Births
1645 - August Kuhnel, composer
1748 - Carl Ludwig Junker, composer
1770 - Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840)
1801 - Joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)
1811 - Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)
1816 - John Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897
1817 - Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza)
1818 - HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp)
1820 - Luther Orlando Emerson, composer
1820 - William Miller, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
1823 - Thomas Francis Meagher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1824 - William Burnham Woods, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1832 - Ivan Zajc, composer
1833 - Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist
1847 - Jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina
1850 - Paul A Daum, Dutch writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper)
1851 - Isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader
1854 - Fernand de La Tombelle, composer
1867 - Stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37)
1871 - Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928)
1872 - Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)
1873 - Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39)
1874 - Eugne Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra)
1878 - Constantino Gaito, composer
1882 - Charles O'Neill, composer
1882 - Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer
1884 - Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz)
1885 - Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer
1887 - Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914)
1892 - Oscar van Hemel, composer
1894 - Harry Heilmann, SF Cal, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit)
1894 - John H van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice/Internal minister
1898 - Brother Adam [Kehrle], benedictine monk/beekeeper
1899 - Sally Benson, novelist
1900 - Arnoldus J N M Struycken, Dutch lawyer
1900 - Ernie Pyle, England, correspondent during WW II
1900 - John T Scopes, Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching evolution
1901 - Stefan Wyszynski, Polish cardinal
1901 - Bernard Reichel, composer
1901 - Maria H "Marijke" van Tooren, cabaretire/actress (Pisuisse)
1901 - John Stennis, (Sen-D-Miss)
1902 - Ray Block, France, orch leader (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason)
1902 - Judson Laire, NYC, actor/singer (Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue)
1902 - Habib Bourguiba, 1st president of Tunisia (1957-87)
1904 - Clifford D[onald] Simak, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Empire, Way Station
1905 - Maggie Kuhn, activist/co-founder (Gray Panthers)
1905 - Dolores Del Rio, Durango Mexico, actress (What Price Glory?)
1906 - Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Htel du Nord)
1906 - Leonard Huizinga, Dutch journalist/writer (Adriaan & Olivier)
1907 - Irene Tedrow, Denver Colo, actress (Lucy-Dennis the Menace, Mr Novak)
1907 - Lawrence Brown, US trombonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra)
1907 - Ernesto Geisel, politician
1907 - Adrienne Ames, Fort Worth TX, actress (Death Kiss, Panama Patrol)
1908 - Dolores del Rio, silent screen actress (Deseada, Bugambilia)
1911 - Karel G Bakker, Dutch actor (Lady Windermere's Fan)
1912 - Gene Kelly, actor/dancer (Xanadu, 40 Carats, Marjorie Morningstar)
1914 - Rick Slabbinck, Flemish painter
1915 - Sal Santen, Dutch writer
1917 - Jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox)
1918 - James MacGregor Burns, political writer (The Lion & the Fox)
1920 - Maria Karnilova, Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible)
1920 - P D James, mystery writer (Cover Her Face)
1920 - Phyllis D "P D" James, English thriller writer (Innocent Blood)
1921 - Richard Adler, NYC composer (Pajama Game, Damn Yankees)
1921 - Alec Wyton, composer
1921 - Hayden Carruth, Waterbury Ct, novelist (Crow & Heart)
1921 - Marilyn Maxwell, actress (East of Sumatra)
1923 - Anne Klein, fashion designer (Anne Klein II)
1923 - Roger Foulon, French/Belgian poet
1924 - Leon Uris, Baltimore, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry)
1924 - Max van der Stoel, Dutch Foreign minister (PvdA)
1926 - Tony Bennett, Queens NY, singer (Left a body part in SF)
1927 - Enrique Pinella, composer
1927 - Gordon Scott, Portland Oregon, actor (Tarzan & the Trappers)
1929 - Bethel Leslie, NYC, entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap)
1930 - James Komack, NYC, writer/director/actor (Courtship of Eddie's Father
1931 - Alex Cord, [Viespi], NYC, actor (Brotherhood, Fire, Street Asylum)
1932 - Elsa Martinelli, Grosseto Italy, actress (Indian Fighter)
1932 - Mario Montes de Oca, Mexican poet
1933 - Pat Crawford, cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1956)
1933 - The Tjong King, Dutch illustrator of children books (Miep Diekman)
1935 - Richard D Lamm, (Gov-D-Colo)
1935 - Georgi Stepanovich Shonin, Odessa USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 6)
1937 - Duncan Sharpe, cricketer (3 Tests for Pakistan 1959-60)
1938 - Terry "5 Wigs" Wogan, British talk show host (Irish Days)
1938 - George Memmoli, NYC, actor (Earl-Hello Larry)
1939 - A K Sen Gupta, cricketer (Test India v WI 1959 without distinction)
1940 - Joseph Dorfman, composer
1940 - John W Carlin, (Gov-D-KS)
1940 - Lance Alworth, Houston Tx, NFL hall of famer (Charger, Cowboys)
1940 - Martin Sheen
1940 - Martin Sheen, [Ramon Estevez], NY, actor (Subject Was Roses, Wall St)
1941 - Wayne Hussey, rocker
1941 - Martha Stewart, cookbook author/actress (Those Two)
1941 - Martha Stewart
1941 - Beverly Lee, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
1945 - Ron Hendren, Pinehurst NC, TV host (Entertainment Tonight)
1946 - John Klemmer, rocker
1949 - Morris "B B" Dickerson, Torrence Ca, bassist (War, Low Rider, Outlaw)
1950 - John Landis
1950 - JoMari Payton Noble, Albany GA, actress (Harriette-Family Matters)
1950 - Waldemar Cierpinski, German DR, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1951 - Jay North
1951 - Jon Graham, rock guitarist/vocalist (Earth Wind & Fire-Celebrate)
1951 - Marcel Dionne, Qubec, NHL center (LA Kings, NY Rangers)
1952 - Wojtek Fibak, Poland, tennis star
1952 - Aleksandr A Volkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
1952 - Jay North, North Hollywood Calif, actor (Dennis the Menace, Maya)
1953 - Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine soccer player
1954 - Denise Craig, WBL forward (Dayton Rockettes, NY Stars)
1956 - Kirk Brandon, rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland)
1958 - Cindy Nixon, Nashville Tenn, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel)
1959 - Martin Atkins, rocker
1959 - Victoria Jackson, Miami Fla, actress (Casual Sex, SNL, UHF)
1960 - Tim Mayotte, Springfield Mass, tennis player (Olympic-silver-1988)
1960 - Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85)
1961 - Ken Wark, Australian field hockey fullback (Oly-4th/silver-88, 92, 96
1961 - Lee Rocker, [Leon Drucker], rock bassist (Stray Cats-Gonna Ball)
1962 - Alberto Tous, Spain, tennis star
1962 - Tina Lehtola, Finland, women's ski jumper (world's record holder)
1962 - Lucky Dube, South African reggae singer
1963 - Libor Pimek, Czech, tennis star
1963 - Carlo Imperato, Bronx, actor (Fame)
1963 - James Hetfield, heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless)
1964 - Joan E Higginbotham, Chicago Il, astronaut
1964 - Nate McMillan, NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics)
1964 - Kevin Elster, San Pedro CA, infielder (Texas Rangers)
1964 - Johnny Thomas, NFL cornerback (Cleve Browns, SD Chargers)
1966 - Christine Richters, Fullerton Ca, playmate (May, 1986)
1967 - John Femia, Bkln NY, actor (Square Pegs, Hello Larry)
1968 - Rod Beck, Burbank CA, pitcher (SF Giants)
1969 - Doug Overton, NBA guard (Phila 76ers, Denver Nuggets)
1970 - Darren Mickell, NFL defensive end (KC Chiefs, NO Saints)
1971 - Moira C Dunn, Utica NY, LPGA golfer (1995 SAFECO Classic-6th)
1972 - Jeff Nygaard, Madison Wisc, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
1972 - Alain Bolduc, Montreal Quebec, yachter (Olympics-96)
1972 - Sandis Ozolinsh, Riga Lat, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
1972 - Travis Hall, defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - John Lilley, Wakefield Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
1973 - Kari Litton, Pontotoc Miss, Miss America (Mississippi-Top 10-1997)
1973 - Kurt Grote, US, 100m/200m breaststroke (Olympics-6th-96)
1974 - Blaine Wilson, Columbus Ohio, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)
1974 - Jenny Beck, actress (Claire Carroll-Guns & Paradise)
1975 - Ndukwe Kalu, defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1975 - Trevor Pryce, NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1976 - Sarybel Velila, Miss Universe-Puerto Rico (1996)
1976 - Troy Glaus, Tarzana CA, baseball infielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
Events
881 - Battle at Saucourt: French King Louis III beats the Vikings
1108 - Louis VI, "the Fat One," King of France, crowned
1312 - Power of Luik Patriarch murders over 200
1492 - All Jews are expelled from Spain
1492 - Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for "Indies"
1529 - "Ladies' Peace" (treaty of Cambrai)-emperor Charles V & King French I
1557 - Dutch States-General meet at Valenciennes
1596 - David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star)
1640 - 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka
1640 - Zorilla's "Bire el Ojo," premieres in Toledo
1645 - Battle of Allersheim: French defeat Bavarians
1650 - Viceroy Willem II & Amsterdam reach accord about standing army
1676 - Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration of People of Virginia"
1678 - Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon
1692 - Battle at Steenkerke: French beat English/Dutch army
1704 - English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar
1708 - Battle at Trencsén: Austria beats Hungarian rebellion army
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie lands on Eriskay, Hebrides
1778 - Teatro alla Scala opens in Milan
1797 - Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marr
1829 - Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell," premieres in Paris
1833 - HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro
1852 - 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths
1855 - Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens
1860 - American Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY
1861 - Federal fleet bombs Galveston Texas
1863 - Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
1863 - Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY
1864 - Battle of Mobile AL
1881 - US Nation Lawn Tennis Association removes "Nation" from name
1881 - Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous
1882 - Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration
1897 - John McNally's musical "Good Mr Best," premieres in NYC
1904 - British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa
1906 - Wash Natl's pitcher Tom Hughes hits HR to win his own game 1-0 in 10th
1914 - German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina
1914 - 1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal
1914 - Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army
1914 - French fleet sails to North-Africa
1914 - Germany invades Belgium & declares war on France in WW I
1914 - Great Britain declares war on Germany
1914 - Turkey signs military pact with Germany
1914 - World Alliance for Promoting Intl Friendship through Churches forms
1914 - Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in 1 inning
1921 - 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)
1921 - Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however
1923 - VP Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th president
1923 - Baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding
1924 - Cyclist Piet Moeskops regains world sprint championist
1925 - Last US troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)
1926 - Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus
1928 - Ray Barbuti saves US team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.
1930 - 2nd time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Phillies hits in 26 straight games
1933 - Yanks are shut out for 1st time after 308 games (since Aug 2, 1931)
1939 - Jean Genets "Ondine," premieres in Paris
1940 - German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters & English & French movies
1940 - Italian troops invade British Somalia
1940 - Seaplane Clare makes 1st British passagiersvlucht to the US
1940 - Lithuanian SSR is accepted into USSR
1941 - Browns pitcher Johnny Niggling gets Joe DiMaggio in 4 at bats to stop DiMaggio's streak of 74
1941 - German troops conquer Roslavl USSR
1941 - Gas sales limited in US
1941 - Benzine sales limited in US
1943 - Gen Patton slaps a US GI in the hospital accusing him of cowardice
1943 - Nazi occupiers attack city Orel, leave it in fire
1944 - Tommy Brown, just 16 years & 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers
1944 - Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma
1944 - General Montgomery visits general Dempsey's headquarter
1944 - Lt-Gen Stilwells troops occupy Myitkyina Burma
1944 - Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies
1946 - Belgian govt of Huysmans, forms
1948 - FDR advisor Alger Hiss accused to be a "communist"
1948 - Cleveland's Satchel Paige make his 1st start & goes 7 innings
1949 - Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire
1949 - Basketball Assoc of America & National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Ass
1951 - William H Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1952 - 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland
1953 - Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show
1954 - 1st VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) flown
1955 - Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing
1955 - Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7)
1955 - Hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days
1956 - Willie Williams of US sets 100 meter record at 10.1
1957 - British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman
1958 - USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap
1959 - AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium)
1959 - 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA
1959 - 50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau
1960 - Niger gains independence from France
1962 - 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000)
1962 - NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games
1963 - Allan Sherman releases "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda"
1963 - "No Strings" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 580 performances
1963 - Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool
1963 - Great Train Robbery-£2.5 M ($3.25 M) robbed
1966 - S African govt bans Beatle records
1967 - 45,000 US soldiers sent to Vietnam
1967 - James Law rides entire NYC subway in 22 hrs 12 minutes
1968 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1969 - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational
1969 - Reds beats Phillies 19-17
1970 - Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history
1970 - 4 day NFL strike ends
1970 - Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try
1970 - Christopher Hampton's "Philanthropist," premieres in London
1971 - Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings
1972 - Chozen-ji/Intl Zen Dojo founded by Omori Sogen Roshi, in Hawaii
1972 - British premier Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to harbor strike
1973 - Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park (Isle of Man, UK)
1973 - National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections
1974 - "Words & Music" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 127 perfs
1974 - "Little Night Music" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 601 perfs
1974 - Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan & joins Doobie Brothers
1975 - Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1975 - Poland & West germany reach accord about returning ethnic Germans
1975 - Louisiana Superdome is dedicated
1975 - 500 drown when 2 river boats collide & sink in China's West River
1977 - Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousa
1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 - Fastest jai-alai shot (188 mph), Jose Arieto at Newport Jai Alai, RI
1980 - 22nd Olympic games close at Moscow, USSR
1980 - Sandra Post wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1980 - Kaline, Snider, Klein, & Tom Yawkey inducted into Hall of Fame
1981 - France performs nuclear test
1981 - 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike
1982 - Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as NY Yankee manager
1983 - John Sain of South Bend, Ind builds 3.91 m house of cards
1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 - 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1984 - Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed
1985 - "Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ
1985 - Train crash at Flaujac, France: 35 killed
1986 - Willie McCovey, Bobby Doerr, & Ernie Lombardi inducted in Hall of Fame
1986 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA National Golf Pro-Am
1987 - Jack Morris ties AL record with 5 wild pitches in a 4-2 lose
1987 - Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6 in London, England (NFL expo)
1987 - Twins Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound & is ejected
1987 - Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26
1988 - Skip Storch swims 246 km of Hudson River from Albany to NYC
1989 - Cin Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in 1 inning as they score 14 runs in
1989 - Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 steals in 9 seasons
1989 - Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river
1989 - 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez)
1990 - NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th HR in 1st 72 at bats
1990 - For 3rd time in 1990 a no-hitter is broken up with 2 outs in 8th inning. Doug Drabek of Pitts
1990 - "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 11 perfs
1990 - 98.8°F (37.1°C) in Cheltenham, Glos. (UK record)
1990 - Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion
1990 - US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions
1991 - Pan Am games open in Havana
1991 - Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins Hambletonian
1992 - Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot
1992 - Dodgers win 3,000th game since moving to Los Angeles (3,000-2,531)
1994 - 102.4°F (39.1°C) in Tokyo Japan: record
1994 - 1st Jordanian plane to fly over Israeli airspace (King Hussein pilot)
1995 - CNN en Espanol premieres
1997 - Phil Mickelson wins golf's Sprint International
1997 - Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park NY for HBO
1997 - BankBoston Senior Golf Classic
1997 - 25th du Maurier Golf Classic: Colleen Walker wins
Deaths
808 - P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China
1387 - Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies
1530 - Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies
1531 - Fern n Prez de Oliva, Spanish poet (Dignity of Man), dies at 37
1716 - Sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56
1779 - Henry Kobell, Dutch painter/cartoonist, dies at 27
1780 - Etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher (sensualism), dies at 64
1784 - Giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78
1797 - Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80
1800 - Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63
1802 - Henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies
1811 - Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49
1823 - Jacob A Uitenhage de Mist, Dutch politician/colonial dir, dies at 74
1825 - Ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72
1833 - Stoffel Muller, Dutch sect leader, dies
1835 - Wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67
1877 - Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75
1884 - Paul Abadie, French master builder (Sacr-Coeur, Paris), dies at 71
1886 - Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62
1890 - Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Journal), dies at 76
1894 - George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap), dies at 69
1902 - August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer, dies at 54
1907 - August Saint-Gaudens, Irish/US sculptor (Mrs Henry Adams), dies at 59
1910 - Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies
1916 - Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51
1918 - Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (Het Volk), dies at 41
1924 - Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies at 66
1925 - William Bruce, cricketer (drowns 14 Tests for Australia 1885-95), die
1933 - Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet), dies at 69
1934 - Carl F baron von Langen-Parow, German equestrian (Olympic-gold-1928)
1938 - Alexander Malyschkin, writer, dies
1938 - Bartholomes "Bart" de Ligt, Dutch anti-militaristic vicar, dies at 5
1939 - Eugust Enna, composer, dies at 80
1940 - Willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide
1944 - Felka Platek, wife of painter Felix Nussbaum, dies in Auschwitz
1944 - Felix Nussbaum, German painter (Widerstandskunst), dies in Auschwitz
1948 - Albert F Pollard, Brit historian (Evolution of parliament), dies at 7
1951 - Neville Tufnell, cricket wicket keeper (Test for England 1910), dies
1954 - Colette, [Willy], France, novelist (Vagabonde), dies at 81
1957 - "Black Jack" Bouvier, father of Jacqueline Kennedy, dies of cancer
1964 - Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39
1966 - Lenny Bruce, comedian, dies of a morphine overdose at 39
1968 - Constantine Rokossovski, vice-premier of Poland (1952-56), dies at 71
1973 - Ariantje "Jeanne" Leg, actress (It Vijgeblaadje/It Hippie), dies at 8
1974 - Almira Sessions, actress (Okla Annie), dies at 85
1975 - Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79
1977 - Alfred Lunt, actor (Guardsman, Sally of Sawdust), dies at 83
1977 - Makarios III, [Michail Mouskos], archbishop/pres (Cyprus), dies at 63
1978 - Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered
1979 - Renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76
1981 - Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered
1983 - Carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cancer
1986 - Rupert de Smidt, cricketer (Western Province 1911-13), dies at 102
1986 - Paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies at 87
1986 - Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host (Willem Ruis Show), dies at 41
1990 - Florida Edwards, dies of pneumonia at 79
1992 - Wang Hongwen, vice-President Chinese Comm Party (1973-76), dies
1993 - James Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76
1993 - James Jordan, NBA Michael Jordan's father, found dead near McColl SC
1994 - Christy Henrich, US turnster, dies of anorexia nervosa at 22
1994 - Innokenti Smoktunovski, Russian actor (Hamlet), dies at 69
1994 - John Hidalgo Moya, architect, Designer of Skylon, dies at 74
1994 - John van Raay, [John Oradi], radio-imitator (Paul Flanders)
1994 - Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter, dies at 77
1995 - Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer, dies at 79
1995 - Harry Craft, baseball manager, dies at 80
1995 - Ida Lupino, actress/director (Hard Way, High Sierra), dies at 77
1995 - Jose B M Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88
1995 - Marcus Chenault, killer of Martin Luther King Jr's mother, dies at 54
1996 - Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman, dies at 87
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