Births
1076 - Philippe Comtois, Montreal Quebec, 3m springboard diver (Olympics-96)
1530 - Ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84)
1664 - Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent
1718 - Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer
1724 - George Stubbs, England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion)
1744 - Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet
1758 - Franz Teyber, composer
1775 - Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal (Court in Rio de Janeiro)
1786 - [Charles] Louis I, (Augustus), King of Bavaria (Lola Montez)
1788 - Cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution)
1811 - Joseph Dana Webster, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1812 - Percival Drayton, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1865
1819 - Allan Pinkerton, founded Chicago detective agency
1823 - John Newton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1825 - Henry Warner Birge, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1836 - Bret Harte, US, author (Outcasts of Poker Flat)
1841 - Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, thyroid specialist (Nobel 1909)
1845 - Ludwig II, mad king of Bavaria (1864-86)
1846 - Louise J Gautier, French poetess
1851 - [Willem] Alexander KHF, prince of Orange/Netherlands
1860 - George Fawcett, US actor (Intolerance)
1880 - Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer/conductor (...smaller guard)
1887 - Friedrich Lbke, German politician
1887 - Olav Fartein Valen, composer
1887 - [Olav] Fartein V†len, Norwegian composer
1891 - Alberto Savinio, [Andrea de Chirico], Italian writer/composer
1891 - Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer
1891 - Samuel Gardner, composer
1896 - Dick Ryan, CT, actor (For Heaven's Sake, Born to be Bad)
1897 - Jaroslav Ridky, composer
1900 - Mary Bruce, dance Teacher
1901 - Kjeld Abell, Danish playwright/director (Tivoli)
1902 - Stefan Wolpe, Berlin Germany, composer (Zeus & Elidco)
1903 - Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian/US psycho-analyst (Uses of Enchantment)
1905 - Clara Bow, Bkln, actress (Wings, Down to the Sea in Ships)
1905 - Clara Bow
1905 - Undine Smith Moore, composer
1906 - Eugen Gerstenmaier, German politician (CDU)
1906 - Mollie Panter-Downes, writer
1906 - William J Brennan, Newark, supreme court justice (1957-90) [or 4/25]
1907 - Desmond Flower, publisher
1908 - Esther Waterhouse, doctor/methodist
1908 - Philip Coolidge, Concord MA, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler)
1909 - Ruby Keeler, Halifax NS, dancer (Dames, 42nd Street)
1909 - Arwel Hughes, composer
1909 - Michael Rennie, Engld, actor (Robe, Klatuu-Day the Earth Stood Still)
1909 - Ruby Keeler
1910 - Pierre Musy, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1936)
1910 - J B Charles, [Willem H Nagel], criminologist/writer
1911 - Jacopo Napoli, composer
1912 - Erich Honecker, Germany, Pres (East Germany)
1913 - Walt Kelly, cartoonist, creator (Pogo)
1914 - Alexei Haieff, Blagovestchensk Siberia, composer (Princess Zondilda)
1915 - Walter Trampler, Munich Germany, violist (Beaux Arts Trio)
1916 - Frederic Robbins, US bacteriologist
1916 - Van Johnson, Newport RI, actor (Brigadoon) always wore red socks
1916 - Van Johnson
1916 - Erich Von Stroheim Jr, actor/director (Napoleon, Sunset Blvd)
1917 - Mel Ferrer
1917 - Mel Ferrer, Elberon NJ, actor (Longest Day, Eaten Alive, 5th Floor)
1917 - Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet)
1918 - Leonard Bernstein
1918 - Richard Greene, Plymouth England, composer/actor (Adv of Robin Hood)
1918 - Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence MA, conductor/composer (West Side Story)
1919 - George C Wallace, Clio Ala, (gov-D-Ala)/pres candidate
1920 - Jef Diederen, Dutch painter
1921 - Brian Moore, Ireland, novelist (Catholics, Doctor's Wife)
1922 - Ronnie Potsdammer, Dutch singer/song writer/programmer
1923 - Monty Hall
1923 - Monty Hall, Winnipeg Canada, TV game show host (Lets Make a Deal)
1927 - Althea Gibson, Silver SC, 1st black tennis champion in a major event
1928 - Karl Korte, composer
1930 - Page Johnson, WV, actress (Passages from Finnegan's Wake)
1930 - Sean Connery, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (James Bond)
1930 - Ariana CE Amsberg, Dutch publicist/actress (Aside, Sekstant)
1930 - Graham Javis, Toronto Ontario, actor (Charlie-Mary Hartman)
1930 - Sean Connery
1931 - Regis Philbin, host (Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis & Kathie Lee)
1932 - Anatoli Yakovlevich Kartashov, Russia, cosmonaut
1933 - Regis Philbin, TV talk show host (Joey Bishop, Regis & Kathie Lee)
1933 - Tom Skerritt, Detroit Mich, actor (Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama)
1933 - Wayne Shorter, rocker (Weather Report)
1933 - Regis Philbin
1934 - John Stears, Middlesex England, special effects expert (Dr No)
1934 - Valery F Bykovsky, USSR, cosmonaut (Vostok V, Soyuz 22, 31/39)
1935 - Lones Wigger, Great Falls Mont, shooter (Oly-gold/silver-1964, 72)
1935 - David Canary, Elwood Ind, actor (Peyton Place, Candy-Bonanza)
1938 - Frederick Forsyth, author (Day of the Jackal, Deceiver, Odessa File)
1939 - John Badham, Luton England, director (Dracula, Short Circuit)
1939 - Liselot[te JM] Beekmeyer, actress (Issue Blum)
1940 - Jos‚ Van Dam, Brussels Belgium, bass-baritone (Fran‡ois d'Assisif)
1941 - Shirley Carter Burden, patrician
1942 - Walter Williams, US, rock vocalist (O'Jays-Use to Be My Girl)
1942 - Nathen Deal, (Rep-D-Georgia)
1942 - Margaret L Thompson Murdock, US, small bore rifle (Olympic-silver-76)
1942 - Imogen Hassall, Surrey England, Countess of Cleavage (Carry on Lovng)
1944 - Anthony Heald, New Rochelle NY, actor (Orphans, Silence of Lambs)
1944 - Sherley Anne Williams, US literary (Dessa Rose)
1946 - Rollie Fingers
1946 - Rollie Fingers, relief pitcher (Oakland Athletics, MVP/Cy Young-1981)
1946 - Larry LaRocco, (Rep-D-Idaho)
1947 - Wim J van Gelder, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1947 - Anne Archer, LA Cal, actress (Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games)
1949 - John Savage, Old Bethpage NY, actor (Deer Hunter, Maria's Lovers)
1949 - Anson Williams, actor (Happy Days)
1949 - Gene Simmons, [Chaim Witz], Haifa Israel, rock guitarist (KISS-Beth)
1949 - Gene Simmons
1950 - Willy DeVille
1950 - Willy Deville, NYC, rock vocalist/guitarist (Mink Deville)
1951 - Rob Halford, heavy metal (Judas Priest-Got Another Thing) [or Oct 25]
1952 - Duleep Mendis, cricketer (big-hitting Sri Lankan batsman of 80's)
1954 - Elvis Costello
1954 - Gilbert "Gibus" Duclos-Lassalle, French cyclist
1954 - Elvis Costello, [Declan Patrick McManus], Lon, rock vocalist (Allison
1954 - Martin Jourard, keyboardist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1956 - Matt Aitken, rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block)
1957 - Sikander Bakht, cricketer (Pakistani change bowler late 70's)
1958 - Christian LeBlanc, NC, actor (Michael Baldwin-Young & Restless)
1958 - Saskia van Orly, Dutch singer (Tambourine)
1961 - Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Manchester England, actress (Kill Me Again)
1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus
1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatwoods Ky, country singer (Achy Breaky Heart)
1962 - Dan Turk, NFL center (Oakland Raiders)
1962 - Mazzi Rawd, heavy metal rocker
1962 - Ron Heller, NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1962 - Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker (White Snake-Here I Go Again)
1962 - Shahid Mahboob, cricketer (batted in one Test for Pakistan 1989)
1964 - Timothy Nicholson, journalist
1964 - Blair Underwood, Tacomma Wash, actor (Jonathan-LA Law, High Incident)
1964 - Morgan Englund, actor (Dylan Lewis-Guiding Light)
1965 - Sanjeev Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89)
1965 - Kathleen Horvath, Chic Ill, tennis player (French Open Jr 1980)
1965 - Nate Odomes, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
1965 - Cornelius Bennett, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills)
1966 - Albert Belle, Shreveport LA, outfielder (Indians, White Sox)
1968 - Dave Thomas, NFL cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1969 - Mike Gisler, corner (New England Patriots)
1969 - Mike Jones, NFL defensive end (NE Patriots)
1969 - Elly Hakami, San Francisco CA, tennis star
1969 - Derek Fung, Hong Kong, Canadian Tour golfer
1969 - Catriona Matthew, Edinburgh Scotland, golfer (1995 British Open-12th)
1969 - Vivek Razdan, cricket pace bowler (Indian Test 1989-90)
1970 - Claudia Schiffer
1970 - Ronald Waterreus, soccer player (Roda JC, PSV)
1970 - Robert Horry, NBA forward (LA Lakers, Houston Rockets)
1970 - Katherine "Katie" Scanlon, Fairfield Ct, rower (Olympics-96)
1970 - Doug Glanville, Hackensack NJ, outfielder (Chic Cubs)
1970 - Debbie Graham, Walnut Creek Calif, tennis star (1993 Taranto doubles)
1970 - Claudia Schiffer, Rheinbach Germany, super model (Elle, Rolling Stone
1971 - Quintis "Chico" Ristie, Suriname radio host
1971 - Michael Chack, Toms River NJ, figure skater (1997 Pac Coast Sr champ)
1971 - Makoto Kawahira, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1972 - Tony Dumas, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks)
1972 - Marvin Harrison, wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
1972 - Marlo Perry, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1972 - Bryan Stoltenberg, corner (NY Giants)
1974 - Chris Mantilla, West Palm Beach Fla, diver (Olympics-96)
1974 - Darren Benson, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
1974 - Mike Jenkins, wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals)
1975 - Petria Thomas, Lismore NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
1975 - Molly Tuter, WNBA guard (Phoenix Mercury)
1976 - Sam Mackinnon, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96)
1976 - Sarah Nadeau, Portland Maine, Miss America-Maine (1997)
Events
325 - Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy
357 - Battle at Straatsburg: Julianus beats Alamannen, Chonodomarius caught
1212 - Children's cruisaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa
1330 - AntiPope Nicolaas V overthrows himself
1425 - Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail
1485 - Battle at Bosworth Fields: Henry Tudor beats king Richard III
1499 - Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians
1540 - Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River
1566 - Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht
1580 - Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal
1609 - Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers
1628 - Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia
1689 - Montréal taken by Iroquois
1689 - Battle at Charleroi: Spanish & English armies chase French
1698 - Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe
1704 - Battle at Málaga: French vs English & Dutch fleet
1718 - Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found
1758 - Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed
1768 - Capt James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean
1795 - Curaçao slaves opponents returns to St Christopher
1802 - Toussaint L'Ouverture imprisoned in Fort de Joux, Jura, France
1804 - Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)
1814 - British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books
1825 - Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day)
1829 - Pres Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican govt refuses
1830 - Belgium revolts against Netherlands
1835 - NY Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel
1862 - Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves
1864 - Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station
1864 - Combination rail & ferry service available from SF to Alameda
1875 - Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel (21h 45m)
1886 - 1st intl polo meet (US vs England)
1888 - 8th US Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum Jr beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60)
1890 - Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
1894 - -26] Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed
1904 - James J Jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 - National Association of Colored Nurses, forms
1908 - Allen Winter wins US 1st $50,000 trotting race
1910 - 30th US Mens Tennis: Wm Larned beats Thomas Bundy (61 57 60 68 61)
1912 - 1st time an aircraft recovers from a spin
1912 - Different nationalities battle with each other in Macedonia
1914 - Belgium: German army begins 6 week plundering of Leuven Belgium
1914 - German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium, 10 die
1914 - German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan
1914 - -26] Belgian offensive at Antwerp
1915 - Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage
1916 - Dept of Interior forms National Park Service
1917 - 37th US Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63)
1919 - 1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London)
1920 - 1st US woman to win in Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey)
1921 - US signs peace treaty with Germany
1921 - Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record
1922 - Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game
1924 - International maritime treaty drawn
1924 - Wash Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 inn
1925 - Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem NY)
1925 - Last Belgian troops vacate Duisburg
1926 - Pavlos Koundouris becomes president of Greece
1928 - Tri-City Rugby Football Union forms consisting of Moose Jaw, Regina & Winnipeg
1929 - Graf Zeppelin passes over SF for LA after trans-Pacific voyage
1932 - Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight
1936 - 3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each
1937 - Japanese fleet blockades Chinese coast
1940 - 1st parachute wedding
1940 - 1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin)
1940 - Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union
1941 - English & Russian troops attack pro-German Iran
1941 - German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad
1942 - SS begins transporting Jews of Maastricht Neth
1943 - German occupiers impose 72-hour work week
1943 - US forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II
1943 - Red Army under Gen Vatutin recaptures Achtyrka
1943 - Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia
1943 - 10th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 27, Washington 7 (48,471)
1944 - US 12nd Army corp reaches Troyes
1944 - Gen De Gaulle returns to Paris/walks Champs Elysées Paris
1944 - France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame
1944 - Paris liberated from Nazi occupation (Freedom Tuesday)
1945 - Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine
1946 - 28th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Portland GC Portland Ore
1947 - Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speech record, 1,047 kph
1948 - Bradman scores 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's
1950 - Pres Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike
1950 - Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title
1951 - Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game
1952 - Det Tiger Virgil Trucks 2nd no-hitter of yr, beats Yankees, 1-0
1952 - Puerto Rico becomes a US commonwealth
1954 - Ivan Filin wins Berne marathon (2:25:26.6) (260m)
1955 - Last Soviet forces leave Austria
1956 - To make room for Enos Slaughter, NY Yanks release Phil Rizzuto
1957 - Prince Suvanna Phuma forms govt in LAOS, with Pathet Lao
1960 - 17th summer olympics opens in Rome
1960 - Demonstrations against premier Lumumba
1960 - AFL begins placing players names on back of their jersies
1961 - Brazilian president Janio Quadros, resigns
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1963 - Paul McCartney is fined £31 & 1 yr suspended license for speeding
1963 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ogden Ladies' Golf Open
1964 - Singapore limits imports from Neth due to Indonesian aggression
1967 - Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1967 - Train crash at Beesd, 2 die
1967 - Paraguay accepts its constitution
1967 - Minn Twin Dean Chance 2nd no-hitter of month beats Cleveland, 2-1
1968 - NY Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings & beats Tigers 6-5; he played right fi
1968 - Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to win US singles championship
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies World Series of Golf
1969 - Det Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montréal (NFL expo)
1970 - Elton John's 1st US appearance (Los Angeles)
1973 - Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash
1973 - Zambia adopts constitution
1973 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1973 - Guitarist Henry McCullough quits Wings
1974 - LA Aztecs defeat Miami Toros to win NASL cup
1974 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1976 - Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings
1976 - Harm Wiersma becomes world checker champion
1978 - Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike
1979 - California Angels trounce Toronto Blue Jays, 24-2
1979 - "Madwoman of Central Park West" closes at 22 Steps NYC after 86 perfs
1979 - Somali adopts constitution
1980 - Rangers pitcher Ferguson Jenkins arrested for possession of drugs
1980 - "42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 3486 performances
1980 - Gower Champion's musical "42nd Street," premieres in NYC
1981 - Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km)
1981 - Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years
1981 - Jeff Schwartz, sets solo record for trampoline bouncing (266:09)
1983 - Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark
1983 - US & USSR sign $10 billion grain pact
1984 - French airship capsizes
1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1985 - STS 51-I scrubbed at T -9m because of an onboard computer problem
1985 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA National Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1985 - Met Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d)
1986 - A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league HR
1987 - Madonna sings in Rotterdam
1987 - Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42
1988 - Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston
1988 - Heavy fire destroys historic center of Lisbon
1988 - Iran & Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war
1988 - NASA launches space vehicle S-214
1989 - After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of Neptune & its moon Tr
1990 - Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8½")
1990 - UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq
1991 - Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53)
1991 - 43rd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Kirstie Alley & Patricia Wettig
1991 - 91st US Golf Amateur Championship won by Mitch Voges
1991 - Carl Lewis rus 100m in 9.86 seconds
1991 - Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games
1991 - Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62)
1991 - Norway & Denmark recognize independence of former USSR Baltic reps
1991 - White-Russia declares it's independence
1991 - Martha Nause wins LPGA Chicago Sun-Times Shoot-Out Golf Tournament
1991 - "Getting Married" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 70 perfs
1992 - Jamie Solinger, of Iowa, crowned 10th Miss Teen USA
1995 - Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves
1995 - Andrew Symonds scores 254 Gloucs v Glam, world record 16 x 6
1996 - Laura Davies wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic
1996 - 96th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
Deaths
79 - Gaius Plinius Secundus, [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies
383 - Flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25
882 - Louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19
1227 - Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies
1270 - Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56
1346 - Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle
1554 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies
1556 - David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54
1580 - Frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies
1649 - Richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36
1688 - Henry Morgan, Welsh lt-governor of Jamaica
1742 - Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38
1773 - Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29
1774 - Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59
1789 - Mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies
1791 - Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies
1822 - F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85
1835 - Ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Ill at 22
1840 - K L Immermann, writer, dies at 44
1842 - Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80
1846 - Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian nature investigator/diplomat, dies at 73
1868 - Jacob van Lennep, Dutch 2nd member of parliament, dies at 66
1868 - Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar (Iowa), dies at 62
1868 - Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60
1900 - Friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 5
1901 - Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the
1929 - Frederick Burton, cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies
1930 - Siegfried Wagner, composer, dies at 61
1936 - Grogorij J Zinovjev, Russian revolutionary, dies
1938 - Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Jama), dies at 67
1942 - George EAE, English prince/earl of St Andrews, dies in battle at 39
1942 - Panayot Pipkov, composer, dies at 70
1942 - W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded
1944 - Krijn van den Helm, resistance fighter (KP Leeuwarden), shot to death
1944 - Mussa Dshalil, writer, dies
1947 - Clark Wissler, US cultural anthropologist, dies at 76
1956 - Alfred C Kinsey, US sexologist (Kinsey Report), dies
1967 - Paul Muni, actor (Good Earth), dies after lengthy illness at 71
1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated
1968 - Stan McCabe, cricketer (39 Tests for Australia 1930-38), dies
1968 - John George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70
1971 - Ted Lewis, [Theodore L Friedman], bandleader, dies at 80
1972 - Juan Carlos Paz, composer, dies at 71
1972 - Robert Denzler, composer, dies at 80
1975 - Frans van Amelsvoort, choir conductor, dies at 75
1975 - John R Dunning, US physicist, dies at 67
1976 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76
1976 - Perc Hornibrook, cricketer (6 Tests 1928-30, 17 wickets), dies
1979 - Stan Kenton, orch leader (Music 55), dies at 67
1980 - Gower Champion, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), dies at 60
1982 - John AM "Hans" van Tongeren, actor (Hunk), commits suicide at 27
1984 - Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies at 59
1984 - Waite Hoyte, knuckleball pitcher, dies at 84
1985 - Samantha Smith, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street), dies in plane at 13
1986 - Allen Case, actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at 51
1988 - Price Daniel, (Gov/Sen-D-Texas), dies at 77
1989 - Gunnar Johnsen Berg, composer, dies at 80
1991 - Sergei Ajromeiev, soviet general, commits suicide
1991 - Niven Busch, US writer (Duel in the Sun), dies
1991 - Don Nute, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56
1992 - Jan G Toonder, writer (Castle in Ireland), dies at 78
1992 - Alma Graciela Haro Esmerelda, singer, dies of diabetes at 65
1992 - Frederick O'Neal, actor (Anna Lucasta, Free White & 21), dies at 86
1993 - Amy Biehl, US activist in South-Africa, murdered at 26
1994 - Ramdas Nayak, Indies hindu leader/politician, murdered at about 52
1995 - R B Hudmon, R&B/Soul Singer, dies at 41
1995 - John Killan Houston Brunner, British sci-fi writer, dies at 60
1996 - Sylvia Fisher, opera Singer, dies at 86
1996 - Les Burns, local councillor, dies at 53
1996 - Erskine Childers, UN official/civil servant, dies at 67
1996 - Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh, actor/lawyer, dies at 6
1996 - Dai Houying, writer, dies at 58
1997 - Clodomiro Almeyda Medina, Chilean external minister (1970-73), dies
1997 - James Dewar, journalist/documentary film-maker, dies at 70
1997 - Robert Pinget, novelist/Playwright, dies at 78
397 Events for 25th August