Births
1571 - John Ward, composer
1586 - Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen
1617 - Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)
1653 - Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar
1693 - Laurent Belissen, composer
1705 - Gustaaf Imhoff, gov of Ceylon (1736-40)/gov of Neth-Indies (1743-50)
1732 - Johann C Adelung, German linguist/librarian
1746 - Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church songs)
1755 - Luigi Marchesi, composer
1763 - Charles Bulfinch, Boston Mass, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House
1805 - Antoon Jurgens, Dutch margarine manufacturer
1812 - John Rodgers II, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
1814 - Esther Hobart Morris, suffragist/anti-slavery activist
1819 - Charles Anderson Dana, Asst Secy War, (Union) died in 1897
1820 - Winfield Scott "Old Swet" Featherston, Army Brig General (Confederate
1823 - Theodule Augustin Ribot, painter
1835 - James William Forsyth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1839 - Nelson Appleton Miles, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925
1852 - Barend Barendse, actor/director (Wandering Jew)
1857 - Henry Osborn, Conn, paleontologist/author (52 Years of Research)
1857 - Cecile Chaminade, composer
1861 - William Bateson, English biologist (originator of term "genetics")
1864 - Henri de Vries, [Van Walterop], Dutch actor (Cleopatra, White Cargo)
1866 - Matthew A Henson, 1st Black to reach North Pole (Jun 4 1909)
1866 - Matthew Henson
1871 - William Henry Squire, composer
1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader
1881 - Paul L E von Kleist, German general-fieldmarshal (Eastern Front)
1884 - Sara Teasdale, US, poet (1st Pulitzer Prize-1918-"Love Songs")
1886 - Pietro Alessandro Yon, composer
1886 - Daniel Ruyneman, composer
1887 - Ullrich Haupt, Prussia, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion)
1887 - Malcolm Keen, Bristol England, actor (Uncle Chris-Mama)
1887 - Esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom)
1887 - J C Heldring, Dutch businessman
1889 - Jack Ryder, cricketer (athletic Australian all-rounder & captain)
1895 - Law Pendleton, US, wrestler/actor (Laughing Lady)
1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (Yearling)
1898 - Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orl‚ans)
1900 - Josephine Holt Bay, 1st woman to head a firm on NY stock exchange
1900 - Victor Young, Chic Ill, orch leader (Milton Berle Show, In Old Calif)
1901 - Ernest O Lawrence, Canton SC, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939)
1902 - Paul A M Dirac, England, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933)
1903 - August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state
1904 - Istvan Szelenyi, composer
1905 - Nino Martini, Verona Italy, actor (Here's to Romance)
1905 - Wachtang Ananjan, writer
1905 - Andr‚ Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L'Eunuque)
1906 - Andr‚ Demedts, Flemish writer (Rainfall of the Days)
1907 - Benny Carter, NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter)
1908 - Chivu Stoica, premier of Romania (1955-61)
1908 - Arthur J Goldberg, Ill, UN ambassador/Supreme Court justice (1962-65)
1909 - Bill Voce, cricketer (England left-arm bodyline bowler)
1910 - Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962)
1910 - Sylvia Sidney, Bronx NY, actress (WKRP, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon)
1911 - Rosetta LeNoire, NYC, actor (Grandma Winslow-Family Matters)
1912 - Daniel Mann, Brooklyn, director (Willard, Butterfield 8)
1913 - Robert T Stafford, (Sen-R-VT, 1971-88)
1913 - Axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show)
1913 - Daan Wildschut, painter/glazenier/author
1914 - Arthur Holt, politician
1918 - Rory Calhoun, LA Calif, actor (Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill-Texan)
1919 - Dino De Laurentiis, Torre Annunziata Italy, producer (King Kong)
1920 - Don Cook, foreign Correspondent
1921 - Roger Nixon, composer
1922 - Rory Calhoun
1922 - Rudi Gernreich, designer (1st women's topless swimsuit, miniskirt)
1922 - Rory Calhoun, actor (Blue & Gray, Judson Tyler-Capitol)
1922 - Michael Parkin, journalist
1923 - Esther Williams, Inglewood Cal, actress/swimmer (Dangerous when Wet)
1924 - Thomas Beversdorf, composer
1925 - Jack Stoddart, designer/socialist
1926 - Richard Anderson, Long Beach NJ, actor (Oscar Goldman-6 Million $ Man
1926 - Webb Pierce, West Monroe La, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1927 - Carl "Alfalfa" Swi
1927 - Elis Juliana, Antillian writer/poet (Lady of the Night: A flower)
1927 - Jim Weaver, (Rep-D-OR, 1975- )
1927 - Juri Kasakow, writer
1928 - Ken Scowcroft, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire
1929 - Rose Nyland, writer
1929 - Josef Suk, Prague Czechoslovakia, violinist (Artist of Merit-1977)
1930 - Terry Nation, writer (Dr Who, Blake 7)
1930 - Nita Talbot, NYC NY, actress (Supertrain, Here We Go Again)
1930 - Joan Mondale, wife of US vice-president Walter Mondale (1977-81)
1930 - Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach (Calif State, UNLV, 625-122)
1931 - Jonathan Elkus, composer
1932 - Mel Tillis
1932 - Jimmy Witherspoon, singer
1932 - Mel Tillis, Pahokee Fl, country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel)
1933 - Joe Tex, singer/songwriter (Hold What You've Got)
1934 - Julian C Dixon, (Rep-D-California, 1979- )
1935 - Ron Marlenee, (Rep-R-MT, 1977- )
1935 - Sandy Horn, lesbian activist
1936 - Keith Barron, Mexborough England, actor (At Earth's Core, Baby Love)
1936 - Don Bowden, US, 1st American to run a sub 4 min mile
1936 - Frank Howard, baseball player (NL Rookie of the Year 1960)
1937 - Louis Neefs, Belgian singer
1937 - Dustin Hoffman, LA, actor (Graduate, Tootsie, Kramer vs Kramer)
1937 - Dustin Hoffman
1938 - Connie Stevens, Bkln, singer/actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach)
1938 - Jacques Hetu, composer
1938 - Connie Stevens
1939 - Philip E Baisley, Augusta Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57)
1939 - Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania, long jumper (Oly-gold-68)
1939 - William Alden Hibbard, composer
1940 - Dilip Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of 60's)
1942 - Jay David, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show)
1943 - Denis Payton, rocker
1944 - Smokey the Bear, named after NYC fireman Smokey Joe Martin
1944 - Michael Johnson, rocker
1944 - Hans van Eijk, Dutch rock guitarist (Jumping Jewels)
1946 - French W Weisglas, Dutch MP (VVD)
1946 - Robin M Tallon, (Rep-D-SC, 1983- )
1947 - Jose Cruz, leftfielder (St Louis Cards, Houston Astros)
1947 - Larry Wilcox, SD Calif, actor (Lassie, Officer Jon Baker-CHiPs)
1948 - Svetlana Y Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-7, T-12, T-15A)
1949 - Airrion Love, US singer (Stylistics-16 Bars)
1949 - Keith Carradine
1949 - Keith Carradine, San Mateo Calif, actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby)
1949 - Bela Magyari, Hungary, cosmonaut
1950 - Willie Hall, rocker
1951 - Phil Carlson, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1979)
1951 - Martin Brest, Bronx NY, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
1952 - Robin Quivers, radio/TV personality (Howard Stern's sidekick)
1953 - "Sweet" Lou Dunbar, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
1953 - Donny Most, Bkln NY, actor (Ralph Malph-Happy Days)
1953 - Donny Most
1954 - Nigel Mansell, formula-1 racer (Portugal Grand Prix-1990)
1955 - Ali Score, rock drummer (Flock Of Seagulls)
1956 - Wes Chandler, Florida, WLAF wide receiver coach (Rhein Fire)
1956 - David Grant, Jamaica, singer/songwriter (Stop & Go, Heaven Knows)
1956 - Chris Foreman, guitarist (Madness-Burning Down the House)
1957 - Nancy Glass, TV broadcaster (American Journal)
1957 - Dieuwertje Blok, Dutch TV hostess
1958 - Chris[sie Boy] Foreman, rock guitarist (Madness)
1958 - Harry Crosby, LA Calif, actor (Friday the 13th)
1958 - Deborah Norville, news anchor (Today Show, Inside Edition)
1959 - Rikki Rockett, rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn)
1959 - Ronald Weigel, German DR speed walker (5 km indoor)
1961 - The Edge, [Dave Evans], London, rock guitarist (U2-I Will Follow)
1961 - Paul Jackson, rocker
1961 - Charmaine Crooks, Jamaica, Canadian 4X400m relayer (Oly-silver-1984)
1961 - Bruce Matthews, NFL guard/center (Houston Oilers)
1962 - Charmaine Crooks, Mandeville JAM, Can 800m runner (Oly-84, 88, 92, 96
1962 - Jim Sweeney, NFL center/guard (Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers)
1962 - Suzee Pai, Toledo Ohio, actress (Big Trouble in Little China)
1963 - Ron Karkovice, Union NJ, catcher (Chic White Sox)
1963 - Carol Lewis, Willingboro NJ, high jumper (Olympic-9th-1984)
1964 - Harry Lee "Butch" Reynolds, US, 400m runner (world record)
1964 - Paul Taylor, cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler in one Test 1993
1965 - Angus Fraser, cricketer (England right-arm pace bowler 1989- )
1965 - Akitoshi Saito, wrestler (NJPW)
1967 - Margo Malowney, Saint John New Brunswick, volleyball player (Oly-96)
1967 - Howard Cross, NFL tight end (NY Giants)
1967 - Lorraine Pearson, Romford Essex, rock vocalist (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
1967 - Ben Fouchee, Kuruman S Afr, Canadian Tour golfer (1987 S Afr Amateur)
1968 - Suzy Hamilton, US olympic 1500m runner
1968 - Patricia Arquette, NYC actress (Ed Wood, Pretty Smart)
1968 - Matthew Lane, Wellington NZ, Nike golfer (1991 S Australian Open-4th)
1968 - Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler)
1969 - Divine Brown, [Estelle Marie Thompson], SF, prostitute (Hugh Grant)
1969 - Jerome Henderson, NFL cornerback (NY Jets, Phila Eagles)
1970 - Trev Alberts, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 - Amaia Arruti, LPGA golfer
1970 - Catriona Fallon, Burlingame Calif, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
1971 - Steve Hinton, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)
1971 - John Raposo, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1971 - Marcello Simmons, CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts)
1973 - Shane Lee, cricket all-rounder (NSW & Somerset, Australian ODI 1995-)
1974 - Andrei Mezin, NHL goaltender (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
1976 - J.C. Chasez
1976 - Liraz Mesilaty, Miss Universe-Israel (1996)
1978 - Oddie, Garfield's
1988 - Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl
Events
70 - Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans
870 - Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans
936 - German king Otto I the Great, crowned
1322 - Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect
1502 - Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor
1549 - France declares war on England
1567 - Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium
1570 - Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots
1579 - Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory
1585 - Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)
1588 - Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada
1609 - Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope
1619 - Duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of München
1673 - Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC
1700 - Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty
1709 - 1st known ascent in hot-air balloon, Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors)
1758 - British troops occupy & plunder Cherbourg
1786 - Jacques Balmat & Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blanc
1786 - Congress adopts silver dollar & decimal system of money
1788 - King Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together
1796 - Boston African Society establishes with 44 members
1809 - 70 disciples of Gaon of Vilnus, arrive in Israel (Palestine)
1814 - Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St Helena
1816 - Bavarian joins Saint Alliance
1829 - French govt of De Polignac forms
1831 - Battle of Hasselt - Dutch army drives out Belgian Army
1843 - Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony
1844 - Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death
1853 - Russian fleet appears at Nagasaki Japan
1854 - Smith & Wesson patents metal bullet cartridges
1860 - Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in NYC
1864 - Comet C/1864 N1 (Tempel) approaches within 0.0964 AUs of Earth
1864 - Red Cross forms in Geneva
1864 - Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama
1868 - Quake destroyes Arica Chile
1870 - Magic (US) defeats Cambria (Engld) in 2nd running of America's Cup
1876 - Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m
1876 - Thomas Edison patents mimeograph
1882 - Snow falls on Lake Michigan
1890 - Daughters of American Revolution organizes
1900 - 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket C
1902 - 2nd Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2)
1903 - In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleve, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored,
1903 - 3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1)
1913 - Richard Corfields "Camel Corps" opens "Mad Mullah" in Burao Somalia
1914 - Montenegro declares war on Germany
1914 - French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas
1914 - 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton "Endurance"
1916 - A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road
1918 - Canada/Australian/British breakthrough with 600 tanks at Amiens
1918 - 6 US soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command & shoots 20 Ger
1919 - Treaty of Rawalpindi, British recognize Afghanistan's independence
1920 - Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes
1922 - Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies)
1922 - Italian general strike broken by fascist terror
1924 - British-Russian trade agreement signed
1925 - 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, DC
1929 - 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward begins
1929 - Salem Oregon airport dedicated
1929 - German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight
1930 - St Louis Cards are 12 games back in NL, & go on to win pennant
1931 - Wash Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0
1937 - Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power
1940 - Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks
1940 - 31 German aircrafts shot down over England
1941 - 20 divisions of Russian 6th/12th Army surrender at Oeman
1942 - 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in US executed in Wash DC
1942 - Dianthus sinks U-379
1942 - "Monty" appointed commandant of British 8th Army at Alamein
1942 - Russ anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko
1943 - US amphibians land at St Agata on North coast of Sicily
1943 - Common Chiefs of staff meet in Quebec
1943 - Vegetables & fruit rationed in Holland
1944 - Canada/Polish troops occupy Cramesnil/Secqueville/Cintheaux/St-Aignan
1944 - US 15th Army corp occupies Le Mans
1944 - Germans raid Achterhuis, home of Anne Frank & family
1945 - USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea
1945 - US, USSR, England & France sign Treaty of London
1945 - USSR declares war against Japan in WW II
1945 - Pres Harry S Truman signs UN Charter
1945 - England & Aust Services draw 4th Victory Test
1946 - Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney & John
1946 - India agrees to give Bhutan 32² miles
1948 - "Hold It!" opens at National Theater NYC for 46 performances
1949 - Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy
1950 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
1952 - Syngman Ree re-elected president of South-Korea
1953 - Russia's Georgi Malenkov reports possession of hydrogen bomb
1953 - US & South Korea initial a mutual security pact
1955 - Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy
1955 - Fidel Castro forms "July 26th Movement"
1956 - WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins
1956 - Fire & explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium
1957 - USSR offers Syria economic/military aid
1960 - Ivory Coast declares independence
1960 - "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" hits #1
1961 - Ham Tigercats (CFL) beat Buff Bills (NFL) 38-21 in Hamilton, Ontario
1961 - Verne Gagne beats Gene Kiniski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1963 - Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie," radio stations label it obscene
1963 - Verne Gagne beats Fritz Von Erich in Amarillo, to become NWA champ
1963 - LA Dodgers F Howard & B Skowron are 3rd to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1963 - Great Train Robbery in England, £2.6 million ($7.3 million)
1964 - Rolling Stones 1st Dutch concert
1964 - Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam
1964 - "110 in the Shade" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 330 perfs
1965 - Singapore leaves Malaysian Federation
1965 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open
1966 - South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark)
1966 - Beatles' release "Revolver"
1967 - Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore & Thailand meet to form Assn of South East Asian N
1968 - Republican convention in Miami Beach nominates Nixon for pres
1968 - Race riot in Miami Florida
1968 - Jarry Park is approved by Mayor Jean Drapeau for interim use by Expos
1970 - NY Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there)
1971 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open
1971 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1972 - NY Yanks sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium
1973 - VP Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from govt contracts in Maryl
1974 - Pres Richard M Nixon announces he'll resign his office 12PM Aug 9
1976 - Chic White Sox suit up in shorts
1977 - Maurine Stuart, ordained as Zen priest by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi
1977 - Texas Rangers turn their 1st triple play (vs A's)
1978 - Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus
1979 - Iraqi president Saddam Hussein executes 22 political opponents
1980 - LBV Conference Center & Club Lake Villas open
1982 - 64th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa
1982 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1983 - Brig Gen Efrain Rios Montt was deposed as president of Guatemela
1983 - Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit agai
1983 - Military coup in Guatemala, Pres Rios Montt flees
1984 - Milwaukee 10-game losing streak ends
1984 - Carl Lewis wins 3rd (200m) of 4 gold medals in Summer
1984 - "Rink" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 204 performances
1985 - Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet
1985 - Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993
1986 - Record 3 grandslams in a game-(Harrah-Tex, Sheets & Dwyer-Orioles)
1987 - Pakistan all out 708 v England at The Oval, Botham 3-217
1987 - Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait
1987 - Brewers' Rob Deer struck-out 5 times in a game
1988 - South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola
1988 - Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar
1988 - Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in NYC
1988 - Sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia
1988 - Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war
1988 - Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years
1988 - Minn Twins pull 2nd triple-play of year & beat Cleve 6-2
1988 - Matt Biondi swims US record 200m freestyle (1:47.72)
1988 - Jose Canseco becomes 11th to get 30 HRs & 30 steals in a season
1988 - Discovery of most distant galaxy (15 * 10 ^ 12 light yrs) announced
1988 - Goose Gossage registers career save #300
1988 - Cubs & Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th
1988 - Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl
1988 - -11] Army in Rangoon shoots on students, 5-10,000 killed
1988 - 9th US Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player
1988 - Angola, Cuba & South Africa sign cease fire treaty
1989 - US space shuttle STS-28 launched
1990 - Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 HRs as a catcher
1990 - Iraq annexes Kuwait as its 19th province
1990 - Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp
1990 - Balt Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland)
1991 - Gary Oldman, actor (State of Grace), arrested for drunk driving
1991 - With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951)
1991 - Billy Preston charged with exhibiting porno to a minor
1991 - Carlos Santana pleads no contest to marijuana possession charge
1991 - Shite Moslems release British hostage John McCarthy
1992 - Lou Whitaker hits his 200th career HR
1992 - Actress Barbara Hershey weds artist Stephen Douglas
1993 - Dana Lofland wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic Dormann at Stratton Mt
1993 - Tropical storm Bret ravages Venezuela, about 100 killed
1993 - Calif state senator Tom Hayden (54) weds actress Barbara Williams (40)
1995 - Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to HR twice in one inning
1997 - Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chic White Sox
Deaths
117 - Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies
869 - Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies
1471 - Thomas … Kempis, [Thomas Hammerken von Kempen], monk, dies at 91
1506 - Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86
1616 - Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68
1685 - Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75
1694 - Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 8
1700 - Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40
1705 - Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded
1759 - Karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55
1788 - Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92
1816 - Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65
1827 - George Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57
1834 - Silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80
1888 - Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79
1897 - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79
1897 - Antonio C novas del Castillo, PM of Spain, murdered at 69
1902 - Jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies
1908 - Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40
1918 - Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright, dies at 38
1921 - Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59
1928 - Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies
1934 - Wilbert Robinson, baseball manager (Bkln Dodgers), dies
1944 - Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged
1950 - Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, founder National-India Party, dies
1950 - Nicolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky, composer, dies at 69
1954 - Gino Tagliapietra, composer, dies at 67
1960 - Danton Walker, columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at 61
1961 - Franc N D Buchman, US theology (Moral Rearms), dies at 83
1961 - Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58
1963 - Sandor Jemnitz, composer, dies at 72
1965 - Shirley Hardie Jackson, US author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45
1966 - Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63
1967 - Jaromir Weinberger, Czech/US composer (Czech Rhapsody), dies at 71
1969 - Sharon Tate, murdered by the Manson family at 26
1974 - Baldur von Schirach, German author/nazi politician, dies at 67
1975 - Julian "Cannonball" Alderly, sax player, dies of a stroke at 46
1976 - John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered
1980 - Jacqueline Cochrane, US pilot/1st female faster than sound, dies at 7
1980 - Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63
1982 - Hermine Heijermans, author (Snikken en Smartlapjes), dies at 80
1982 - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62
1982 - Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer (De Weerlozen), dies
1982 - Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies
1984 - Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62
1985 - Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78
1988 - Alan Napier, actor (Alfred-Batman), dies at 85
1991 - John Brasser, Zaans resistance fighter (White Ko), dies
1991 - Magdalena G Schenk, historical (Vorstenhuizen of our time), dies
1991 - James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61
1991 - Brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express), dies of AIDS at 41
1992 - Alison L Gertz, US aids-activist/Esquire women of year, dies of aids
1992 - Thomas J McIntyre, US, senator/writer (Fear Brokers), dies
1992 - Lou Krugman, actor (I Want to Live), dies of cancer at 78
1992 - Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten, dies
1992 - Arthur Lang, US boxer/businessman, dies at 115
1992 - Eitan Berglas, Israeli banker/advisor, dies
1993 - Roy London, US actor/director (Tiger Warsaw), dies of lymphoma at 50
1993 - Harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man & the Sea), dies at 88
1993 - Lou van Raised, impresario, dies at 77
1994 - Robin Cavendish, disabled Campaigner, dies at 64
1994 - Henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62
1994 - Leonid Leonov, Russian playwright (Russky Lesson), dies at 95
1994 - Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/Playwright, dies at 94
1995 - David Begelman, film producer, dies at 73
1996 - Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69
1996 - Frank A Whittle, inventor of the Jet engine, dies at 89
1996 - George Richard Samways, children's writer, dies at 101
1996 - Herbert Huncke, writer, dies at 80
1996 - Julian Stryjkowski, writer, dies at 91
1996 - Nevill Francis Mott, physicist, dies at 90
1997 - Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74
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