Births
1503 - Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)
1566 - Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands
1592 - Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)
1620 - Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer
1626 - Giovanni Legrenzi, composer
1644 - Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer
1644 - Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer
1696 - Maurice Greene, composer
1720 - Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian
1744 - Rowland Hill, preacher
1751 - Johann Baptist Lasser, composer
1753 - Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables)
1757 - ALF, alien life form (ALF)
1762 - George IV, king of England (1820-30)
1774 - Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson
1778 - Francis Horner, politician
1781 - Robert Mills, US, architect (Washington Monument)
1819 - Daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 186
1820 - Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation
1825 - Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer
1829 - John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1832 - Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor
1833 - William Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1838 - Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
1848 - Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)
1849 - Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist
1853 - Jean Louis Nicode, composer
1854 - Johannes P Kelly, Dutch [Kellij], actor/operetta writer
1854 - Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith
1859 - Katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)
1866 - Jacinto Benavente y Mart¡nez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)
1867 - Edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)
1868 - Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)
1875 - Mezio Agostini, composer
1875 - Ettore Panizza, composer
1876 - Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton)
1880 - Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908)
1880 - Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, author
1881 - Cecil B deMille, Mass, directed God (10 Commandments, Cleopatra)
1881 - Vaclav Vackar, composer
1883 - Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder (Daily Trouw)/chairman (ARP)
1884 - Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist (Summer Storm, Sanctuary)
1885 - Alexander Albrecht, composer
1887 - Erwin Schr”dinger, Austria, physicist (had a cat)
1888 - Marion Lorne, Phila, actress (Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush)
1888 - Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder (AVRO)
1890 - Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
1893 - Howard Smith, Attleboro Mass, actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel)
1897 - Ramon Gonzalez Barron, composer
1897 - Manuel Blancafort, composer
1897 - Otto (von) Struve, German/US dir (Yerkes/MacDonald observatory)
1898 - Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor (I Remember Mama)
1899 - Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian (Spanish Diary)
1900 - Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer
1900 - Wilhelm Steinitz, Germany, 1st chess champ (1866-1894)
1903 - Frances Clode, CEO (WRVS)
1904 - Kay Campbell, [Catherine Hibben], actress (All My Children)
1904 - Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II [OS=July 30]
1904 - Frank Ervin, harness racer (Hambletonian 1959, 66)
1905 - Joan [Jacobus J] Remmelts, Dutch actor (Jantjes, Twee Vorstinnen)
1907 - James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop
1908 - Lord Renton, QC/British govt minister
1909 - Maurice Heath, air marshal
1910 - Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary (Natl Assn of Women)
1910 - Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Romeo & Juliet)
1911 - Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexico, actor (Around World in 80 Days)
1912 - Jane Wyatt, Campgaw NJ, actress (Father Knows Best, Star Trek)
1912 - Louis J N G‚rardin, [Toto], French bicyclist/trainer (champ 1930)
1912 - Samuel Fuller, Worchester Mass, actor (Return to Salem's Lot)
1912 - Jane Wyatt
1913 - Kurt Kaszner, Vienna Austria, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants
1914 - [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist (Parool)
1915 - Alex Wojciechowicz, NFL center (Lions, Eagles)
1917 - Douglas Gunsekera, banker
1919 - Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright
1919 - Michael Kidd, [Milton Greenwald] choreographer (7 Brides for 7 Bros)
1920 - Peter West, British sports commentator
1920 - Percy Mayfield, US singer (Please Send Me Someone to Love)
1921 - Marjorie Reynolds, [Goodspeed], Buhl Id, actress (Peggy-Life of Riley
1921 - Patrick Howard-Dobson, president (Royal British Legion)
1922 - Andr‚ Kloos, Dutch trade union leader (NVV/VARA)
1922 - Lord Colinbrook, British government minister
1923 - John Holt Jr, cricketer (WI batsman in 17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36 75)
1924 - Derek Shackleton, England cricket pace bowler (50's)
1925 - Earl Coleman, singer
1925 - Ross McWhirter, author (Guinness Book of World Records)
1925 - Norris McWhirter, author (Guinness Book of World Records)
1925 - Dale L Bumpers, (Sen-D Arkansas, 1975- )
1925 - Robin Nicholson, metallurgist
1926 - John Derek, LA Calif, actor/director (10, Annapolis Story)
1927 - Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, cellist/conductor
1927 - Ralph Waite, White Plains NY, actor (John-Waltons, Roots)
1929 - Joji Yuasa, composer
1929 - Buck Owens, [Alvis Edgar], Sherman Texas, country singer (Hee Haw)
1929 - Charles Moore, Coatsville Pa, 400m hurdler (Oly-gold/silver-52)
1930 - Ronald James Herron, architect
1931 - William Goldman
1931 - William Goldman, author (Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983)
1932 - Sergey Mikhaylovich Slonimsky, composer
1932 - Queen Ferekit, of Thailand (Queens Day)
1932 - Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come)
1934 - Kenneth Eaton, Controller (British Navy)
1935 - Karl Mickel, writer
1936 - Gerard Masson, composer
1936 - Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist
1936 - John Poindexter, US Chief of Staff
1936 - Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist (Right to Life, Dripper Boxes)
1938 - Anthony Joliffe, mayor of London
1939 - Pam Ryan-Kilborn, Australia, hurdler (Olympic-silver-1968)
1939 - George Hamilton
1939 - George Hamilton, Memphis Tn, (Love at 1st Bite, Where the Boys Are)
1940 - Alexander Yossifov, composer
1940 - Michael Brunson, TV reporter/newscaster/actor (Never Say Die)
1940 - Eddie Barlow, cricketer (Great South African all-rounder)
1941 - Sam Andrew, rocker (Big Brother & The Holding Co)
1941 - Deborah Walley, Bridgeport Ct, actress (Mothers-in-Law, Beach Blanket
1941 - Jennifer Warren, NYC, actress (Slap Shot, Fatal Beauty, Mutant)
1942 - Elizabeth Appleby, QC
1943 - William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter
1944 - Donna Michele, playmate (Dec, 1963)/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo)
1948 - Cliff Fish, rocker (Paper Lace)
1948 - Graham Zellick, principal (Queen Mary & Westfield College London)
1948 - Ron Mael, [J Ronald Day], Culver City Ca, rock keyboardist (Sparks)
1949 - Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil (1990-92)
1949 - Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director
1949 - Mark Knopfler, guitar/vocals (Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing)
1950 - Kid Creole, singer (Cocoanuts)
1951 - Charles E Brady Jr, Pinehurst NC, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 78)
1951 - Hector Rodriguez, Cuba, lightweight judo (Olympic-gold-1976)
1951 - Kid Creole, [August Darnell Browder], US singer (Savannah)
1954 - Pat Methany, jazz guitarist (As Wichita Falls)
1954 - Marvin L Johnson, Ind, middleweight boxer (Oly-bronze-1972) [or 4/12]
1954 - Sam J Jones, Chicago Ill, actor (Chris-Code Red, The Highway Man)
1955 - Heintje, [Hendrik Simons], Dutch singer (Mama)
1956 - Terry Taylor, [Paul Klause], wrestler (WCW/WWF/NWA, Red Rooster)
1956 - Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener (190 v England Lords 1984)
1956 - Bruce Greenwood, actor (Spy, Another Chance, Malibu Bikini Shop)
1959 - Lynette Woodard, Wichita Ks, (Olympic-gold-1984, Harlem Globetrotter)
1959 - Suzanne Vega, NYC, rocker (My Name is Luka, Tom's Diner)
1960 - Lonny Chin, Liverpool England, playmate (Jan, 1983)
1960 - Morty Black, heavy metal rocker (TNT-7 Seas)
1961 - Roy Hay, guitarist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me)
1961 - Pete De Freitas, rocker (Echo & the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
1965 - Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Greece, tennis star
1965 - Barry Manuel, Mamou LA, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
1966 - Dean Hartgraves, Bakersfield CA, pitcher (Houston Astros)
1966 - Gordy Morgan, Minneapolis MN, 163 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96)
1966 - Greg Manusky, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1966 - Bruce Covernton, CFL defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders)
1967 - Tom Holkenborg, drummer (Weekend at Waikiki)
1967 - Andrew Glover, NFL tight end (Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings)
1968 - Viktor Karatchoun, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
1969 - Kitty G, [Katia Geiger], Leningrad Russia, cable tv actress
1969 - Lincoln Coleman, NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons)
1969 - Nate Gwynne, Davis Calif, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
1969 - Stuart Williams, cricketer (West Indian opening batsman 1994- )
1970 - Alison Inverarity, Australian high jumper (Olympics-8th-92, 96)
1971 - Pete Sampras, Wash DC, tennis champ (US Open-1990, 93 95)
1971 - Jim Walker, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1971 - Pete Sampras
1972 - John Jones, WLAF guard (Rhein Fire)
1972 - Del "The Funkee Homosapian", rapper
1972 - Allison Cook, Australian basketballl player (Olympics-bronze-96)
1972 - Rebecca Gayheart, actress (Hannah Mayberry-Loving)
1973 - Moses Ware, NFL wide receiver (Minn Vikings)
1973 - Latasha Byears, WNBA guard (Sacramento Monarchs)
1973 - Todd Marchant, Buffalo NY, NHL center (Edmonton Oilers)
1974 - Wendy Palmer, WNBA forward (Utah Starzz)
1974 - Peter Pucher, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
1975 - Raegan Scott, WNBA forward/center (Utah Starzz)
1975 - Paul Gaudoin, Australian field hockey halfback (Olympics-96)
1975 - Anders Myrvold, Lorenskog Nor, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
1975 - Regan Upshaw, defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1975 - Robyn Hancock, Grand Rapids Ohio, Miss America-Ohio (1997)
1976 - Antoine Walker, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
1977 - Iva Majoli, Zagreb Croatia, tennis star (1996 Pan Pacific)
1978 - Hayley Wickenheiser, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1980 - Dominique Swain
Events
3 - Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem(?)
1071 - Alp Arslan beat Byzantines, emperor Romanos IV Diogenes
1071 - Battle at Manzikert Armenia, Venetian Byzantine brings islam to Europe
1099 - Battle at Ascalon: Godfried of Broth beats Egyptians
1099 - Crusaders are victorious at Battle of Ascalon
1332 - Battle of Dupplin Moor; Scottish dynastic battle
1336 - English King Edward III endswool export to Flanders
1492 - Christopher Columbus discovers Canary Islands
1508 - Juan Ponce de León arrives in Puerto Rico
1530 - Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I
1549 - French troops occupy Ambleteuse England
1553 - Pope Julius III orders confiscation & burning of Jewish Talmud
1588 - Medemblik surrenders to Spanish army
1658 - 1st US police corps forms (New Amsterdam)
1665 - English fleet beat Dutch fleet
1676 - 1st war between American colonists & Indians ends in New England
1687 - Ottoman invaders of Hungary routed at Battle of Mohacs
1687 - Charles of Lotharingen defeats Turkish leaders
1759 - Battle of Kunersdorf - Russian-Austrian army overpowers Prussians
1812 - Dr Joseph Lister is 1st surgeon to use disinfectant during surgery
1812 - Duke of Wellington's troops enter Madrid
1831 - Dutch troops conquer Leuven
1831 - Netherlands & Belgium sign peace treaty
1851 - 1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora
1851 - Isaac Singer patents sewing machine
1856 - Anthony Fass patents accordion
1861 - Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians
1862 - Gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX
1863 - 1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area)
1867 - Pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton
1876 - Madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup
1877 - Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device
1879 - 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)
1884 - Bill Murdoch scores 1st Test Cricket double-century, 211 at The Oval
1886 - W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, v Aust, The Oval
1888 - Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour
1896 - Gold discovered at Klondike River at Dawson
1896 - Willem II soccer team forms in Tilburg
1898 - Hawaii formally annexed to US
1898 - Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed
1901 - Boer general Kritzinger driven out of Cape colony
1905 - King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp
1914 - Cavalery battle at Halen, Belgium ("Battle der Zilveren Helmen")
1914 - Russian troops take East-Prussia & occupy Marggrabowa
1914 - Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary
1914 - German 16.5"/12" guns fires on forts round Luik
1915 - "Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published
1916 - Picasso, Max Jacob, Kisling, Ortiz & Pâquerette photographed in Paris
1922 - Dedication of Frederick Douglas' home in Wash DC as national shrine
1923 - Enrico Tiraboschi is 1st to swim English Channel westward
1923 - Dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as minister of finances
1925 - KMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions
1927 - "Wings," the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens
1928 - 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam
1931 - Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China
1933 - Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup
1935 - Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand
1936 - Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d)
1936 - 120°F (49°C), Seymour, Texas (state record)
1936 - Demo baseball game at 1936 Olympics in Berlin, world beats US, 6-5
1940 - Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts
1940 - Netherlands starts rationing textile
1941 - French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany
1942 - Lt-gen Montgomery arrives in Cairo
1942 - German 1st tank leader captures Elista, Kalmukkensteppe
1942 - British premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin
1944 - Pipeline under ocean (Pluto) begins operating
1944 - Churchill & Tito meet in Naples
1948 - Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game
1948 - Court of justice sentences Gen Fr Christiansen to 12 years
1949 - 16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780)
1950 - NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa
1950 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Humani generis
1951 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
1952 - Hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan
1953 - Ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami
1953 - Soviet Union conducts secret test of its 1st hydrogen bomb
1953 - Heavy earthquake strikes Isotope islands, 435 killed
1954 - Senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row
1955 - WPBT TV channel 2 in Miami, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - Pres Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75¢ to $1 an hour
1955 - 22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27 (75,000)
1956 - William Shatner marries Gloria Rand
1956 - Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA World Golf Championship
1956 - KOTI TV channel 2 in Klamath Falls, OR (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - Canadain actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Gloria Brink
1959 - 1st ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island
1959 - Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Africa
1960 - 27th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 32, All-Stars 7 (70,000)
1960 - Echo 1, 1st communications satellite, is launched
1960 - Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 26' 11¼"
1960 - USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m
1962 - 1st time 2 people in space
1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament
1962 - Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15
1963 - Stan Musial announces he will retire at end of year
1963 - Portuguese dictator Salazar firm on African colonization
1964 - 10th time Mantle switch-hits HR in a game, one goes 502 feet
1964 - Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th & final time in a game
1964 - Race riot in Elizabeth NJ
1965 - Race riot in West Side of Chicago
1965 - Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise
1965 - Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British supreme court justice
1967 - New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season victory, beat St Louis 23-14
1969 - Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million
1970 - Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball
1971 - Syriam Pres Assad drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
1972 - "Funny Thing Happened..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 156 perfs
1972 - "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 1316 performances
1972 - Ian & Greg Chappell both scores centuries in same Test Cricket innings
1972 - Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam
1973 - WPBA National Championship won by Betty Morris
1973 - Betty Burfeindt wins LPGA Child & Family Service Golf Opens
1973 - 55th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 277 at Canterbury Cleve
1974 - Yankees Mickey Mantle & Whitey Ford become 1st teammates elected to hall of fame on same day
1974 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 & walks only 2 as Angels top Red Sox, 4-2
1976 - Christian militia conquer Palestinian camp Tell al-Za'tar, 2000 killed
1976 - 1st approach & lands test (ALT) of orbiter Enterprise
1977 - Space shuttle Enterprise makes 1st atmospheric flight
1977 - High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit
1977 - For 2nd straight day, Oakland's Manny Sanguillen foils a no-hit bid
1978 - Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours
1978 - China & Japan sign peace treaty
1978 - ICE is launched
1979 - Judy wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic Rankin
1979 - "Whoopee!" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 204 performances
1979 - Iran press censors start massive book burnings
1981 - Jon Erikson (US) becomes 1st to triple cross English Channel (38:27)
1981 - IBM introduces PC & PC-DOS version 1.0
1982 - Heavy Israeli bombardement of Beirut
1983 - General Manuel A Noriega becomes commander of Panamanian army
1984 - Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, & Luis Aparicio inducted into Hal
1984 - Braves beat Padres 5-3, features 2 brawls & 19 ejections
1984 - 23rd Olympic games close at Los Angeles, Calif
1984 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
1985 - 7th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1985 - Japanese Boeing 747SR crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll)
1985 - Balt Orioles W Gross & L Sheets are 6th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1986 - Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season
1986 - Red Sox pitcher Tim Lollar gets a pinch-hit single
1987 - Charles Cole climbs 870'Tyrolean Traverse from top of Elephant Rock
1988 - Richard Thornburgh becomes US Attorney General
1988 - Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home
1988 - Nelson Mandela is treated for tuberculosis at hospital
1988 - Boston Red Sox set AL consecutive home victories at 23
1988 - Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released
1990 - Cathy Gerring wins Stratton Mountain LPGA Golf Classic
1990 - 12th annual Macy's Tap-o-mania
1990 - Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from
1990 - 72nd PGA Championship: Wayne Grady shoots a 282 at Shoal Creek Ala
1991 - Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan
1991 - Last day in Test Cricket for Viv Richards, Dujon & Marshall
1993 - Pope John Paul II begins visit of US
1994 - Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike
1994 - Panic in church of Brazzaville: 142 killed
1994 - 1st NFL game on Fox network (exhibition - SF vs Denver)
1994 - Stephen G Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1995 - Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent Bridge
1996 - "Breakfast on Fox" premieres
2001 - 38th Walker Cup:
Deaths
875 - Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50
1158 - Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies
1350 - Philip VI, king of France, dies
1484 - Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies
1546 - Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies
1588 - Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 45
1612 - Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (Madrigali), dies at about 60
1633 - Jacopo Peri, Itallian opera composer, dies at 71
1638 - Johannes Althusius, [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81
1654 - Cornelis Haga, ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76
1660 - Gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33
1674 - Philippe de Champaigne, painter, dies
1675 - Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73
1676 - King Philip, [Metacomet], leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death
1689 - Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Pope (1676-89), dies at 78
1715 - Nahum Tate, English poet/playwright/poet laureate, dies
1728 - Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 61
1750 - Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies
1797 - Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73
1811 - John FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77
1812 - Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81
1822 - Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies
1827 - William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69
1830 - Franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50
1848 - George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies
1849 - Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88
1857 - William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies
1865 - William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies
1877 - James Drummond, historical painter, dies
1883 - Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies
1885 - Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65
1891 - James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies
1900 - James E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42
1901 - Nils Adolf Erik, [Baron Nordenskj”ld], geologist/explorer, dies
1911 - Jozef Isra‰ls, painter, dies
1911 - Petrus H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformist vicar (Levenslicht), dies at 79
1914 - John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies
1922 - Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies
1928 - Leos Jan cek, Czech composer/conductor (Sly Little Fox), dies at 74
1934 - Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78
1938 - Ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74
1941 - Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies
1943 - Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76
1944 - Fran‡ois Ambrosiny, Fr dancer/choreographer (Fˆtes d'H‚b‚), dies at 6
1955 - Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80
1964 - Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56
1968 - Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81
1969 - Dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72
1973 - John Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies
1976 - Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies
1982 - Henry Fonda, actor (On Golden Pond), dies of heart disease at 77
1982 - Joe Tex, rocker, dies at 49
1982 - Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80
1983 - Henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies
1985 - Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86
1988 - Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies
1990 - Sara Seegar, [Stone], actor (Mystery of Room 13), dies at 76
1990 - Dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87
1991 - Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St Justice), dies
1991 - William Gordon, screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies
1992 - Queen Mother of Oman, dies
1992 - Beverley Brooks, dies of a stroke at 63
1992 - John Cage, avante-garde composer, dies of a stroke at 79
1992 - Lady Rothermere, [Bubbles], wife of British newspaper magnate, dies
1993 - Jerome Thor, actor (Riot in Juvenile Prison), dies of cardiac at 69
1994 - Gene Cherico, bassist, dies at 59
1994 - Manfred Salzgeber, German film distributor/publicist, dies at about 5
1995 - Frank Cvitanovich, film maker, dies at 68
1996 - Anthony Derrick Parsons, diplomat, dies at 73
1996 - Victor Ambartsumian, astrophysicist, dies at 87
1997 - Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57
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