Births
472 - Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker
1450 - Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet
1579 - Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange
1587 - Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents
1587 - 1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare)
1685 - Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem
1745 - Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer
1750 - Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare)
1769 - Alexandre Stievenard, composer
1774 - Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
1778 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica
1792 - John, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM (1846-52, 1865-66)
1805 - Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter (Mutterliebe)
1807 - Charles Francis Adams, (Union), died in 1886
1813 - Benjamin Alvord, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1884
1818 - William Farquhar Barry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
1823 - Willem J F Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian
1834 - Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner (Field Dept Store)
1849 - Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer
1856 - Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer
1856 - Jan Karol Gali, composer
1871 - Johan J Arch, graphic artist (wood cutter)
1873 - Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Othello)
1873 - Otto Harbach, songwriter (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes)
1875 - Johan E Elias, historian (Amsterdam)
1878 - Fritz Brun, composer
1881 - Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher, composer
1882 - Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer
1882 - Eugeen Calleen, Flemish sculptor
1883 - Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (Chanel)
1887 - Nico J Polak, Dutch economist
1893 - Ernest MacMillan, composer
1896 - Alan Mowbray, London England, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack)
1900 - Walter O'Keefe, Hartford Ct, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood)
1902 - Julius Kalas, composer
1903 - Ake Olof Sebastian Udden, composer
1904 - [Francis] Max Factor, cosmetics manufacturer (Max Factor)
1904 - Sterling W Cole, (Rep-R-NY)
1904 - Jean Dast‚, actor (Z, Sorceress, Green Room, Stormy Waters)
1904 - Max Factor Jr, CEO (Max Factor Cosmetics)
1905 - Peter Paul Kreuder, composer
1905 - Greta Garbo, actress famed recluse
1906 - Andre Van Gyseghem, England, actor (Search for the Nile)
1907 - Otto Mortensen, composer
1907 - Howard Swanson, composer
1907 - Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith)
1907 - Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC)
1908 - Milan Ristic, composer
1908 - Edgar Faure, thriller writer/PM of France (1952, 52-56)
1908 - Bill Merritt, cricketer (early NZ Test leg-spinner, also Northants)
1908 - Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu)
1909 - Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz)
1910 - Herman Berlinski, composer
1910 - Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor
1915 - Max Lanier, baseball player
1916 - Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist (OBE-1979)
1916 - Elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo)
1917 - Casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)
1918 - Elsa Morante, writer
1919 - Walter J Hickel, (Gov-R-Alaska)/US Secretary of Interior (1969-71)
1920 - Bob Kennedy, baseball player
1920 - [Thomas] Godfrey Evans, English cricket keeper (1950's)
1922 - Eric William Hunter Christie, barrister
1922 - Shelley Winters
1922 - Shelley Winters, [Schrift], St Louis Mo, actress (Poseidon Adventure)
1922 - Alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist (Voyeur)
1923 - Sadu Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's)
1923 - Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India (1947-8 Aust tour
1924 - Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1977-88)[or Aug 12]
1925 - Tonny Til, rocker
1925 - Brian W[ilson] Aldiss, UK, sci-fi author (Helliconia Trilogy)
1927 - Rosalynn Carter
1927 - Rosalynn Smith Carter, Georgia, 1st lady (1977-1981), Jimmy's lust
1928 - Marge Schott, CEO (Cincinnati Reds)
1930 - Carl Barger, Lewistown Pa, baseball pres (Pitts Pirates, Fla Marlins)
1930 - Grant Williams, NYC, actor (Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man)
1930 - Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Tx, rocker (Feel So Fine)
1931 - Henricus AFMO "Hans" van Mierlo, Dutch minister of Defense (D66)
1933 - Roman Polanski, Poland, director (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Pirates
1933 - Roman Polanski
1934 - Rafer Lewis Johnson, Hillsboro Tx, decathlete (Olympic-gold-1960)
1934 - Roberto Clemente, US baseball outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1934 - Vincent Bugliosi, attorney/author (Helter-Skelter)
1935 - Rafer Johnson, Hillsboro Texas, decathlete (Olympics-gold-60)
1935 - Gail Fisher, Orange NJ, actress (Peggy-Mannix)
1935 - Lajos Papp, composer
1937 - Robert Redford, Calif, actor (Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby
1937 - Robert Redford
1937 - William George Rushton, London, actor/author/cartoonist (TW3)
1939 - Molly Bee, Oklahoma City OK, actress (Pinky Lee Show)
1939 - Joe Azcue, baseball player
1939 - Johnny Preston singer (Running Bear, Cradle of Love)
1940 - Frankie Avalon, rocker (Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo)
1940 - Joan Joyce, Waterbury CT, LPGA golfer (1984 S&H Golf Classic-6th)
1941 - Christopher Jones, Jackson TN, actor (Wild in the Streets)
1941 - Matt Snell, NFL running back (NY Jets, Super Bowl III)
1943 - Sarah Dash, Trenton NJ, rock vocalist (Patti LaBelle & Bluebirds)
1943 - Martin Mull
1943 - Martin Mull, Chic Ill, actor/comedian (Bad Manners, Flick, Serial)
1944 - Carl Wayne, rocker (Move)
1945 - Barbara Harris, US singer (Toys-A Lover's Concerto)
1945 - Nona Hendryx, Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
1948 - Carol O'Neal, playmate (July, 1972)
1948 - Rudy Hartono Kurniawan, Indonesia, All-England tennis champ
1949 - Nigel Griggs, rocker (Split Enz)
1950 - Lynn Adams, Kingsville TX, LPGA golfer
1950 - Candice Earley, Ft Hood TX, actress (Donna Tyler-All My Children)
1950 - Dennis Elliot, London, rock drummer (Foreigner)
1951 - Greg Pruitt, NFL running back (LA Raiders, Super Bowl XVIII)
1952 - Nicholas John, dramaturge
1952 - Patrick Swayze, Houston Tx, actor/dancer (Dirty Dancing, Ghost)
1952 - Elayne Boosler, Brooklyn NY, comedienne (Broadway Baby, Party of One)
1954 - Patrick Swayze
1954 - Umberto Guidoni, Rome Italy, PhD/astronaut (STS 75)
1956 - Sandeep Patil, cricketer (Indian batsman Great 174 v Adelaide 1981)
1957 - Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist (Men At Work-Who Can it Be)
1957 - Dennis Leary, actor/comic (MTV)
1957 - Carole Bouquest, Paris, actress (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
1958 - Madeleine Stowe, LA Calif, actress (Tropical Snow, Bad Girls)
1960 - Sonny Skinner, Porstmouth VA, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Shreveport Open)
1961 - John Viscardi, NYC, actor (Father Tony-One Life to Live)
1962 - Sandra Marie Miller Farmer-Patrick, Kingston Jamaica, 400m hurdler
1963 - Luiz Mattar, Brazil, tennis star
1966 - Steve Avery, NFL fullback (Pitts Steelers)
1966 - Cees Lock of hair, soccer player (NEC)
1967 - Blas Elias Gomez, Kennedy TX, rock drummer (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
1967 - John Jurkovic, defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1967 - Julie Kristen Smith, Nuhremburg Germany, choreographer (Showgirls)
1967 - Tracy Tracy, rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal)
1968 - John Coyle, West Bloomfield Mich, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
1968 - Greta Lind, Goshen NY, actress (Katie Kennicott-All My Children)
1968 - Carolyn Crudgington, Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1968 - Griffin Drew, Hazelhurst Georgia, actress (Dinosaur Island)
1968 - Justin Strzelczyk, NFL guard/offensive tackle (Pitts Steelers)
1968 - Brian Mitchell, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
1969 - Christian Slater
1969 - Christian Slater, actor (Robin Hood, Untamed Heart, Heathers)
1969 - Isaac Austin, NBA center (Miami Heat)
1970 - Malcolm-Jamal Warn
1970 - Malcolm Jamal Warner, Jersey City NJ, actor (Theodore-Cosby Show)
1970 - Richie Cunningham, kicker (Dallas Cowboys)
1970 - Robert Higginson, Philadelphia PA, outfielder (Detroit Tigers)
1971 - Trey Ames, Canton Oh, actor (David-A Year in the Life)
1971 - Jada Pinkett, actress (Set it Off, Nutty Professor, Menace II Society
1971 - Jonathan David Winter, Wellington NZ, 100m backstroker (Olympics-96)
1971 - Kevin Bouie, NFL running back (Phila Eagles, Ariz Cardinals)
1971 - Mindy Czuleger, Inglewood Ca, WPVA volleyballer (Myrtle Bch-17th-1994
1972 - Loraine Lambert, Ipswich Queensland, golfer (NZ champ 1991, 92)
1972 - Nate Jones, Chicago Ill, heavyweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-96)
1972 - Ray Jacobs, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1972 - Derrick Harris, running back (St Louis Rams)
1973 - Alex Pijper, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
1973 - Clarence Benford, NFL tight end (Seattle Seahawks)
1973 - Luke Fickell, defensive tackle (New Orleans Saints)
1974 - Sekou Soumah, soccer player (Willem II)
1974 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul, cricketer (WI left-handed batsman 1994-)
1976 - Tom Malchow, US, 200m butterfly/free (Olympics-silver-96)
1976 - Daphnee Lynn Duplaix, Manhattan NY, playmate (July 1997)
Events
410 - King Alarik I's Visigoten occupies & plunders Rome
1289 - Pope Nicolaus IV publishes degree "Supra montem"
1564 - Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente
1572 - King Navarra Henri de Bourbon marries Margaretha van Valois
1591 - Governor of Roanoke Island colony returns from England & found everyone in the colony had disa
1605 - Spanish army under of general Spínola conquerors Lingen
1674 - Jean Racine's "Iphigénie," premieres in Versailles
1686 - Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
1698 - Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
1700 - Swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
1735 - Evening Post begins publishing (Boston Mass)
1759 - -19] 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France
1769 - Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000
1795 - Curaçao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves
1817 - Gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore
1834 - Mt Vesuvius erupts
1835 - Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago
1838 - 1st US marine expedition
1840 - Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY)
1846 - Gen Stephen W Kearney's US forces captures Santa Fe NM
1858 - Netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement
1862 - Sioux Indians begin uprising in Minnesota (it is later crushed)
1862 - General Lee's adjutant major Stuart captured
1864 - Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days
1864 - 6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault
1868 - Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse
1870 - Battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties
1872 - 1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward
1873 - 1st ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494')
1886 - Carr Baker Neel & Samuel Neel win US Lawn Tennis Assn doubles
1891 - Hurricane hits Martinique, about 700 die
1894 - Congress creates Bureau of Immigration
1896 - Adolph Ochs (39) buys NY Times
1914 - Pres Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality"
1914 - French troops under general Dubail occupy Sarrebourg
1914 - -20] Belgian army withdraws to Antwerp
1915 - Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1
1917 - Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD)
1919 - Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago Illinois
1920 - Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right
1920 - 1st class debut of Walter Hammond
1923 - 37th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (62 61)
1924 - France begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied
1925 - Cardinal Mercier warns Belgians against socialism/liberalism
1925 - Belgian & US sign treaty about war debts
1926 - England regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0
1926 - Weather map televised for 1st time
1930 - Eastern Airlines begins passenger service
1931 - Lou Gehrig hitless in Detroit, his 1,000th consecutively played game
1932 - Englishman James Mollisson is 1st to fly east to west over Atlantic
1932 - Auguste Piccard/Max Cosijns reach 16,201m in a balloon
1934 - 48th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H Cooke (61 64)
1934 - Bradman scores 244 in 5th Test Cricket, 316 mins, 32 fours 1 six
1934 - Ponsford & Bradman make 451 partnership in 316 minutes v Eng
1936 - 106.5°F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa
1937 - 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA)
1938 - FDR dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US & Canada
1940 - 71 German aircrafts shot down above England
1941 - Phillies commit 8 errors in a game
1941 - Concentration camp Amersfoort opens
1942 - Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japs
1943 - Final convoy of Jews from Salonika Greece arrive at Auschwitz
1943 - Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia
1943 - Carl Hubbell wins his 253rd & final game, all with Giants
1944 - US 20th Army corp conquers Chartres
1944 - Paris railroad workers strike against nazi occupiers
1944 - US 15th Army corp reaches Mantes-Gassicourt near Paris
1945 - Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds & Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseba
1946 - Golf Writers Associaton of America forms
1947 - Naval torpedo & mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300
1949 - Ralph Flanagan & his orch records "You're Breaking My Heart"
1949 - Hungary adopts constitution
1951 - Cricket 1st-class debut of Raymond Illingworth
1954 - James E Wilkins is 1st black to attend a US cabinet meeting
1955 - 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record)
1955 - -19] Hurricane Diane, kills 400 in US
1955 - Sjukri al-Quwatli re-elected president of Syria
1956 - Cin Reds (8) & Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 HRs in a 9 inning game
1956 - Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" reaches #1
1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 - Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4½")
1957 - Juan-Manuel Fangio, wins his last auto World Championship at 46
1957 - Betty Dodd wins LPGA Colonial Golf Open
1958 - Perez Prado "Mambo King," receives one of the 1st gold records
1958 - Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1958 - Verne Gagne beats Edouard Carpentier in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1958 - TV game show scandal investigation starts
1958 - Betsy Palmer joins Today Show panel
1958 - "Lolita," by Vladimir Nabokov, published
1958 - Fidel Castro makes a speech on Cuban pirate radio Rebelde
1958 - Great Britain issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland & Wales)
1959 - Branch Rickey resigns as Pirates' CEO to be pres of Continental League
1960 - Lew Burdette pitches to just 27 for a 1-0 no-hitter against Phillies
1960 - Beatles give their 1st public performance (Kaiserkeller in Hamburg)
1960 - 1st photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1960 - 1st commercial oral contraceptive, Enovid 10 debuts in Skokie Ill
1961 - Construction on Berlin Wall completed
1962 - Peter, Paul & Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer"
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament
1963 - James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate from U of Mississippi
1964 - Charles Helu elected president of Lebanon
1964 - USSR launch 3 Kosmos satellites
1964 - South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies
1964 - Beatles arrive in SF, 2nd US visit
1965 - Hank Aaron loses a HR, because he hit it out of batter's box
1965 - Orioles' Brooks Robinson hits into his record tying (George Sisler)
1967 - WCBS radio in NYC goes all-news
1967 - Red Sox Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels Jack Hamilton
1967 - Rolling Stones release "We Love You"
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Holiday Inn Golf Classic
1969 - Mick Jagger accidentally shot while filming "Ned Kelly"
1972 - Police fine Paul & Linda McCartney £800 in Sweden cannabis possession
1973 - Gene Krupa, drummer, plays for final time with Benny Goodman Quartet
1973 - Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record
1974 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA St Paul Keller Golf Open
1976 - USSR's Luna 24 soft-lands on Moon
1977 - 2 girls are killed by a runaway car outside of Graceland
1977 - Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter
1978 - Memphis Tenn settles with striking police officers & firefighters
1979 - Nick Lowe marries singer Carlene Carter
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1979 - Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds
1980 - KC Royals' George Brett, batting avg reach .400
1981 - "My Fair Lady" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 119 performances
1981 - Jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons
1981 - Football running back, Herschel Walker, of U of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insuran
1982 - LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game started 8/17)
1982 - 1st time NYSE tops 100 M figure, 132.69 M shares traded
1982 - Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago IL, ends after 22 innings - before LA Dodger
1982 - Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance
1982 - NYSE sets trading record of 132,690,000 shares traded
1983 - Royals defeat Yanks, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out & Dan
1983 - Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel
1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1983 - Hurricane Alicia battered Houston & Galveston, Texas
1984 - Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil
1985 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Nestle World Championship of Women's Golf
1985 - Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins MasterCard International Pro-Am Golf Tourn
1985 - Suisei Launch (Halley's Comet Flyby)
1986 - Crockett's Tavern opens in Fort Wilderness
1986 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Philadelphia PA on WYSP 94.1 FM
1986 - Jim Kelly signs with NFL Buffalo Bills ($75 million for 5 years)
1986 - John Tesh's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
1986 - WYSP-FM Philadelphia begins simulcasting Howard Stern Show
1987 - Philip Rush of NZ, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours fa
1987 - Straatsburg: Manuela Stellmach/Astrid Strauss/Anke Möhring/ Heike Friedrich swims female world
1987 - Ohio nurse Donald Harvey sentence to triple life (poisoned 24)
1987 - Houston Oiler Earl Campbell, retires from NFL
1988 - Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million
1988 - Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket
1988 - FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment
1989 - Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as NY Yankee manager
1989 - Arturo Barrios of Mexico sets 10K record (27:08.23) in Berlin
1991 - Pan Am games closes in Havana
1991 - Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Northgate Computer Golf Classic
1991 - Hurricane Bob hits NC with 115 MPH wind
1992 - "Real Inspector Hound" opens at Criterion NYC for 61 perfs
1993 - Historical Kapelbrug in Luzern Switz, destroyed by fire
1994 - 5.6 earthquake in Algeria, kills 171
1994 - Jimi Hendrix's guitar sells for ƒ150.000
1995 - Cards reliever Tom Henke earns his 300th career save
1996 - Record 6,654 tap at Macy's Tap-o-mania in NYC
1996 - Emilee Klein wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open
Deaths
1227 - Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies
1236 - Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies
1276 - Adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies
1503 - Alexander VI, [Rodrigo de Borja], Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies
1559 - Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83
1652 - Benjamin G Cuyp, historical painter, dies at about 40
1765 - Frans I Stefanus, RC German emperor (1745-65), dies at 56
1803 - James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67
1811 - Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78
1840 - Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73
1850 - H de Balzac, writer, dies at 51
1853 - Peter Lichtenthal, composer, dies at 73
1863 - Thomas Welsh, US Union brig-general (Antietam), dies at 39
1870 - Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/brig-general, dies in battle
1894 - William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57
1896 - Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88
1901 - Richard Kleinmichel, composer, dies at 54
1907 - John Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82
1915 - Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet (Rbƒb-i Sjikeste), dies at 47
1916 - Edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36
1934 - Delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Oakland Tribune), dies at 61
1942 - Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48
1943 - Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicid
1944 - Cecile Chaminade, composer, dies at 87
1944 - Ernst "Teddy" Th„lmann, leader of German KPD, dies
1949 - Paul J Mares, US jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 4
1950 - Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered
1952 - Ralph Byrd, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show), dies at 43
1957 - Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41
1961 - Leonhard Frank, writer, dies at 78
1961 - Learned Hand, Chief judge of US court of Appeals, dies at 89
1962 - Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68
1966 - Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle & Blessing), dies at 75
1966 - Isaac Keesing, Dutch founder (System Keesing), dies at 80
1968 - Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52
1969 - Mildred Davis, actress (Haunted Spooks), dies of coronary at 68
1969 - Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Nobel 1943), dies at 81
1969 - Laci Boldemann, composer, dies at 48
1977 - Tibor D‚ry, writer, dies at 82
1980 - Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65
1981 - Anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88
1982 - Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
1988 - Alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42
1988 - Frederick Ashton, choreographer (Cinderella), dies at 83
1989 - Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered
1989 - Bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies
1990 - Raf Reymen, Flemish actor, dies
1990 - B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86
1991 - Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies
1992 - Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies
1992 - John Stuges, director (Gunfight at OK Corral), dies of emphysema at 8
1993 - Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47
1994 - John Beavan, newspaper Editor, dies at 84
1994 - Henri Calef, Bulgarian/French director (J‚richo), dies
1994 - Judy Ann Scott-Fox, agent, dies at 56
1994 - Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, chromatographer, dies at 79
1994 - Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88
1995 - James Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66
1995 - Sylvester Louis Adams, murderer, dies at 39
1996 - Geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103
1996 - Hugo Gabriel Gryn, rabbi, dies at 66
1996 - Thoams Eric Evans, dean of St Paul's, dies at 68
384 Events for 18th August