Births
1397 - Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany
1550 - Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar
1603 - Christianus Schotanus … Sterringa, Frisian theologist/historian
1622 - Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian
1645 - Jean de La BruyŠre, French author
1666 - Henri‰tte Amalia, monarch of Nassau-Dietz
1763 - Frederick of York, English duke/bishop of Osnabrck
1769 - Jean Aime Vernier, composer
1776 - Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer
1795 - Heinrich August Marschner, composer
1816 - Joseph Robinson, composer
1817 - Henry Winter Davis, MC (Union), died in 1865
1828 - Joseph Bradford Carr, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1831 - Edward Payson Chapin, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1832 - Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher
1836 - John Farmer, composer
1837 - Emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer
1845 - Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist
1846 - Justus van Maurik, Dutch cigar manufacturer/writer/editor (Groene)
1860 - Lord Hawke, cricketer (England batsman 1890's, many official posts)
1860 - Jules Laforgue, Uruguay, French poet (Les Complaintas)
1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, football pioneer, inventor (tackling dummy)
1863 - Henry Constant Gabriel Piern‚, Metz France, composer (Edith)
1864 - Ferdinand C S Schiller, British philosopher (Riddles of the Sphinx)
1867 - Ant¢nio Nobre, Portuguese poet (Lonely)
1868 - Bernard MacFadden, publisher (Physical Culture, True Romances)
1868 - Charles Sanford Skilton, composer
1871 - Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer
1874 - Arthur Meighen, Canada, PM of Canada (1920, 21, 26)
1877 - Karl L Hoschna, composer
1879 - Ethel Barrymore, classic film & stage actress (Pinky, Moonrise)
1882 - Pierre H Ritter Jr, Dutch literary/head (Utrecht Newspaper)
1882 - Franz MT de Liage B”hl, German/Dutch assyrologist/translator
1884 - Hugo Gernsback, sci-fi writer (1960 Hugo)
1884 - Adrian S Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer/adviser (British Petroleum/Shell)
1885 - Charles Carson, London England, actor (Cry the Beloved Country)
1887 - Nadia Boulanger, conductor (1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony)
1892 - Harold Foster, cartoonist (created "Prince Valiant")
1894 - George Meany, NYC, labor leader (headed AFL-CIO)
1895 - Jacinto Guerrero, composer
1895 - Lucien Littlefield, San Antonia Tx, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie)
1897 - Vicente Ascone, composer
1897 - Robert Ringling, circus master
1899 - Glenn Strange, Weed NM, actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke)
1902 - Georgette Heyer, England, novelist (Friday's Child)
1902 - Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer
1904 - Wendell Stanley, biochemist, 1st to crystallize a virus (Nobel 1946)
1906 - Franz Josef II, prince of Liechtenstein (1938-89)
1907 - Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer
1907 - Mae Clarke, [Klotz], Phila, actress (Frankenstein, Waterloo Bridge)
1909 - Paul Smith Callaway, composer
1910 - Mae Clarke, Phila, actress (Frankenstein, Nana, Parole Girl)[or 1907]
1912 - Marga AM Klomp‚, 1st Netherland woman elected minister
1912 - Ted Drake, soccer star
1913 - Menachem Begin, Israeli PM (1977-83, Nobel 1978)
1913 - Menachem Begin
1914 - Tullio Pandolfini, Italy, water polo (Olympic-gold-1948)
1915 - Al Hibbler, singer (Unchained Melody)
1917 - Roque Cordero, Panama, composer (Sonata Breve)
1920 - Charles Bukowski, Andernach Germany, US writer (Hollywood: A Novel)
1920 - Charles Bukowski
1922 - Louis E Lomax, author
1923 - Joe Hutton, northumbrian piper/shepherd
1923 - Shimon Peres, Israeli Labor Party leader/prime minister
1925 - Fess Parker
1925 - Fess Parker, Fort Worth Texas, actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller)
1928 - Eddie Kirkland, Jamaican/US blues guitarist (Have Mercy)
1928 - Ann Blyth, Mt Kisko NY, actress (Kismet, Mildred Pierce)
1929 - Bill Evans, US jazz pianist
1930 - Tony Trabert, tennis pro (1955 Wimbeldon)
1930 - Marion A Trabert, tennis champ (US Open-1953)
1930 - Robert Culp
1930 - Frank Gifford
1930 - Frank Gifford, Calif, NFL halfback (NY Giants)/ABC sportscaster
1930 - Ted Hughes, England, poet laureate (1984- )
1930 - Robert Culp, Berkley Calif, actor (I Spy, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)
1932 - Eydie Gorme, [Edithe Gormezano], Bronx NY, singer (Bossa Nova)
1932 - Jon Lindbergh, 2nd son of aviator Charles Lindbergh
1932 - Eydie Gorme
1933 - Jan van Ginkel, graphic artist/publisher (Perscombinatie)
1933 - Reiner Kunze, writer
1933 - Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa, Durango Colo, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 14)
1934 - Sam Trimble, cricketer (Queensland bat, 12th man for Aust, no Test)
1934 - Ed van Thijn, (Jewish) Dutch foreign min/mayor (Amsterdam, 1983-94)
1934 - Diana Wynne Jones, UK, sci-fi author (Drowned Ammet, Witch Week)
1934 - John Standing, London England, actor (Edward-Lime Street)
1934 - Ketty Lester, [Revoyda Frierson], US singer/actress (Love Letters)
1935 - Julie Newmar, Hollywood Calif, actress (Catwoman-Batman, Living Doll)
1935 - Betsy von Furstenberg, Nelheim Ger, actress (Machine Calls it Murder)
1936 - Gary Clarke, LA Calif, actor (Hondo, Virginian, Michael Shayne)
1936 - Anita Gillette, Balt Md, actress (Quincy ME, Marathon, Moonstruck)
1937 - Lorraine Gary, NYC, actress (Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 4)
1937 - David Behrman, composer
1938 - Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1938 - Andr s Balcz¢, Hungary, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1972)
1939 - Wim Meijer, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1939 - Carol Shelley, London, actress (Gwendolyn Pidgeon-Odd Couple)
1939 - Valeri V Ryumin, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32)
1940 - Bruce Beresford, Austral director (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies
1942 - John Meulendijks, Dutch cryptogram maker (People's Daily)
1943 - Pedro Chapp‚-Garc¡a, Havana, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1944 - Dick Zimmer, (Rep-R-New Jersey)
1944 - Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer (Pakistan left-arm quick, 1 Test)
1945 - Kevin Ayers, England, progressive rocker (Joy of a Toy)
1945 - Gordon "Snowy" Fleet, Merseyside, rock drummer (Easybeats)
1945 - Gary Loizzo, Chicago IL, rock guitarist (American Breed)
1945 - Bob Balaban, Chicago IL, actor/director (2010, Girlfriends)
1945 - Suzanne Farrell, Cincinnati, ballerina (Don Quioxote)
1945 - Robert Balaban, Chicago, actor (Absence of Malice, Altered States)
1946 - Lesley Ann Warren, NYC, actress (Cinderella, Mission Impossible)
1946 - Lesley Ann Warren
1947 - Carol Moseley-Braun, (Sen-D Illinois)
1947 - John Howard, (US), speed record (152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, UT)
1948 - Barry Hay, singer/fluitist/saxophonist/guitarist (Golden Earring)
1949 - Bill Spooner, rock guitarist/vocalist (Tubes)
1950 - Jeff[rey R] Thomson, cricketer (great Aussie fast bowler 1972-85)
1950 - Hasely Crawford, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1952 - Reginald Veljohnson, actor (Carl Winslow-Family Matters, Die Hard)
1952 - Gianna Rolandi, NYC, soprano (Der Rosenkavalier)
1952 - Mahes Goonatillake, cricketer (Sri Lankan keeper in their 1st 5 Tests
1953 - Catlin O'Heaney, Whitefish Bay Wisc, actress (Snow White-Charmings)
1953 - Kathie Lee Gifford
1953 - Nick Leyva, baseball manager (Phillies 1988-91)
1953 - James Taylor, SC, rocker (Kool & The Gang-Joanna)
1953 - Kathie Lee Gifford, Paris Fla, hostess (Live with Regis & Kathie Lee)
1954 - James Cameron
1954 - James Cameron, Kapuskasing Ontario, writer/dir (True Lies, Titanic)
1956 - Dominic Erban, French rugby international player
1956 - Colleen Walker, Jacksonville FL, LPGA golfer (1988 Mazda Champions)
1957 - Tim Farriss, Australian pop guitarist (INXS-Kiss the Dirt)
1958 - Peter "Jeff" K Wisoff, Norfolk VA, PhD/Astronaut (STS 57, 68, 81/84)
1958 - Angela Bassett
1958 - Madonna, [Ciccone], Bay City Mich, singer/actress (Like a Virgin)
1958 - Jonathan Prince, Beverly Hills Pa, actor (Danny-Alice, Pray TV)
1958 - Jose Luis, Clerc Argentina, tennis star
1958 - Angela Bassett, NYC, actress (What's Love Got to Do With It)
1960 - Timothy Hutton, Malibu Calif, actor (Turk 182, Ordinary People)
1960 - Timothy Hutton
1963 - Scott Dunlap, Pittsburgh PA, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 S Afr Masters
1964 - Nigel Redman, English rugby international player
1964 - Jimmy Arias, Buffalo NY, tennis player (US Davis Cup team)
1965 - Eric van der Luer, soccer player (Roda JC)
1965 - Todd McNair, NFL running back/kick returner (Houston Oilers)
1965 - Xavier Hernandez, Port Arthur TX, pitcher (Houston Astros)
1965 - Brian McDonough, Long Beach Calif, points cyclist (Olympics-19th-96)
1966 - Ed Olczyk, Chicago, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
1966 - Rosey Edeh, London England, Canadian 400m hurdler (Olympics-4-92, 96)
1966 - Terry Shumpert, Paducah KY, infielder (Chic Cubs)
1967 - Bret Barberie, Long Beach CA, infielder (Chic Cubs)
1967 - Matt Vanderbeek, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
1968 - Donovan Leitch Jr, actor/musician (I Shot Andy Warhol)
1968 - Eric Jonassen, offensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals)
1969 - Becky Delos Santos, Boston Mass, playmate (April, 1994)
1969 - Ben Coates, NFL tight end (NE Patriots)
1969 - Carl Henkel, Torrance Calif, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1970 - Adrian Hardy, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)
1970 - Dena Head, WNBA guard (Utah Starzz)
1970 - Eric Swann, NFL defensive tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
1970 - Lester Smith, CFL safety (Toronto Argonauts)
1970 - Quinton McCracken, Wilmington NC, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
1970 - Wilco Hellinga, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1971 - Willie Jackson, NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 - Nigel Williams, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes)
1971 - Troy Alexander, CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1972 - Zach Wiegert, tackle (St Louis Rams)
1972 - Michael Thornberry, Virginia Beach Va, team handball circle (Oly-1996
1972 - Eddie Goines, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 - Michael Reed, NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers)
1974 - Ryan Longwell, NFL kicker (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1974 - Bryan Chiu, CFL defensive tackle (Montreal Alouettes)
1974 - Roger Cedeno, Valencia Edo Venezuela, outfielder (LA Dodgers)
1974 - Krizstina Egerszegi, Hungarian backstroke swimmer (100/200m WR)
1975 - Felicia Zimmermann, Rochester NY, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1988 - Rumer Willis, child of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore
Events
1290 - Charles van Valois weds Margaretha van Anjou
1465 - Battle at Montlhéry
1513 - Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian & Henry III beat France
1570 - King János Sigismund Zápolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II
1625 - Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe
1691 - Yorktown Va founded
1717 - Prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade
1743 - Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton)
1745 - Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots
1748 - "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies
1777 - Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt
1780 - British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC
1794 - Hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna
1797 - Comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth
1812 - Gen Hull surrenders Detroit & Michigan territory to England
1819 - Manchester Massacre: English police charge unemployed demonstrators
1829 - Siamese twins Chang & Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited
1834 - Charles Darwin climbs Mt Campana in Chile
1846 - Gioacchino Rossini marries Olympe Pélissier in Paris
1858 - Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan
1861 - Pres Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy
1861 - Skirmishes at Fredericktown/Kirkville, Missouri
1863 - Emancipation Proclamation signed
1863 - Chickamauga campaign GA
1864 - 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia, Federal assault
1864 - Battle of Front Royal VA (Guard Hill)
1864 - Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam
1870 - Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion
1876 - Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth
1882 - British under General Wolseley land in Alexandria
1890 - Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia
1894 - Indian chiefs from the Sioux & Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christiani
1896 - Gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala
1898 - Edwin Prescott patents roller coaster
1903 - Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, Yanks win 12-8
1904 - NYC begins building Grand Central Station
1905 - Mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa
1906 - -17] 8.6 earthquake destroys Valparaiso Chile, fire kills 20,000
1907 - Abd al-Hafid proclaims himself sultan of Morocco
1914 - Zapata & Pancho Villa over run Mexico
1914 - German army occupies last fort at Luik, Belgian general Leman caught
1915 - KC's Alex Main no-hits Buffalo (Federal League), 5-0
1918 - US troops overthrows Archangelsk
1920 - Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major
1922 - AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (NYC)
1924 - 38th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (61 63)
1924 - Conference about German recovery payments opens in London
1924 - Dutch-Turkish peace treaty signed
1927 - 1st HR hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago (NY Yankee Babe Ruth)
1934 - US explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (923 m) in Bathysphere
1934 - US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)
1936 - 11th Olympic games closes in Berlin
1940 - 45 German aircrafts shot down over England
1942 - Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow
1943 - Bulgarian czar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler
1943 - 1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily)
1944 - US 15th Army corp reaches Eure, surrounds Dreux
1944 - Dutch begin diplomatic contact with Vatican in London
1944 - Chartres freed
1944 - 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy
1946 - Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die)
1947 - Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs
1948 - Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem
1948 - Israeli pound becomes legal tender
1950 - West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England
1953 - KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins
1953 - Shah of Persia & princess Soraya flee to Baghdad & Rome
1954 - 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood
1954 - "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing
1955 - Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor
1956 - Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate
1956 - Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4
1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Seattle Golf Open
1959 - USSR introduces installment buying
1960 - Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus
1960 - Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330 m (84,700')
1960 - Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Rep of Congo) forms
1961 - 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin
1961 - Martin L King protests for black voting right in Miami
1962 - Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer
1963 - Independence is restored to Dominican Republic
1964 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational
1964 - St Louis Card Curt Flood gets 8 straight hits in a doubleheader
1965 - AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins)
1967 - Cin Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured & leaves
1967 - WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 - Woodstock rock festival begins in NY
1969 - WATL TV channel 36 in Atlanta, GA begins broadcasting
1970 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cincinnati Golf Open
1970 - 52nd PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots 279 at Southern Hills OK
1972 - 54th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich
1972 - Morocco King Hassan II's B727 shot at
1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 - Philip Potter appointed sect-gen of World council of Churches
1974 - Ramones concert debut (NY's CBGBs)
1975 - "Rodgers & Hart" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 108 perfs
1975 - Peter Gabriel quits Genesis
1976 - St Louis Cards beat San Diego Chargers 20-10 in Tokyo (NFL expo)
1976 - 58th PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots a 281 at Congressional MD
1977 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1977 - Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th
1980 - Cozy Powell quits Rainbow
1980 - Jools Holland quits Squeeze
1980 - Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath
1981 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
1981 - Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93)
1981 - Highest score in World Cup soccor match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0)
1983 - Paul Simon weds Carrie Fisher
1984 - NASA launches Ampte
1984 - Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500)
1984 - Andrea Doria's safe opened
1984 - LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges
1985 - Madonna weds Sean Penn on her 27th birthday
1986 - Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks & her single
1986 - "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks
1986 - Sudan rebels shoot a Fokker's F-27 down, 57 killed
1987 - Astrological Harmonic Convergence-Dawn of New Age
1987 - NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-9
1987 - Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives)
1987 - Val Skinner wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am
1988 - Butch Reynolds runs world record 400 m (43.29)
1988 - IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence
1988 - Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis
1988 - Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers
1989 - Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich
1990 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1990 - Iraq orders 4000 Britons & 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq
1991 - Belgium census is 10,000,963 inhabitants
1991 - Pres Bush declares recession is near an end
1992 - Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k (7:28.96)
1992 - 20th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sherri Steinhaur
1992 - 74th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 278 at Bellerive St Louis
1994 - Shauna Gambill, 17, of California, crowned 12th Miss Teen USA
1994 - Chandrika Kumaratungo's party wins Sri Lanka elections
1997 - For only 2nd time Stanley Cup leaves North America (heads to Russia)
1998 - 80th PGA Championship at Sahalee CC, Seattle WA
1998 - Weetabix Women's British Golf Open
Deaths
1419 - Wenzel/V clav IV, [Wenceslas], drunken RC German king, dies at 58
1508 - Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, Ger viceroy of Friesland, dies at 4
1532 - Johan de Standvastige, monarch of Saxon (Schmalkaldisch), dies
1603 - Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri), dies at 62
1661 - Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53
1675 - Bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies
1678 - Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), ODs at 57
1705 - Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50
1738 - Joe Miller, English comic, dies
1748 - Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer, dies at 63
1786 - Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80
1799 - Vincenzo Manfredini, composer, dies at 61
1807 - Claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72
1831 - Eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30
1854 - Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies
1864 - John Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31
1870 - Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer, dies at 80
1886 - Swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50
1894 - Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70
1900 - Jos‚ de Queir¢s, Portuguese writer (Bullock Maias), dies at 54
1900 - E‡a de Queiroz, writer, dies
1910 - Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer, dies at 69
1911 - Karl Munzinger, composer, dies at 68
1920 - J Norman Lockyer, English physicist (discovered helium in Sun), dies
1921 - Peter I Karadjordjevic, king of Serbia/Yugoslavia, dies [or 8/26]
1929 - Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer, dies at 70
1938 - Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27
1939 - Ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies
1940 - Henri Desgrange, French cyclist/founder (Tour de France), dies at 75
1940 - Billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries
1944 - Roman Padlewski, composer, dies at 28
1945 - Takijiro Ohnishi, led Japanese kamikaze pilots (harakiri), dies
1945 - Nico Richter, composer, dies at 29
1946 - Herman Harrell Horne, philosopher (idealism)
1948 - Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53
1949 - Margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48
1951 - Louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63
1956 - Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73
1958 - Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce), dies at 85
1959 - Pedro Humberto Allende Sar¢n, Chilean composer (Tonados), dies at 74
1959 - William "Bull" F Halsey, US vice-admiral (WW II Pacific), dies
1960 - Errol Holmes, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for England 1935), dies
1964 - Jack Pennick, actor (Lady From Louisiana), dies at 68
1965 - Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer, dies at 64
1966 - Jack Mather, actor (Cisco Kid), dies of heart attack at 58
1968 - Luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71
1969 - Russ Bender, actor/writer (Air Patrol, Strangler), dies at 59
1971 - Elsie Baker, actress (Ghosts of Hanley House), dies at 78
1972 - John Barnes Chance, composer, dies at 39
1973 - Veda Ann Borg, actress (Kid Galahad), dies at 54
1973 - Selman A Waksman, Russian/US microbiology (Nobel 1952), dies at 85
1974 - Karl E Mundt, (Rep/Sen), dies
1976 - Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 83
1977 - Elvis Presley, rocker, dies of heart ailment/drugs at Graceland at 42
1978 - Alidius WL Tjarda van Stachouwer, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at 90
1984 - Gyorgy Kosa, composer, dies at 87
1986 - John Hurley, song writer (Son of a Preacher Man), dies at 45
1988 - Milton Adolphus, composer, dies at 75
1989 - Amanda Blake, actress (Gunsmoke), dies at 58
1991 - Shamu the Whale, dies of respiratory failure at 16
1991 - Stuart Karl, CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at 38 of skin cancer
1991 - Frederic Mar‚s, Spanish sculptor, dies
1991 - Robert DiMatte Jr, stage director/actor, dies at 43
1992 - Mark Heard, Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack
1993 - Joseph Towers, US pilot, dies
1993 - Tom Fuccella, actor (Paul-One Life to Live), dies of AIDs at 56
1993 - Stewart Granger, actor (Scaramouche), dies of cancer at 80
1993 - Irene Sharaff, US costume designer (Cleopatra, Can-can), dies at 83
1994 - John Doucette, actor (Fighting Mad, Gang War), dies of cancer at 73
1994 - Henry Geldzahler, US critic, dies
1994 - Frits de Knight, photographer, dies of AIDS at 40
1994 - Earnest Pawel, Polish/US author (Nightmare of Reason), dies at 74
1995 - Robert "Robby" Debarge, r&B Musician, dies at 36
1995 - John Cameron Swayze, news anchor (NBC), dies at 89
1995 - John Priestly McCartjy, detroit DJ, dies at 62
1996 - Eric Cullen, actor (Huntington Tower), dies at 31
1996 - Robert Lynn, anarchist, dies at 72
1997 - Gerard McLarnon, actor/writer, dies at 82
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