Births
12 - Caligula, [Gaius C‘sar], 3rd Roman emperor (37-41 AD)
161 - Lucius A A Coomodus, emperor of Rome (180-91)
1569 - Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India
1602 - Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Gov Frederik Hendrik
1663 - Guillaume Amontons, French physicist
1696 - Johann Paul Kunzen, composer
1741 - Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer
1748 - Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer
1749 - Radistschew, writer
1755 - Johann Ignaz Walter, composer
1775 - Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer
1811 - Goode Bryan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1811 - Th‚ophile Gautier, Tarbas France, writer/poet (Albertus)
1821 - Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer
1822 - Fitz John Porter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
1823 - Galusha Aaron Grow, MC (Union), died in 1907
1828 - George Leonard Andrews, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1834 - Amilcare Ponchielli, Paderno Italy, composer (I Lituani)
1852 - Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister
1855 - Stefan Surzynski, composer
1856 - Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer
1864 - Max Wilhelm Zach, composer
1870 - Maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response)
1870 - Maria Montessori
1878 - Albert Riemenschneider, composer
1879 - Joshihito, emperor of Japan (1912-26)
1879 - Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer
1880 - Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948)
1884 - George Al Sarton, Belgian/US historian
1885 - DuBose Heyward, novelist (Porgy)
1887 - Friedrich A Paneth, Austrian/British chemist
1888 - Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (La Obra de Trajano)
1889 - A Provost Idell, father of modern volleyball
1892 - Claire DuBrey, Bonner's Ferry ID, actress (Lightnin' in the Forest)
1895 - Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer
1897 - Frederic March, Wisc, actor (Dr Jeckyll-Acad Awards 1932/1946)
1897 - Marianne Bruns, writer
1899 - Paul E Garber, US founder/1st curator of National Air & Space Museum
1899 - Walter Muller von Kulm, composer
1900 - Roland Culver, London England, actor (Thunderball, Encore)
1903 - Bernard Lovell, England, radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank
1903 - Arthur Godfrey, NYC, radio/TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout)
1903 - Arthur Godfrey
1905 - Sal Tas, Dutch journalist & CIA agent (Het Parool) [or 1897]
1905 - Dore Schary, producer/writer/director (Act 1, Boys Town, Big City)
1906 - Vivienne Byerley, publicist
1907 - August F Hawkins, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )
1907 - Ram¢n Magsaysay, Philippines, statesman (US Legion of Merit-1952)
1908 - Lab Rachel Katherine Hamilton-Russell ouchere, local historian
1908 - William Saroyan, US, novelist/playwright (Time of Your Life)
1908 - Peter Conrad Baden, composer
1908 - William Saroyan
1911 - Hilde Jarecki, educationist
1912 - Reinoud Anders, [Lady Blits], Dutch actor (Hamlet)
1912 - Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone
1913 - Michiel P Gorsira, 1st Dutch Antillean in charge of Cura‡ao (1951-67)
1914 - Richard Basehart, Zanesville Oh, actor (Voyage to Bottom of Sea)
1916 - Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS)
1918 - Alan Jay Lerner
1918 - Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, composer
1918 - Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer (Lerner & Loewe-My Fair Lady)
1920 - James Lanphier, NY, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon)
1923 - Larry White Grayson, British comedian (Generation Game)
1923 - Serafina K "Sera" Anstadt, Polish/Dutch actress/author
1924 - Buddy [Leonard] Hackett, Bkln, comedian (God's Little Acre, Music Man
1924 - Klaus Hashagen, composer
1924 - Buddy Hackett
1926 - Georgiy Petrovich Katys, Russia, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1 backup)
1926 - Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses (CDA)
1928 - James Coburn, Laurel Nebr, actor (Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven)
1928 - James Coburn
1928 - Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer
1929 - Julio Ramon Ribeyro, writer
1930 - Owen B Pickett, (Rep-D-Virginia)
1930 - Tiny Little Jr, Worthington Minn, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1931 - Dan Rather, news anchor (CBS-TV)
1931 - Jean Marc Beliveau, NHL center (Montreal Canadiens, 10 Stanley Cups)
1932 - Roy Castle, entertainer
1932 - Benito Wogatzki, writer
1932 - Robert [Franklin] Adams, US, sci-fi author (Castaways in Time)
1935 - Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther turned Republican
1935 - Frank Robinson, baseball player/manager (MVP 1961-NL 1966-AL)
1935 - Eldridge Cleaver
1936 - Marva Nettles Collins, educator (west side preparatory school)
1937 - Warren Berlinger, Bkln, actor (Larry-Joey Bishop Shop, Take Two)
1937 - Guido de Moor, Dutch actor (Apart, Because the Cats)
1939 - Jerry Allison, Hillsboro Tx, rock drummer (Buddy Holly & Crickets)
1940 - Alain Calmat, France, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1964)
1940 - Jack Thompson, [John Pain], Sydney Australia, actor (Breaker Morant)
1941 - Henk Terlingen, Dutch radio/TV-host (Paul Meier Show)
1941 - Emanuel Nunes, composer
1942 - Carole Wells, Shreveport La, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
1942 - Isao Aoki, Abiko Chiba Japan, PGA golfer (1983 Hawaiian Open)
1944 - Clive Hubert Lloyd, cricketer ("Supercat", 110 Tests 1966-85)
1945 - Van Morrison
1945 - Itzhak Perlman
1945 - [George I] Van Morrison, Belfast, singer (Here Comes the Night)
1945 - Itzhak Perlman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/polio victim (14 Grammys)
1945 - Leonid Ivanovich Popov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 35/37, 40, T-7)
1949 - Richard Gere
1949 - Richard Gere, Phila Pa, actor (Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman)
1949 - Rick Roberts, rocker (Firefall)
1952 - Bruce Soboroff, Chic Il, rocker (Buckinghams)
1952 - Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist (Scorpions-Virgin Killer)
1953 - Marcia Clark, [Kleks], Berkeley CA, LA DA (OJ Simpson Case)
1954 - Tula, [Barry Kenneth Cossey], Engld, transsexual (For Your Eyes Only)
1955 - Edwin Corley Moses, Dayton, 400m hurdler (Oly-2 gold/br-76, 84, 88)
1957 - Tom Candiotti, Walnut creek CA, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1957 - Glenn Tilbrook, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Squeeze-Tempted)
1957 - Gina Schock, rocker (Gogos-Our Lips Are Sealed)
1958 - David H Mattheisen, Blue Island Ill, PhD/astronaut (STS 73 alt)
1959 - Tony DeFranco, rocker (DeFranco Family)
1959 - Rachel Dennison, Knoxville Tn, actress (Doralee Rhodes-9 to 5)
1961 - David Chastain, heavy metal rocker (Chastain-Rule of Wasteland)
1962 - Wanda Guenette, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1963 - Sonny Silooy, soccer player (Ajax)
1963 - Reb Beach, heavy metal rocker (Winger-17)
1965 - Willie Watson, cricket pace bowler (NZ)
1966 - Jeff Frye, Oakland CA, infielder (Boston Red Sox)
1967 - Melanie Sullivan, Branford Ct, WPVA volleyballer (National-13th-1994)
1967 - Diane Madl, Mountain Top PA, field hockey forward/midfielder (Oly-96)
1968 - Jolene Watanabe, LA Calif, tennis star (1994 Futures-Evansville)
1968 - Jim Bob Howard, Wichita Falls Texas, actor (Flash & Bone)
1968 - Glenroy Gilbert, Trinidad, Canadian 4X100m sprinter (Olympics-gold-96
1968 - Jennifer Azzi, Oak Ridge Tenn, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96)
1968 - Hideo Nomo, Osaka Japan, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1969 - Victor Alexander, NBA forward/center (NY Knicks)
1969 - Andrew Phillip Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versache)
1969 - Javagal Srinath, cricketer (Indian right-arm pace bowler since 1991)
1969 - Andrei Trefilov, Kirovo Russia, NHL goalie (Buffalo Sabres, Oly-S-98)
1969 - Nathan Minchey, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1970 - James Robinson, NBA guard (LA Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers)
1970 - Steve Nikataras, cricketer (left-arm pace bowler for NSW 1996-97)
1970 - Deborah (Debbie) Gibson, Brooklyn NY, singer (Only in My Dreams)
1970 - Debbie Gibson
1971 - Mike Caldwell, NFL linebacker (Cleve Browns, Arizona Cardinals)
1971 - Greg Jefferson, NFL defensive end (Phila Eagles)
1973 - Earl Scott, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals)
1973 - Priest Lauderdale, NBA center (Denver Nuggets)
1973 - Reggie Geary, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
1973 - Scott Niedermayer, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils)
1974 - Jessy Viceisza, Miss Universe-Bonaire (1996)
1974 - Jeremy O'day, CFL offensive linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
1974 - Andrei Medvedev, Kiev Ukraine, tennis star (1991 French Open junior)
1975 - Raleigh Roundtree, tackle (San Diego Chargers)
Events
1230 - Utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice
1310 - German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia
1535 - Pope Paul II deposed & excommunicated King Henry VIII
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland
1751 - English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India
1772 - Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica
1778 - British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution
1829 - Opera "Guillaume Tell" is produced (Paris)
1836 - HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands
1842 - Micah Rugg patents a nuts & bolts machine
1842 - US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress
1843 - Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate
1850 - Calif pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets
1864 - Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Jonesboro Georgia, 1900 casualties
1881 - 1st US men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI)
1886 - Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized
1886 - 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston SC, 110 die
1887 - Thomas A Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures)
1889 - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Cardboard Box" (BG)
1894 - Phillies Billy Hamilton steals 7 bases
1895 - 1st pro football game (QB John Brallier paid $10 & won 12-0)
1896 - Louis Napoleon Parker's "Rosemary," premieres in NYC
1897 - Thomas Edison patented his movie camera (Kinetograph)
1897 - General Kitchener occupies Berber, North of Khartoum
1900 - British troops over run Johannesburg
1900 - Dodgers' Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Phillies
1902 - Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs Adolph Landeburg (horse rider)
1903 - Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of month
1905 - Mbunga-rebellion takes German Fort Mahenge East-Africa
1905 - 25th US Mens Tennis: Beals C Wright beats Holcombe Ward (62 61 119)
1907 - Britain & Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia & Tibet
1907 - England, Russia & France form Triple Entente
1909 - Thure Johnstown wins Stockholm marathon (2:40:34.2)
1909 - A J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball
1911 - Anthony Fokker's demonstrates aircraft "Snip"
1913 - Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven Netherlands
1914 - German troops reconquer Soldau/Neidenburg East-Prussia
1914 - General von Kluck decides not to attack Paris
1914 - Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg/30,000 Russians die)
1914 - 24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale, Michigan (state record)
1915 - Chic White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits NY Giants, 2-0
1916 - Oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London
1918 - Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)
1919 - John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago
1919 - Petlyura's Ukrainian Army kills 35 members of a Jewish defense group
1919 - Ukranian (Petlyura) Army recaptures Kiev
1920 - Belgium starts paying old age pensions
1920 - Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air
1923 - League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German)
1923 - Mussolini's troops occupy Korfu
1924 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:06.2)
1928 - Brecht & Weils "Dreigroschenoper" premieres
1934 - 1st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 0, All-Stars 0 (79,432)
1935 - White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Indians 5-0
1935 - Russian Aleksei Stachanov digs 6 hours, 105 tons of cabbages
1935 - FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents
1935 - Chic White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleve Indians, 5-0
1935 - 1st national skeet championship (Indianapolis)
1937 - Det's rookie Rudy York sets record for HRs of 18 HRs in August
1938 - 5th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 28, Washington 16 (74,250)
1939 - Japanese invasion army driven out of Mongolia
1939 - Staged "Polish" assault on radio station in Gleiwitz
1940 - 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands
1940 - German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap ration
1940 - 56 U-boats sunk this month (268,000 ton)
1940 - US National Guard assembles
1940 - Fighter Command loses 39/Luftwaffe 41 airplanes
1941 - 23 U-boats sunk this month (80,000 ton)
1941 - Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee & Molly debuts on NBC
1942 - Battle at Alam Halfa: German & Italians assault
1942 - U boats sunk this month 108 ships (544,000 ton)
1943 - Japanse occupiers intern Jewish Congregation of Sorabajo
1943 - 1st battle of Essex/new Yorktown: US assault on Marcus Island
1944 - Russian-Romanian troops march into Bucharest
1944 - French troops liberate Bordeaux
1944 - Allied offensive at "Gothen-linie," Italy
1944 - French provisional government moves from Algiers to Paris
1947 - NY Giants set season record for HRs by a club 183 (en route to 221)
1947 - Hungarian communist party wins election
1948 - Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 50th jubilee
1950 - Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves
1951 - 1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Düsseldorf
1953 - KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins
1954 - Census Bureau forms
1954 - WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring, ME (ABC) begins
1954 - Indians beat Yanks 6-1 for record tying 26 wins in August (1931 A's)
1954 - Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die
1955 - 1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Ill
1955 - KTRE TV channel 9 in Lufkin, TX (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 - 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx)
1957 - Malayasia (formerly Malaya) gains independence from Britain
1959 - 48th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (3-2)
1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
1959 - Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game
1960 - Agricultural Hall of Fame forms
1961 - Amsterdam National Ballet forms
1962 - Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day)
1963 - "Hot line" between Moscow-Washington, DC installed
1964 - Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of Angels
1965 - House of Reps joins Senate establish Dept of Housing & Urban Develop
1966 - Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria)
1968 - Verne Gagne beats Dick Beyers (Dr X) in Minn, to become NWA champ
1968 - Roy Face ties W Johnson's record of 802 pitching appearances with club
1968 - Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon & Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude o
1968 - 68th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bruce Fleisher
1968 - 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran
1969 - 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival
1970 - Peter Yarrow arrested for taking "immoral liberties" with girl, 14
1970 - Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassador's home in Wassenaar
1970 - Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted
1970 - 59th Davis Cup: USA beats Germany in Cleveland (5-0)
1970 - WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 - Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive a car on Moon
1971 - Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30)
1972 - Lasse Viren runs Olympic/world record 10,000m (27:38.4)
1972 - Olga Korbut, USSR, wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics
1973 - PBA National Championship Won by Earl Anthony
1973 - 1st heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman)
1974 - Pirate Radio Veronica moves into Scheveningen harbor
1975 - Former Teamsters' president James Hoffa reported missing
1976 - Waldemar Cierpinski wins 18th Olympics Marathon (2:09:55.0)
1976 - Mexican peso devalued
1976 - George Harrison found guilty of plagurizing "My Sweet Lord"
1976 - Trinidad & Tobago adopts constitution
1977 - Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelm
1977 - Spyros Kyprianou appointed president of Cyprus
1977 - Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft alt rec of 38.26 km (125,524')
1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 - Emily & William Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst
1978 - Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka
1979 - Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as UN ambassador
1979 - Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with Sun
1979 - Phillies replaces manager Danny Ozark with Dallas Green
1979 - 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at US Open
1980 - "Oklahoma!" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 301 performances
1980 - Poland's Solidarity labor union forms
1980 - 80th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Hal Sutton
1981 - Royals manager Jim Frey is fired & replaced by Dick Howser
1981 - Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, v England at Lord's
1982 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1983 - Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz
1984 - Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
1985 - "Prakas" sets trotting mile record of 1:53.4 at Du Quoin, Ill
1985 - Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100 M
1985 - Night Stalker suspect that terrorized S Calif captured in East LA
1986 - Aeromexico DC-9 & small plane collide in LA, killing 82
1986 - Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die
1987 - Michael Jacskon's "Bad" video premieres on CBS TV
1987 - Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for year record ($697,385)
1987 - South Africa longest mine strike in history ends
1988 - Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches
1988 - 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
1988 - Arbitrator George Nicolau rules owners conspired against free agents
1989 - Aeromexico DC-9 collides over LA, 82 die (15 on the ground)
1989 - Arbitrator T Roberts orders owners to pay $105 million for collusion
1990 - Ken Griffey Sr & Jr are 1st father & son to play on same team each goes 1 for 4 for Seattle Ma
1990 - East & West Germany sign a treaty to join legal & political systems
1990 - Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season
1991 - Jan Berry (Jan & Dean) weds Gertie Filip
1991 - William H Webster, ends term as 14th director of CIA
1991 - Richard J Kerr, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1991 - Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the C
1991 - Rockies bat out of order against Expos in 1st inning
1992 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Cleveland OH on WNCX 98.5 FM
1992 - Dynamite explosion in Philipines mine; 500 die
1992 - 44th Emmy Awards: Northern Exposure, Christopher Lloyd & Dana Delane
1993 - Venezuela president Carlos Perez flees
1993 - Minnesota Twins beat Cleve Indians 5-4 in 22 innings
1994 - Last Russian soldiers leave Estonia & Latvia
1994 - Northern Ireland Sinn Fein proclaims ceases-fire
1994 - Pentium computer beats world chess champ Gari Kasparov
1997 - Scott Hoch wins Greater Milwaukee Golf Open with a 268
1997 - Last episode of Rolanda airs
1997 - Don Mattingly's #23 is retired by NY Yankees
1997 - "Gin Game," closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 144 performances
1997 - Pittsburgh Senior Golf Classic
Deaths
1057 - Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies
1158 - Sancho III, King of Castili‰, dies
1218 - Al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din), brother of Saladin, dies
1240 - Raymundus Nonnatus, found Mercedari‰rs (protect pregnant women), dies
1422 - Henry V, King of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19), dies
1590 - Floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht, dies
1604 - Giovanale Ancina, composer, dies at 58
1616 - Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43
1631 - Nicolaus Erich, composer, dies at 43
1638 - John Ward, composer, dies at 67
1667 - Johann Rist, composer, dies at 60
1688 - John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress), dies
1795 - Fran‡ois-Andre Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 68
1805 - Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer, dies at 95
1832 - Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer, dies at 53
1837 - Henri Klimrath, French lawyer (tude sur lesson costumes), dies at 30
1862 - George William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle
1862 - Ignaz Assmayer, composer, dies at 72
1864 - Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician (ADA), dies at 39
1867 - [Pierre-]Charles Baudelaire, Fren poet (Journaux Intimes), dies at 46
1873 - Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70
1875 - Oskar Peschel, German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies at 49
1879 - William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies
1885 - Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy-Mamba's daughters), dies
1888 - Mary Ann Nicholls, a 42-year-old prostitute, was found stabbed to dea
1902 - Mathilde Wesendonk, German author/poetess, dies at 73
1910 - Emils Darzins, composer, dies at 34
1918 - Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36
1920 - Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher, dies
1931 - Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar, dies
1934 - Johan H A Schaper, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies
1935 - Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh), dies
1940 - Johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58
1941 - Marian Zwetajewa, writer, dies
1942 - Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle
1944 - Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide
1946 - Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer/conductor, dies at 63
1948 - Andrei A Zjdanov, Rus politician (against kosmopolitism), dies at 52
1949 - Andr‚ Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium), dies
1949 - Paul Hoffer, composer, dies at 53
1959 - Charles Delaney, dies at 67
1963 - George F Broque, cubist painter, dies at 81 in Paris
1964 - Carole Coleman, singer (Face the Music), dies at 42
1966 - Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer, dies at 75
1967 - Michael Fitzmaurice, dies of lymphoma at 59
1967 - Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet/writer (9th wave), dies at 76
1968 - George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies
1968 - Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60
1969 - Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45
1969 - Ottmar Gerster, composer, dies at 72
1973 - John Ford, US director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78
1973 - Raymond Keane, dies at 66
1973 - Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies
1975 - Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24
1976 - Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81
1979 - E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14), dies
1979 - Sally Rand, stripper, dies at 75
1981 - Joseph H Hirschhorn, US art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82
1981 - Victor Trumper Jr, cricketer (7 games for NSW, 74 runs 12 wkts), dies
1986 - Henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88
1986 - Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president of Finland, dies at 85
1990 - Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, NY Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack
1990 - Johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947), dies
1991 - Leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93
1993 - Gerben Wagenaar, Dutch resistance fighter (communist), dies at 80
1994 - Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88
1994 - Barbara Hammer Avedon, scriptwriter, dies at 69
1994 - Norman "Doc" Jones, bassist, dies at 68
1995 - Horst Janssen, graphic Artist, dies at 65
1995 - Beant Singh, PM of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73
1995 - David Farrar, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), dies at 87
1995 - Hajime Miterai, industrialist, dies at 56
1995 - John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93
1995 - David Richard Holloway, literary Editor, dies at 71
1996 - David Scott, priest, dies at 72
1996 - Harald James Penrose, pilot, dies at 92
1996 - Ljuba Welitsch, opera singer, dies at 83
1996 - Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader, dies at 85
1997 - Diana Spencer, princess of England, dies in car crash in Paris at 36
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