Births
580 - Mohammed, Arabic prophet/founder (Islam)
1334 - Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon
1609 - Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised
1687 - Francesco Maria Vallara, composer
1693 - Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist
1748 - Jacques-Louis David, France, Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat)
1767 - Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer
1769 - Bonifacio Asioli, composer/music writer
1772 - Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader
1797 - Mary Wollstonecraf
1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein)
1804 - Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS]
1805 - Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist
1809 - Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer
1811 - Thomas Gautier, writer
1820 - George Frederick Root, composer
1837 - Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)
1842 - Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer
1844 - Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum)
1849 - Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher
1852 - Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901)
1866 - Georges Minne, Flemish sculptor
1871 - Ernest Lord Rutherford, Engld, physicist (atomic nucleus; Nobel 1908)
1878 - Paul Hazard, French literature historian
1882 - Meijer de Hond, Dutch rabbi/writer
1883 - Theo Van Doesburg, [Christian EM Kupper], painter/architect (Style)
1884 - Theodor Svedberg, Sweden, chemist, worked with colloids (Nobel 1926)
1887 - Adam Kuckhoff, writer
1889 - Edward Ciannelli, Ischia Italy, actor (You Can't Escape Forever)
1890 - S ndor Rem‚nyik, [V‚gv ri], Hungary, poet (Campfire)
1893 - Huey P Long, Winn Parish La, (gov/sen-D-La)
1896 - Raymond Massey, Toronto Canada, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare)
1898 - Shirley Booth
1900 - Franklin C Fry, US minister (Lutheran World Relief)
1901 - Roy Wilkins, civil rights director (NAACP)
1901 - John C Stennis, (Sen-D-MS, 1947-88)
1901 - John Gunther, Chicago Ill, author/host (John Gunther's High Road)
1902 - Arnold Maria Walter, composer
1906 - Countess of Longford, biographer/historian
1907 - Fred MacMurray, Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons)
1907 - Shirley Booth, actress (Hazel)
1908 - Leonor Fini, painter
1908 - Willie Bryant, New Orleans La, singer (Sugar Hill Times)
1908 - Fred MacMurray
1909 - [Rose] Joan Blondell, NYC, actress (Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides
1909 - Barry Appleby, cartoonist
1910 - Donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer/actor (Battle of the Sexes)
1912 - Edward M Purcell, US physicist (Nobel 1952)
1913 - Allan David, actor/director/producer (Cry of the Children)
1913 - Thomas Torrance, theologist
1914 - Julie Bishop, Denver CO, actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat)
1914 - Rafael Jose Luis Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer, restaurateur
1915 - Liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor
1916 - Kornelis M R van der Beek, reformed vicar (Arnhem)
1916 - Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker
1916 - John Thoday, geneticist
1917 - Denis Healey, English politician
1918 - Ted Williams, Baseball's last .400 hitter (Boston Red Sox)
1918 - Ted Williams
1919 - Kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1920 - Ben Cami, Flemish writer/poet (Rose from Mud)
1922 - Regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth)
1923 - Elias Victor Seixas, US, mixed double tennis player (Wimbeld 1953-56)
1923 - Gerhard Wimberger, Austria composer (Glove)
1925 - Julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor (Daens/Medea)
1926 - Olgerts Gravitis, composer
1927 - Geoffrey Beene, Louisiana, dress designer (8 Coty Awards)
1927 - Pieter Willem Kee, composer
1928 - Bill Daily, Des Moines Iowa, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Newhart)
1928 - Johnny Mann, Balt Md, music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up & Cheer)
1928 - Ruth Westerheimer, sex therapist (Dr Ruth)
1930 - Noel Harford, cricketer (brother of Roy NZ Test batsman in 1950's)
1930 - Warren Burger, US, author (The Midas Touch)
1931 - John Leonard Swigert Jr, Denver Colorado, astronaut (Apollo 13)
1931 - Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major US city (Hartford CT)
1933 - Arne Mellnas, composer
1934 - Eric Schneider, Dutch actor (Drop Out, Family, Flanagan)
1934 - B P "Baloo" Gupte, cricketer (brother of Fergie, Indian leggie)
1935 - John Phillips, singer/guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming)
1936 - Fabrizia Ramondino, writer
1938 - Steve Delaney, Dobbs Ferry NY, newscaster (Monitor)
1939 - Elizabeth Ashley, [Cole], Ocala Florida, actress (Coma, Evening Shade
1941 - John McNally, Liverpool, rock guitarist/vocalist (Searchers)
1941 - Sue MacGregor, BBC-radio hostess
1942 - Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricket left-arm spinner (19 Tests 1964-73)
1942 - Jonathan Aitken, English MP
1942 - Jean-Claude Killy, French alpine skiier (Olympic-Gold-1968)
1943 - Robert Crumb, US, cartoonist (Father Time, Fritz Cat)
1943 - Jean Claude Killy, France, skier (Olympic-3 golds-1968)
1943 - Jean-Claude Killy
1943 - David Henry Maslanka, composer
1944 - Frank "Tug" McGraw
1944 - Charles Colbert, Chicago Ill, rocker (American Breed)
1944 - Freek de Jonge, Dutch comedian (Neerlands Hoop)
1944 - John Surman, jazz musician
1945 - David Schiff, composer
1946 - Anne-Marie, Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX
1947 - Peggy Lipton
1947 - Peggy Lipton, Lawrence NY, actress (Julie-Mod Squad, Twin Peaks)
1950 - John Landis, Chicago IL, actor (American Werewolf in London)
1951 - Timothy Bottoms
1951 - Timothy Bottoms, Santa Barbara CA, actor (Paper Chase, East of Eden)
1951 - Dana, singer/actress (Flight of the Doves)
1953 - Robert Parrish
1953 - Robert Parish, NBA center (Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets)
1954 - David Paymer, actor (Love Mary, Mr Saturday Night)
1954 - Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer (1991 children stamp)
1955 - Martin Jackson, rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out)
1955 - Richard "Butch" Johnson, Worcester Mass, archer (Olymp-gold-1992, 96)
1956 - Jayne Irving, English TV hostess (Live at 3)
1960 - Vic Wilk, Los Angeles CA, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Knoxville Open)
1962 - Ricky Sanders, NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1964 - Joan Bennett, Chicago Ill, playmate (January, 1985)
1964 - Steve Smith, NFL fullback (Seattle Seahawks)
1964 - Michael Chiklis, actor (Wired, Commish)
1964 - Stephen Baker, NFL receiver (NY Giants)
1966 - Simon Wheeldon, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
1966 - Michael Michele, Evansville In, actress (Nikki-Central Park West)
1966 - John Terry, CFL tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1967 - Frederique [Van derWal], Netherlands, model (Victoria Secrets)
1967 - Barbara Anne Kendall, Auckland NZ, mistral yachter (Oly-g/s-92, 96)
1967 - Justin Vaughan, cricketer (New Zealand all-rounder 1992-)
1967 - Catrin Nilsmark, Goteborg Sweden, LPGA golfer (1995 PING Welch's-14th
1968 - Vladimir Malakhov, Sverdlovsk Rus, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens
1969 - Jerold Jeffcoat, WLAF defensive tackle (Scottish Claymores)
1971 - Joseph Fitzgerald, Bkln NY, team handball center back (Olympics-1996)
1971 - Tre Johnson, NFL guard (Washington Redskins)
1971 - Aubrey Beavers, NFL/WLAF linebacker (Miami Dolphins, Rhein Fire)
1972 - Cameron Diaz
1972 - Cameron Diaz, Long Beach Ca, actress (Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding)
1972 - Jose Herrera, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Oakland A's)
1972 - Ryan Leahy, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 - Shonte Peoples, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1973 - Jimmy Herndon, offensive tackle (Chicago Bears)
1974 - Matt Bongiovi, heavy metal rocker (cousin of Jon Bon Jovi)
1975 - Natalia Nadtochey, Miss Ukraine Universe (1997)
Events
257 - St Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1125 - Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany
1146 - European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time
1464 - Pietro Barbo elected to succeed Pope Pius II (Paul II)
1481 - 2 Latvian monarchs executed for conspiracy to Polish king Kazimierz IV
1563 - Jewish community of Neutitschlin Moravia expelled
1645 - Dutch & Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY))
1673 - Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands & Lutherans form anti-French covenant
1682 - William Penn left England to sail to New World
1721 - Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War
1751 - Georg Friedrich Händel completes oratorio "Jephtha"
1757 - Battle at Gross Jägerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia [OS=Aug 19]
1776 - US army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC
1781 - French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle o
1799 - Bataafse fleet surrender to English
1831 - Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle
1843 - 1st blacks participation in natl political convention (Liberty Party)
1850 - Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city
1854 - John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels
1860 - 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead)
1862 - 2nd Battle of Bull Run - Confederates beat Union
1862 - Battle of Richmond, KY
1862 - Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee
1862 - Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY
1884 - Jack Dempsey wins middleweight title in 1st fight with boxing gloves
1885 - 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda
1888 - Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day
1893 - 13rd US Mens Tennis: Robert D Wrenn beats Fred H Hovey (64 36 64 64)
1894 - Frederick Lugards expedition to Niger
1895 - Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education
1900 - Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed
1901 - Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner
1904 - Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3:28:53.0) (40 km)
1905 - Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa
1905 - Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro
1906 - Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game
1906 - NY Highlander Joe Doyle debuts pitching back-to-back shut-outs
1910 - Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve 5-0 in 11
1912 - St Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1
1913 - Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire foref
1914 - Battle at Tannenberg ends in destruction of Russian 2nd Narev army
1914 - 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed
1916 - Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0
1916 - Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany
1918 - Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot & wounded after speech
1918 - Fanya Kaplan shoots at Lenin
1918 - Czechoslovakia forms independence republic
1919 - Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin
1922 - Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922
1925 - 6th Iron pilgrim at Diksmuide Belgium
1926 - Jack Hobbs scores 316* at Lord's (Surrey v Middlesex)
1927 - 41st US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Betty Nuthall (61 64)
1928 - Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India
1932 - Hermann Göring elected chairman (Reichstag)
1933 - Air France forms
1933 - Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE)
1937 - Joe Louis beats Tommy Farr in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1939 - Poland mobilizes
1939 - NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph)
1939 - Isoroku Yamamoto appointed supreme commander of Japanese fleet
1939 - General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army
1939 - 6th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 9, All-Stars 0 (81,456)
1941 - St Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cin Reds, 2-0
1941 - Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II
1942 - Nazi-Germany annexes Luxembourg
1944 - Soviet troops enter Bucharest Romania
1944 - Philip Yordan's "Anna Lucasta," premieres in NYC
1944 - 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48,769)
1945 - 12th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 19, All-Stars 7 (92,753)
1945 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th Symphony
1945 - Gen MacArthur lands in Japan
1945 - Hong Kong liberated from Japan
1949 - WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 - Roly Jenkins (Worcs v Surrey) takes his 2nd hat-trick of the game
1951 - US & Philippines sign mutual defense pact
1953 - Future NYC mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in NYC
1954 - Hurricane Carol, kills 68
1956 - USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests)
1956 - White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas
1957 - US senator Strom Thurmond speaks 24hrs 27m against civil rights
1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1958 - US performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean
1960 - East Germany imposes a partial blockade on West Berlin
1960 - Boston 2nd baseman Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7
1961 - 1st Negro judge of a US District Court confirmed-JB Parsons
1961 - J B Parsons is 1st African American judge of a US District Court
1961 - Last Spanish troops leave Morocco
1961 - Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game
1961 - USSR says it will resume nuclear testing
1963 - Hot Line communications link between Wash DC & Moscow begins
1964 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Riverside Ladies Golf Open
1965 - Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball
1965 - Section of Allalin glacier wipes out construction site at Mattmark Dam near Saas-Fee, Switzerl
1967 - US Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice
1968 - 1st record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude)
1968 - John & Yoko's "One on One" benefit for children at MSG
1969 - 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash
1969 - 120,000 attend Texas Intl Pop Festival
1969 - Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida
1969 - 69th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Steve Melnyk
1971 - WNPI TV channel 18 in Norwood, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden
1973 - Danny Seiwell quits Wings
1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 - Launching of 1st Dutch satellite, ANS, from Vandenberg
1974 - Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153
1975 - KTW-AM in Seattle Wash changes call letters to KYAC (now KKFX)
1976 - Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show
1976 - Turks & Caicos Islands adopts constitution
1979 - Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match
1979 - Wildest US Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nastase was def
1979 - Kathy Horvath (14y5d) is youngest to play in US Tennis Open, she loses
1979 - 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs)
1979 - -Sept 13] Hurricane David, kills 1200 in Florida, Domincana & Dom Rep
1979 - Pres Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga
1980 - Polish government recognizes Solidarity
1981 - Joanne Carner wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic
1982 - PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut
1983 - Guion Bluford becomes 1st African-American astronaut in space
1983 - WKBC-TV (channel 48) ends broadcasting in Phila
1983 - Elizabeth R Zakarian (Devon Pierce), 17, NY, crowned 1st Miss Teen USA
1983 - 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days)
1984 - 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days)
1984 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1984 - Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36
1984 - Sotherby's in London begins 2 day auction of rock memorabilla
1986 - Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report)
1986 - Gelindo Bordin wins Stuttgart marathon (2:10:54)
1987 - Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57)
1987 - Kirby Puckett goes 6-for-6 with 2 HRs in Minn 10-6 win over Milwaukee
1987 - Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec
1987 - Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump woman's record (6'10¼")
1987 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
1987 - 87th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Billy Mayfair
1987 - Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league
1988 - Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills
1988 - France performs nuclear test
1988 - Julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen
1988 - Kent Tekulve is 2nd pitcher in majors to appear in 1,000 games
1989 - Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner
1990 - Ken Griffey & Ken Griffey Jr become 1st father & son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners),
1991 - Tamil Tigers capture Sri Lanka poet Selvi
1991 - Mike Powell of US, sets then long jump record at 29' 4½" (8.95m)
1991 - France beats US by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14½ to 13½
1991 - Dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points
1992 - David Lewett & Jane Luu discovers comet: "1992 QB1" 64 mil km from Sun
1992 - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sun-Times Golf Challenge
1992 - 92nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Justin Leonard
1992 - "Most Happy Fella" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 229 performances
1992 - "2 Trains Running" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 160 perfs
1993 - Hassan II mosque opens in Casablanca, 2nd largest mosque in the world
1993 - 150,000,000 millionth visitor to Eiffel Tower
1994 - Gund Arena in Cleve opens
1994 - Largest US Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618
1995 - Cable News Network joins internet
1995 - Tigers teammates Lou Whitaker & Alan Trammell play in 1,914 game together tying AL record
1997 - Greg Rudaski is 1st to serve (2) 141 MPH serves in a match (US Open)
1997 - 1st WNBA Championshion: Houston Comets beat NY Liberty
1998 - State Farm Rail Golf Classic
Deaths
524 - Chlodomer, King of the France to Orl‚ans, dies at about 29
526 - Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten
1181 - Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies
1482 - Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies
1483 - Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60
1529 - Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61
1580 - Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies
1666 - Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer, dies
1745 - Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer, dies at 57
1808 - Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83
1809 - Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies
1826 - Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67
1844 - Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies
1879 - John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48
1903 - Vincente F L¢pez, historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87
1904 - Kate Fanny Loder, composer, dies at 79
1910 - Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57
1914 - Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide
1914 - Adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 2
1917 - Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies
1919 - Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies
1928 - Wilhelm Wien, Ger physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies at 64
1930 - William H Taft, 27th US President (1909-13), dies
1932 - Willem M van Rossum, cardinal/prefect of Propaganda Fide, dies at 77
1934 - Earnest L Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79
1935 - Henri Barbusse, French writer (Le feu), dies at 62
1939 - Wilhelm B”lsche, writer, dies at 78
1943 - A[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58
1944 - Morten Nielsen, Danish resistance fighter, dies
1949 - Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies
1952 - Arky Vaughn, infielder (Pirates & Dodgers), drowns
1953 - Dimiter Nenov, composer, dies at 51
1956 - Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70
1961 - Charles Coburn, actor (Heaven Can Wait, Idiot's Delight), dies at 84
1963 - Axel Stordahl, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50
1964 - Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43
1968 - William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53
1970 - Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41
1970 - Del Moore, actor/announcer (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53
1974 - Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87
1981 - Vera-Ellen, actress (Big Leaguer, On the Town), dies of cancer at 55
1981 - Mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb
1981 - Mohammad Javad Bahonar, prime minister of Iran, assassinated by a bom
1982 - Leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86
1986 - Otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79
1989 - Joe De Santis, dies at 80
1991 - Alan Wheatley,
1991 - Hans Koetsier, sculptor artist (KLM-Schiphol), dies
1991 - Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (moving objects), dies
1993 - Richard Jordan, US actor (Hunt for Red October, Posse), dies at 55
1994 - Lindsay Anderson, British director/critic (If ...), dies at 71
1994 - Michael Gribble, film animator (Mike & Spike Festival), dies at 42
1995 - Fischer S Black Jr, financial Theorist, dies at 57
1995 - Frank Perry, film director, dies at 65
1995 - Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician, dies at 53
1995 - Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster, dies at 82
1995 - Dame Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian, dies at 96
1996 - Jose Toribio Merino, admiral/milt junta of Chile (1973-80), dies at 8
1996 - Christine Pascal, actress/director (Smile, Elsa), dies at 43
1996 - Louise Brown, dancer/teacher, dies at 89
355 Events for 30th August