliard 1976)
1920 - Derry Jeffares, Honorary Prof of English Studies (Stirling U)
1921 - Alex Haley, US, writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots)
1924 - Arlene Dahl, Minneapolis Minnesota, actress/TV panelist (Ambush)
1925 - Mike Douglas, Chicago Ill, talk show host (Mike Douglas Show)
1925 - Robert Linn, composer
1925 - Mike Douglas
1925 - Carl Rowan, gun-toting newspaper columnist (Wash Post)
1926 - Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist
1926 - Claus Von Bulow, accused of murdering his wife
1926 - Bernard Ashley, English fashion designer/pres (Laura Ashley)
1926 - J R S Fincham, geneticist
1926 - Aaron Klug, OM/PRS/biochemist
1927 - Pentti Vihtori, Finland, writer/poet (Yksin„iset [Solitude])
1927 - Raymond Leppard, London England, conductor (St Louis Symphony Orch)
1927 - Len Rempt-Halmmans de Jongh, Dutch MP (VVD)
1927 - Kenneth Eastham, MP
1927 - James Eaton, Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Londonderry
1928 - Richard Barratt, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary
1928 - Arlene Dahl
1928 - Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher
1929 - Alun Hoddinott, Bargoed Wales, composer (Floriture)
1929 - Cora de Man-Canne Meyer, mezzo-soprano (Figaro, Carmen)
1930 - William A O'Neal, (Gov-D-Ct)
1930 - Michael Quinlan, civil servant
1930 - Heinz Werner Zimmermann, composer
1932 - Sam McCluskie, trade unionist
1932 - Angela Rumbold, MP
1932 - Fernando Arrabal, Spanish song/romance writer (Baal Babilonia)
1932 - Geoffrey Cass, CEO (Cambridge U Press)
1932 - Wilson "Papa" Godett, Cura‡aos worker's union leader/boxer
1932 - Lord Varley
1933 - Justin Connolly, composer
1933 - Tam…s Vasary, pianist/conductor
1933 - Reverend Jerry Fal
1933 - Julian Oswald, British Admiral of the Fleet
1933 - Jerry Falwell, US, TV evangelist (Moral Majority)
1934 - Bob Hepple, master (Clare College Cambridge)
1936 - J L Thompson, Bishop (Bath & Wells)
1936 - D V Day, Principal (St John's College, Durham U)
1937 - Anna Massey, actress (De Sade, Doll's House)
1937 - Taki Theodoracopoulos, Greek/British journalist/multi-millionaire
1937 - Allegra Kent, US actress (Addams Family)
1938 - Allegra Kent, Santa Monica, Calif, ballerina
1938 - Rainer Boesch, composer
1939 - Attila Bozay, composer
1940 - Kip King, Chicago Ill, actor (Charlie & Company)
1941 - Patricio Guzman, director/actor (Cruz del Sur, Moon over Parador)
1941 - Elizabeth Holtzman, Bkln DA (D-Rep-NY, Watergate Committee)
1942 - Mike Huggs, rock drummer (Manfred Mann) [or 3/11/40]
1943 - Denis Payton, rocker (Dave Clarke 5-Glad All Over)
1943 - Krzysztof Meyer, composer
1943 - Kenny Gamble, US songwriter (Me & Mrs Jones)
1943 - James Kale, rocker (Guess Who)
1944 - David Pearl, British judge
1946 - Marilyn Vos Savant, St Louis Mo, writer/world's highest IQ (228)
1946 - John Conlee, Versailles Ky, country singer (Common Man)
1947 - Sergey Kovalneko, USSR, basketball (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1947 - Jeff Hanna, singer/guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) [or Jul 10]
1947 - Catherine Collard, French pianist (Schumann/Brahms)
1948 - Don Boyd, director (Goldeneye, 21, East of Elephant Rock)
1949 - Ian Charleson, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire)
1949 - Eric Carmen, Cleveland Ohio, rocker (All by Myself)
1949 - Tim Hutchinson, (Rep-R-Arkansas)
1950 - Steve Wozniak, co-founder (Apple Computers)
1950 - Erik Braunn, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
1951 - Donald DeCicco, Brockton Mass, fictional ID of Beldar in Coneheads
1952 - Ann Michelle, England, actress (Virigin Witch, Mistress Pamela)
1953 - Hulk Hogan, [Terry Bollea], Ga, WWF heavyweight champion (1984-89)
1953 - Terry "Hulk" Hogan
1953 - Sanford Jensen, South Haven Mich, actor (Foley Square)
1954 - Yashpal Sharma, cricketer (Indian right-handed batsman early 80')
1954 - Joe Jackson, English singer/pianist/composer (The Harder they Come)
1954 - M V Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79)
1954 - Lina Polito, Naples Italy, actress (Love & Anarchy)
1955 - Norio Honaga, wrestler (NJPW)
1957 - Richie Ramone, [Richie Beau], rock drummer (Ramones-Pet Semtary)
1958 - Cordelia Gonzalez, San Juan PR, actor (La Gran Fiesta)
1958 - Lori Garbacz, South Bend IN, LPGA golfer (1989 Circle K Tucson Open)
1959 - Linda Rhys Vaughn, Grossmont Ca, playmate (Apr, 1982)
1960 - Leora "Sam" Jones, Mt Olive NC, US team handball player (Olympic-92)
1961 - Frederick W Sturckow, La Mesa Calif, USMC capt/astronaut (sk: STS 88)
1961 - Craig Ehlo, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
1962 - Jonathan Hayes, NFL tight end (Pitts Steelers)
1962 - Uvais Karnain, cricketer (Sri Lankan ODI bowler in mid 1980's)
1963 - Mike Huff, Honolulu HI, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1964 - Hamish, rocker (The Pasedenas-Riding on the Train)
1964 - Grant Osten Waite, Palmerston NZ, PGA golfer (1993 Kemper Open)
1966 - Antonio Goss, NFL linebacker (SF 49ers)
1967 - Brad Dalgarno, Vancouver, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
1967 - Mike Lodish, NFL nose tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1968 - Charlie Sexton, rocker (Arc Angels)
1969 - Eddie Garcia, LA, actor/musician (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
1969 - Wilfried Elzinga, soccer player (FC Twente)
1969 - Dave Pashko, Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 CPGA Winter Tour)
1971 - Julie Anne Clark, Tucson Az, playmate (Mar, 1991)
1971 - Aaron Miller, Buffalo, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
1972 - Curtis Ceaser, NFL wide receiver (NY Jets)
1973 - Thomas Haskins, CFL running back (Montreal Alouettes)
1973 - Edgardo Alfonzo, Sta Teresa Venezuela, infielder (NY Mets)
1975 - Natasha Bell, Miss Michigan USA (1996)
1975 - Chris Kelly, [Mack Daddy], Teaneck NJ, rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up)
1976 - Will Friedle, Hartford Ct, actor (Eric-Boy Meets World, Gift of Love)
1976 - Lubomir Visnovsky, Topolcany CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
Events
117 - Hadrianus hears of death of emperor Trajanus of Antioch
1253 - Clara van Assisi leads rules of life in order of Clarissen
1304 - Sea battle of Zierikzee
1492 - Rodrigo de Borja becomes Pope Alexander VI
1522 - Uprising of adel/burgerij in Austria fails
1597 - Germany throws out English sales people
1611 - Emperor Rudolf forces out king of Bohemia
1674 - 1st Battle of at Seneffe (Louis II Condé vs Willem III)
1695 - English & Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk
1718 - Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish
1772 - Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000
1780 - Barbados hurricane begins
1835 - George B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal
1860 - Nation's 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev)
1863 - Cambodia becomes French protectorate
1866 - World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport RI)
1874 - Harry S Parmelee patents sprinkler head
1877 - Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos
1884 - 1st double-century stand in Test cricket, McDonnell/Murdoch 207 Aust
1885 - $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty
1885 - Oakland A's Dave Kingman becomes 21st to hit 400 HR
1888 - California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store)
1896 - Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain
1904 - German-ltalian General Von Trotha defeats Herero in SW Africa
1907 - St Louis Card Ed Karger pitches perfect game vs Braves, 4-0 in 7 inn
1909 - Warren Bardsley (136 & 130) 1st to get twin tons in a Test
1909 - SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC
1909 - Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call
1914 - Mitchenick Poland, expels Jews
1914 - John Wray patents animation
1914 - Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland
1914 - France declares war on Austria-Hungary
1918 - Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans
1919 - Green Bay Packers football club founded
1919 - Weimar Republic begins in Germany
1920 - 1st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia
1923 - Dutch Premier de Geer resigns
1924 - US presidential candidates make 1st film for bio-scoop news
1924 - 1st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken
1926 - Cleve Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double
1928 - Georges Ronsse becomes world champion cyclists
1928 - Carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils
1929 - Russian-Chinese border fights
1929 - Persia & Iraq sign friendship treaty
1929 - Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve)
1933 - Temp reaches 136°F (57.8°C) at San Luis Potosí, Mex (world record)
1934 - 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in SF Bay
1935 - Nazi mass demonstration against German Jews
1936 - Chaing Kai-shek's troops conquers Kanton
1939 - Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe
1940 - 38 German aircrafts shot down above England
1940 - German air raid on British harbors Portland/Weymouth
1941 - FRD & PM Winston Churchill sign Atlantic Charter
1942 - 999 Jews are taken from Mechelen transit camp in Belgium
1942 - British aircraft carrier Eagle torpedoed & sinks
1942 - Lt-gen Montgomery makes landing on Gibraltar
1942 - - Sept 30] SS begins exterminating 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland
1943 - Red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov
1943 - Richard Strauss' 2nd Horn Concert, premieres
1943 - US amphibians land at Brolo on north coast of Sicily
1944 - British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy
1944 - French 5th Armour division recaptures Sées
1944 - Klaus Barbie, Gestapo head of Lyon France leaves for Auschwitz
1944 - US air raid on Palembang
1945 - Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito
1948 - Summer Olympics opens in London
1949 - Gaston Eyskens forms Belgiangovt
1949 - 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)
1950 - 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885)
1950 - Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Bkln Dodger, 7-0
1950 - Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time
1950 - King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium
1951 - 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi R in Ks, Okla, Mo & Ill
1951 - 1st color baseball game (Braves vs Dodgers) telecast (WCBS-NYC)
1951 - NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 38-6 in Ottawa
1951 - NY Giants lose to go 13½ games behind Bkln Dodgers, later win pennant
1952 - Hussein Ibn Talal I, proclaimed King of Jordan
1954 - Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ yrs of fighting in Indochina between French & Communist Vi
1954 - BC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0
1955 - Indonesia govt of Harahap forms
1956 - 1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620
1956 - Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel"
1957 - Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
1957 - Paul Hindemith' opera "Harmonie der Welt," premieres in Munich
1960 - Chad declares Independence from France
1960 - French colony of Chad became independent
1961 - Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1
1962 - Bolotnikov runs world record 10km (28:18.2)
1962 - Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari"
1962 - Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3
1962 - Dodgers protest wetting down of Candlestick to slow Maury Wills down
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational
1963 - Kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?"
1964 - Race riot in Paterson NJ
1964 - Beatles' "A Hard Days Night" opens in NYC
1965 - 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles
1965 - Beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC
1965 - Watts riots begin in Southeast LA, lasts 6 days
1966 - Last Beatle concert tour of US begins
1967 - Al Downing becomes 12th to strike-out side on 9 pitches
1968 - Beatles launch "Apple Records" label
1968 - Satchel Paige, 62, & needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is s
1969 - Don Drysdale retires because of damage to his right shoulder
1969 - Pitts Steelers beat NY Giants 17-13 in Montreal (NFL expo)
1970 - Jim Bunning becomes 2nd (Cy Young) to win 100 games in both leagues
1970 - Tony Perez becomes 1st to hit a HR in red seats at Riverfront
1971 - Construction begins on Louisiana Superdome
1971 - Harmon Killebrew hits HRs #500 & 501
1972 - "Cheech & Chong Day" in San Antonio Texas
1974 - 56th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 276 at Tanglewood NC
1974 - Coup in East-Timor under UDT
1974 - Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey)
1975 - US vetoes proposed admission of North & South Vietnam to UN
1975 - Expos' Jose Mangual struck out 5 times in a game
1976 - Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die
1976 - Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses & is hospitalized in Miami
1977 - Geoff Boycott scores his 100th FC hundred, v Aust at Headingley
1978 - Legionnaire's disease bacteria isolated in Atlanta
1978 - Funeral of Pope Paul VI
1979 - Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year
1979 - 28°F in Embarrass Minnesota
1980 - Angola revises its constitution
1980 - Yanks Reggie Jackson hits his 400th HR off Chicago's Britt Burns
1980 - Mohammed Ali Radjai appointed premier of Iran
1982 - Twins Terry Felton loses & runs career to 0-14 (en route to 0-16)
1982 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 - During a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia fo
1984 - Men's choir Maranatha Netherlands forms
1984 - Cincinnati Reds retire Johnny Bench's #5 uniform
1984 - Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds
1984 - 101,799 fans at soccer match Brazilië-France
1984 - USSR performs (underground) nuclear test
1985 - Rudolf Povarnitsin of USSR sets new high jump world record (7'10"12)
1985 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
1985 - Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz
1985 - 67th PGA Championship: Hubert Green shoots 278 at Cherry Hills Denver
1985 - "Tap Dance Kid" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 669 perfs
1986 - 68th PGA Championship: Bob Tway shoots a 276 at Inverness Club Toledo
1987 - France & Great-Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf
1988 - Meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament
1988 - Charlotte Colisieum in Charlotte NC opens
1988 - 225 at bats after #299, Met Gary Carter is 59th to hit 300th HR
1989 - Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune
1989 - Geoff Marsh & Mark Taylor complete 329 opening stand v England
1989 - "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child" premieres
1990 - NY Yankee Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 HRs (110 at bats)
1990 - Egypt & Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion
1991 - Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) lands
1991 - 400,000 demonstrate for democracy in Madagascar, 31 killed
1991 - Wilson Alvarez hurls a no-hitter in his 1st big league start
1991 - Shite Moslems release US hostage Edward Tracy
1991 - 73rd PGA Championship: John Daly shoots a 276 at Crooked Stick Ind
1991 - Melissa Mcnamara wins Stratton Mountain LPGA Golf Classic
1992 - Oakland A's rip Jose Canseco for leaving stadium before end of game
1993 - NY Islander Brian Mullen, 31, suffers a mild stroke
1993 - Pope John Paul II visits Mexico
1993 - Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out (Danny Tartabul-NY)
1993 - Director Oliver Stone files for divorce from Elizabeth
1994 - Joao B "Nino" Vieira elected pres of Guinee-Bissau
1996 - Emilee Klein wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship
1996 - "Thousand Clowns," closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 32 performs
1996 - 78th PGA Championship: Mark Brooks shoots a 277 at Vallhalla GC KY
1997 - Benin legalizes Jan 10th as a voodoo holiday
1999 - Total solar eclipse in India-North -France (2m23s)
Deaths
1171 - Louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies
1180 - Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies
1183 - Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies
1259 - M”ngke, Mongols great-khan/grandson of Ghengis Khan, dies
1394 - Jan III, mister of Polanen, dies
1456 - J nos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49
1464 - Nicholas van Cusa, philosopher/bishop of Brixen, dies
1490 - French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25
1494 - Hans Memling, [John Memlinc], Flemish painter (Passietaferelen), dies
1519 - Johann Tetzel, Dominican monk, dies at about 79
1522 - Martin Siebenbrger, mayor of Vienna, beheaded
1578 - Pedro Nunes, [Nonius], Port mathematician/astronomer (nonius), dies
1589 - Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, lt col (80 year war), dies at about 49
1729 - Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, dies at 51
1757 - Jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67
1794 - Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 72
1820 - Janos Lavotta, composer, dies at 56
1844 - Jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63
1852 - Nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70
1860 - James Wilson, politician
1868 - Thaddeus Stevens, architect of Radical Reconstruction, dies at 76
1868 - Halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52
1872 - Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80
1890 - John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89
1901 - Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82
1919 - Andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83
1935 - William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies
1937 - Edith N Wharton[-Jones], US author (House of Mirth), dies at 75
1937 - Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies
1942 - Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60
1949 - Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68
1951 - Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52
1952 - Riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77
1953 - Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies
1956 - Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton
1965 - Bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies
1968 - Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies
1972 - Max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73
1973 - Peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46
1974 - Vicente Emilio Sojo, composer, dies at 86
1974 - Jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies
1975 - Anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77
1975 - Howard Wendell, actor (Black Dakotas), dies at 81
1982 - Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63
1984 - Alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91
1984 - Percy Mayfield, US singer (Hit the Road Jack), dies at 63
1987 - Clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86
1988 - Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59
1988 - Jean-Pierre Ponnele, opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56
1988 - Pauline Lafont, daughter of Bernadette, dies in hiking accident at 25
1989 - John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies
1991 - Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89
1994 - Peter Cushing, actor (Star Wars, Dr Who), dies of cancer at 81
1994 - Gordon Cullen, architect, dies at 80
1994 - Mark "Red" Mitchell, actor (JFK, 8 Seconds, Want to Live), dies at 33
1994 - Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60
1995 - Douglas John Gorman, businessman, dies at 58
1995 - Wilbur Stark, tV/film producer, dies at 83
1995 - Phil Harris, Linton In, actor/comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 89
1995 - Kenneth Lo, cookery writer/restaurateur, dies at 81
1995 - Herbert Whitton John Sumsion, organist/composer, dies at 96
1996 - Sigmund Koch, psychologist/philosopher, dies at 79
1996 - Rafael Jeronym Kubelik, conductor, dies at 82
1996 - Mel Taylor, drummer, dies at 63
394 Events for 11th August