Births
1504 - Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury
1619 - Barbara Strozzi, composer
1638 - Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher
1644 - Fran‡oise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV
1651 - Johann Michael Zacher, composer
1651 - Fran‡ois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)
1664 - Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer
1665 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer
1697 - Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45)
1733 - Jacques-Denis Antoine, French master builder (H“tel Maillebois Paris)
1748 - Bernhard Haltenberger, composer
1775 - Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angoulˆme/General of France
1800 - Catherine Beecher, educator (championed higher education for women)
1804 - Justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice (1856-58)
1809 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England
1811 - Judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11]
1819 - Samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1845 - Anthonie A Vorsterman van Oyen, Dutch genealogist
1856 - Nestor de TiŠre, Flemish poet (Pink Kate)
1858 - Albert Fuchs, composer
1859 - J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon)
1861 - Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt
1866 - Chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger)
1868 - Paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909)
1871 - Emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher
1873 - Mary Carr Moore, composer
1873 - John Wesley Work, composer
1875 - Marcel Labey, composer
1879 - Joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)
1881 - Alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954)
1881 - Leo Carrillo, LA CA, actor (American Empire, Cisco Kid)
1882 - Gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder (Calvinist party)
1883 - Francesco Santoliquido, composer
1883 - Scott Nearing, US sociologist/pacifist/author (The Good Life)
1885 - Jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union
1886 - Edward Ballantine, composer
1892 - Hoot Gibson, Tekamah NE, western actor (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw)
1893 - Guthrie McClintic, Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset)
1896 - Cyril Mockridge, composer
1902 - Michal Vilec, composer
1902 - Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright (Ultimatum Factory) [OS]
1904 - Henry Payne Iba, Easton Mo, US basketball coach (Olympic-gold-64, 68)
1904 - M Revis, [Willem Fisherman], author (Gelakte Brain)
1905 - Clara Bow, silent screen actress (Wings) "it" girl of 1920's films
1906 - Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants)
1908 - James Lees-Milne, architecural historian
1908 - Helen Hull Jacobs, Berkley Calif, US tennis champ (1932-35)
1908 - Sol Adler, economist Sinophile
1908 - Svend Erik Tarp, composer
1908 - George Singer, composer
1910 - Charles Crichton, British director (Battle of Sexes)
1910 - Friedrich Schroder, composer
1910 - William J Law, sailor
1911 - Lucille Ball, Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame)
1911 - Norman Gordon, S Afri cricket pace bowler (against England 1938-39)
1914 - Susan Cowdy, ornithologist
1916 - Michael Burke, sports executive (NY Yankees, NY Knicks)
1916 - Dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta
1917 - Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South)
1919 - Pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1946)
1921 - Ella Raines, Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN)
1922 - Freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines)
1923 - Jackie Kelk, Brooklyn NY, actor (Homer-Aldrich Family)
1923 - Jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show)
1923 - William B Williams, Babylon NY, DJ (WNEW, Sammy & Company)
1925 - Leland Smith, composer
1925 - Barbara Bates, Denver Colo, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life)
1926 - Frank Finlay, Farnworth Lancashire England, actor (Robbery, Lifeforce
1926 - Christa Reinig, writer
1926 - J[anet] O[pal] Jeppson, [nee Janet Asimov], author (2nd Experiment)
1927 - Andy Warhol, McKeesport PA, artist/producer (Frankenstein, Bad)
1927 - William David Ford, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1965- )
1928 - Andy Warhol, pop s
1928 - Janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1948-68)
1929 - Mike Elliot, rocker
1929 - Anneliese Kuppers, German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956)
1930 - Abbey Lincoln, Chicago IL, actress/singer (Nothing But a Man)
1932 - Anneli Sauli, [Savolainen], actress (Milkmaid)
1933 - A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959)
1934 - John Storey Bonington, UK, mountain climber (Annapurna I in 1970)
1934 - Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, UK, sci-fi author (Chthon, Phthor)
1934 - Leopold M de Beer, Dutch MP (VVD)
1937 - Barbara Windsor, actress (Study in Terror)
1938 - Peter Bonerz, Portsmouth NH, actor (Jerry-Bob Newhart Show, 9 to 5)
1938 - Paul Bartel, Brooklyn NY, director/actor (Eating Raoul)
1938 - Carry Tefsen, Dutch actress (Say A)
1939 - William "Sonny" Sanders, US singer (Rayber Voices)
1940 - Louise Sorel, LA Calif, actress (BS I Love You, Crimes of Passion)
1941 - Doris Ernestine Hays, composer
1941 - Hubertus AGM "Bert" Andr‚, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit-Come Back)
1943 - Ray Buktenica, Greenwich Village NYC, actor (Rhoda, House Calls)
1943 - Michael Anderson Jr, London, actor (Clay-The Monroes)
1946 - Dusty Rhodes, Australian baseball coach (Olympics-1996)
1947 - Sally Eaton, Ill, Broadway actress (Jeanie-Hair)
1947 - Tony Dell, cricketer (Australian left-arm quick, 2 Tests 1971 & 74)
1948 - Michael Peters, choreographer (What's Love Got to Do with It)
1949 - Joyce McKinney, Avery County NC, Miss Wyoming (1972)
1950 - Winston E Scott, Miami Fla, USN Commander/astronaut (STS 72, 87)
1950 - Dorian Harewood, Dayton Ohio, actor (Earl-Glitter, Trauma Center)
1950 - Nathan Purdee, actor (Nathan-Young & Restless, Hank-1 Life to Live)
1951 - Catherine Hicks, Scottsdale Az, actress (Star Trek IV, Child's Play)
1952 - Wojiech Fortuna, Poland, ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1972)
1952 - Barrel Scherpenzeel, rocker (Earth & Fire)
1952 - Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch rock keyboardist (Earth & Fire)
1953 - Iqbal Qasim, cricketer (Pakistani slow lefty in the 80's)
1953 - Pat MacDonald, rocker (Timbuk 3)
1954 - Carl C Perkins, (Rep-D-KY, 1984- )
1955 - Tom Inskeep, Bluffton Ind, Canadian Tour golfer
1956 - Stepfanie Kramer, LA Calif, actress (Claudia-We Got it Made, Hunter)
1956 - Vinnie Vincent, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Ashes to Ashes)
1957 - Faith Prince, Augusta Ga, Broadway actress (Guys & Dolls, Carousel)
1958 - Simon Francken, Dutch bassist (Ivy Green)
1958 - Randy DeBarge, Grand Rapids Mich, rock vocalist/bassist (Debarge)
1959 - Joyce Sims, rocker (All & All)
1959 - Grant Aleksander, Balt Md, actor (Guiding Light, All My Children)
1960 - Dale Ellis, NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics, Denver Nuggets)
1961 - Earl Winfield, CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1961 - Carol Norman, Ardmore Okla, bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1982)
1961 - Mary Lou, Daniels Chicago lL, tennis star
1961 - Bruce Matthews, center/guard (Tennessee Oilers)
1962 - Thomas Jefferson, Cleve Ohio, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1984)
1963 - Thomas Bohrer, US West Islip NY, rower (Olympic-92)
1963 - [Michael] Tony Dees, Pascagoula Miss, hurdler
1963 - Kimberley Conrad Hefner, Moulton Al, playmate of year (Jan, 1988)
1964 - Robert Mimbs, CFL running back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1964 - Lisa Boyle, Chicago Ill, actress (Showgirls)
1964 - Lauren Cowan, Benalla Victoria, golfer (1994 66th English Womens Open
1964 - John Mooney, Seattle Wash, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
1964 - Moosie Drier, Chic Ill, actor (Laugh-in)
1965 - David Robinson, Fla, NBA center (San Antonio Spurs, Olympic-gold-92)
1965 - Brian Kinchen, NFL tight end (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1966 - William Fred Mayfair, Phoenix AZ, PGA golfer (1993 Greater Milw Open)
1967 - Willie Williams, NFL/CFL tackle (Toronto Argonauts, NO Saints)
1968 - Patricia Tarabini, La Plata Argentina, tennis star (1985 Futures ITA)
1968 - Jeff Barlow, Jackson MS, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Carolina Classic-5th)
1968 - Jack de Gier, soccer player (Cambuur L, Go Ahead Eagles)
1968 - Chris Boardman, English cyclist (world 1 hour record)
1968 - Celena Mondie-Milner, Milledgeville Ga, 100m/200m runner
1968 - Siran Stacy, WLAF running back (Scottish Claymores)
1969 - Simon Doull, cricket medium pacer (NZ)
1969 - Roberto Lanckohr, soccer player (MVV)
1970 - Mike Strange, Niagara Falls Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96)
1971 - Piyal Wijetunge, cricketer (Sri Lanka slow left-armer 1993)
1971 - Mike Bales, Saskatoon, NHL goalie (Ottawa Senators)
1971 - Curtis Shearer, WLAF receiver (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 - Geri Estelle Halli
1972 - Geri Estelle Halliwell, "Ginger Spice" singer (Spice Girls)
1972 - Mike Frederick, NFL defensive end (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1973 - Robert Lee, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 - Mike Sheldon, WLAF Guard (Rhein Fire)
1974 - Nelson Vargas, Holoyoke Mass, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1974 - Bobby Petta, soccer player (Feyenoord, RKC)
1974 - Alvin Williams, NBA guard (Portland Trailblazers)
1974 - Adrian Voinea, Focsani Romania, tennis star (1995 Malta)
1975 - Rik Platvoet, Dutch soccer player, (FC Twente, MVV)
1976 - Parmeso Emekrasha, Buddhist Monk
1976 - Soleil Moon Frye, Glendora Calif, actress (Punky Brewster)
1979 - Jennifer Exaltacion, Windsor Ontario, gymnist (Olympics-96)
1990 - Jon Benet Ramsey, little beauty queen (murdered in 1996)
Events
258 - St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
523 - St Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope
768 - [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
939 - Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors
1181 - Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers
1497 - John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America
1588 - Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors
1600 - Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Sav
1601 - Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius
1623 - Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII
1625 - Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen
1661 - Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
1675 - Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut
1726 - Emperor Karel VI & tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty
1774 - Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY
1787 - Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate
1806 - Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire
1815 - US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli
1821 - 1st edition of "Courrier of Pays-Bas" newspaper published in Brussels
1824 - Battle at Junán - Simón Bolívars army beats Spanish
1825 - Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day)
1854 - Congress passes Confiscation Act
1861 - Lexington KY-Union milt camp forms in neutral state
1862 - Confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack
1864 - Rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd
1870 - Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France
1870 - White conservatives suppresed black vote & captured Tenn legislature
1890 - Cy Young pitches & wins 1st game
1890 - Denton True "Cy" Young pitched his 1st major league baseball game
1896 - France annexes Madagascar
1905 - 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record)
1908 - St Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn
1910 - NYC Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt
1914 - German Zeppelin bombs Liege City, 9 killed
1914 - Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia & Serbia
1914 - Serbia declares war against Germany
1914 - French cavalry enter Belgium
1918 - Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France
1918 - In WW I 2nd battle of the Marne ends
1919 - Romanian forces destroys Bela Kun Republic in Budapest
1919 - 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)
1921 - Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins
1926 - NY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel
1926 - Warner Bros premieres Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system (NY)
1926 - Don Juan with John Barrymore shown
1930 - Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC
1930 - Remains of Solomon Andrees' balloon expedition to North Pole in 1897, found at Kvit fya Spitsb
1934 - US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
1936 - 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson & Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees
1937 - Franco-artillery fire on Madrid
1937 - Indians overturn Yankees' 7-6 win by a protest
1937 - US & USSR sign trade treaty
1939 - 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio
1940 - Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire
1941 - Detroit pitcher Al Benton is 1st to collect 2 sacrifices in an inning
1942 - Churchill fires Gen Auchinlek as Middle-East commandant
1942 - -8] Riots by Dutch Jews
1942 - Göring proclaims occupied areas "thoroughly empty to plunder"
1942 - Assinibaine destroyer sinks U-210
1943 - US 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily
1944 - All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died
1944 - Anti-German attack at Avranches fails
1944 - Deportation of 70,000 Jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins
1944 - US 20th Army corp under general Walker occupies Nantes
1945 - Keith Miller scores 110 in the 4 Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
1945 - Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay"
1946 - US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court
1947 - 1st performance of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 8"
1948 - Dreesgovt (KVP/Social Democratics/CHU/Liberal) forms
1948 - Fanny Blankers-Koen (Neth) is 1st women to win 3 golds at Olympics
1948 - Bob Mathias, US, wins decathlon at London Olympics
1949 - Luke Appling record of 2,154 (en route to 2,218) games at shortstop
1951 - Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria
1952 - Satchel Paige, 47, becomes oldest pitcher to win a complete shutout
1953 - Ted Williams returns to Red Sox from the military
1954 - WLAC (now WTVF) TV channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1958 - Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles
1960 - Pitt Steelers (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 43-16 in Toronto
1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
1961 - 1st case of motion sickness in space reported
1961 - Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits)
1962 - Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule
1964 - Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Ecclesiam Suam
1965 - 32nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 24, All-Stars 16 (68,000)
1965 - Beatles release "Help" album in UK
1965 - Indian troops invade Pakistan
1965 - Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights
1965 - LBJ signs Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing voting rights for blacks
1966 - Muhammad Ali KOs Brian London in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1966 - Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Brian London
1966 - US citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam
1966 - Salazarbrug over Tag opens (longest suspension bridge of Europe)
1967 - Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Pro comperto sane
1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1967 - Minn Twin Dean Chance perfect games Boston Red Sox, 2-0 in 5 innings
1967 - Oriole Brooks Robinson hits into a record 4th triple play
1969 - Balt Orioles pull their 3rd triple play (5-4-3 vs KC Royals)
1970 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1972 - Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament
1972 - Hank Aaron hits 660th & 661st HRs for Braves (record for 1 team)
1972 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Knoxville Ladies Golf Classic
1973 - Roberto Clemente & Warren Spahn inducted into Hall of Fame
1973 - Stevie Wonder involved in car crash, goes into a 4 day coma
1974 - 6th time Phils get just 1 assist in game; no other team did it twice
1974 - Explosion & fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Wash
1977 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate European Women's Golf Open
1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Europea Golf Open
1978 - 60th PGA Championship: John Mahaffey shoots a 276 at Oakmont CC PA
1979 - Marcus Hooper, 12, is youngest person to swim English Channel
1979 - 61st PGA Championship: David Graham shoots a 272 at Oakland Hills Mich
1980 - University adm declares 5 Pac-10 schools ineligible for conference titles & post-season play d
1981 - crowned Miss National Teen-Ager
1981 - NASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed
1981 - Argentina ex-president Isabel Perón freed
1981 - Due to strike, Yanks, A's, Philles & Dodgers declared 1st ½ champs
1982 - 22nd Curtis Cup: US, 14½-3½
1982 - WQXI (Atlanta) is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system
1982 - Calif Doug DeCinces hits 3 HRs again in game (did it 5 days ago also)
1983 - Minn Vikings beat St Louis Cards 28-10 in London, England (NFL expo)
1983 - Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa
1984 - 203.05 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1984 - Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics
1985 - Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day)
1985 - STS 51-I vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 - 19th space shuttle mission (51-F), Challenger 8, lands at Edwards AFB
1985 - Major League Baseball Players Assn go on strike
1986 - Record 3 grand slams hit in game Tx vs Balt (Harrah, Sheets & Dwyer)
1986 - Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for IBM
1986 - Orioles (Dwyer & Sheets) & Rangers (Harrah) hit record 3 grand slams
1988 - Oakland A's Jose Canseco becomes 11th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases
1988 - Rich Gossage 300th career save (beats Phillies)
1989 - Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern picket lines
1989 - "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 5959 performances
1989 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Greater Washington Golf Open
1989 - Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8
1989 - Jaime Paz Zamora inaugurated as president of Bolivia
1990 - NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th HR in 1st 86 at bats
1990 - UN Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstensions Cuba & Yemen) to place economic sanctions agains
1990 - Pres Ghulam Ishaq Kahn dismisses premier Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan
1991 - Debbie Doom (US) pitches 2nd consecutive perfect game in women's softball at the Pan American
1992 - Harold Wilson's academy award is auctioned for $60,500
1993 - Pope John Paul II publishes Veritatis splendor encyclical
1993 - Japan Hosokawa govt begins
1994 - Algerian Moslem fundamentalists threaten school/Universities
1995 - Thousands of people in Hiroshima tribute on 50th anniversary of bomb
1995 - Indians & Browns play in Cleveland on same day for 1st time ever both lose - Chicago 5, Indian
1995 - Dottie Mochrie wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mountain
1995 - "Damn Yankees" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 510 performances
1996 - NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars (ALH84001)
1997 - NHL Nashville Tenn names Barry Trotz as its 1st coach
1997 - Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in Apple Computer Inc
Deaths
258 - Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded
523 - Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies
966 - Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)
1195 - Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies
1221 - Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)
1272 - Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies
1458 - Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79
1548 - Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies
1623 - Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies
1637 - Ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65
1660 - Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 6
1661 - Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies
1666 - Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43
1686 - Paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60
1718 - Jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28
1727 - Fran‡ois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61
1746 - Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies
1775 - Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72
1783 - Willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70
1784 - Karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57
1799 - Joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74
1816 - Karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80
1820 - Antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59
1820 - M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca, dies at 43, dies
1821 - Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64
1848 - Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58
1853 - Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57
1862 - Francisco Acu¤a de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71
1867 - Faustin-lie Soulouque, emperor of Haiti, dies (birth date unknown)
1886 - Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45
1890 - John Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY)
1895 - George Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74
1900 - Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74
1914 - Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54
1924 - John Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76
1928 - William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68
1935 - Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70
1937 - Ferdinand CS Schiller, British philosopher (Mind!), dies at 72
1937 - Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 7
1938 - Warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57
1943 - Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies
1954 - Theo[by] Van Reijn, sculptor/drawer/lithograph, dies at 70 [or 8/10]
1959 - Preston Sturges, [Edmund Biden], US director/screenwriter, dies at 60
1961 - Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87
1963 - Tom Keene, actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68
1964 - Cedric Hardwicke, actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan), dies at 71
1965 - Aksel Sandemose, writer, dies
1965 - Everett Sloane, dies of apparent suicide with bartiturates at 55
1965 - Nancy Carroll, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 60
1965 - Peter Ronnefeld, composer, dies at 30
1966 - Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 5
1968 - Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60
1969 - Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 65
1970 - Ingolf Dahl, German composer (Andante & Arioso), dies at 58
1973 - Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar, dictator Cuba (1940-58), dies at 72
1976 - Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, dies at 73
1978 - Edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at 76
1978 - Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], Italian Pope (1963-78), dies at 80
1979 - Kurt Kasznar, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65
1980 - Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player, dies at 66
1986 - Manfred Hausmann, writer, dies at 87
1986 - Emilio Fernandez, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre), dies at 82
1986 - William J Schroeder, (longest-survivor with permanent artificial) hea
1987 - Ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WW II), dies at 91
1987 - Sherwood Bailey, actor (Spud-Our Gang), dies
1988 - Anatoli S Levchenko, cosmonaut (TM-4), dies of brain tumor at 47
1988 - J Skelly Wright, US judge (anti-segregationist), dies at 77
1989 - Hubert Beuve-M‚ry, French newspaper founder (Le Monde), dies at 87
1990 - Mario De Andrade, founder (Movimiento Popular of Lib of Angola), dies
1990 - Jacques Soustelle, Fren ethnology/minister of Information, dies at 78
1990 - Gordon Metcalfe, actor (Monster in the Closet), dies of AIDS at 43
1990 - Charles Arnt, actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 8
1990 - Robert Alex, shot to death by robber at 31
1991 - Shapour Bakhtiar, premier Iran (1979), dies in Paris
1991 - Harry Reasoner, newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at 68
1993 - Milton "Milt" Thompson, US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer, dies at 67
1994 - Domenico Modugno, Italian singer (Volare), dies at 66
1995 - Youly Algaroff, ballet dancer, dies at 77
1995 - Paul James Nunn, mountaineer, dies at 52
1996 - Ossie Raymond Clark, fashion designer, dies at 54
1996 - Buland Al Haidary, poet, dies at 69
1996 - Hernan Siles Zuazo, Pres of Bolivia (1956-60, 1982-85), dies at 82
1996 - Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer, dies at 63
1996 - Muhammad al-Badr, magnate of Northern Yemen (1962), dies
1996 - Richard Murphey Goodwin, economist, dies at 83
396 Events for 6th August