Births
1593 - Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)
1611 - Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth
1631 - John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]
1677 - Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Neth's adventurer/painter/writer
1686 - Benedetto Marcello, Venice It, composer (Lettera Famigliare) [or 7/24
1690 - Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer
1696 - Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general
1718 - Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer
1758 - Bruno Dalberg/Anonymus Belga, [Petrus the Wacker van Zon], writer
1776 - Amedeo Avogadro, Tuin Italy, 6.022 x 10 ^ 23 (Avogadro's Law)
1781 - Michael Umlauf, composer
1808 - William Thomas Ward, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1819 - William Thomas Green Morton, dentist, used ether (HOF 1920)
1823 - Daniel Marsh Frost, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1900
1824 - Simon Goodell Griffin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1825 - Elisha Ferry, (Gov-R-Wash, 1872-80, 1889-93)
1834 - Elias Alvares Lobo, composer
1845 - Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator
1861 - Wilhelm Berger, composer
1869 - Randle Ayrton, Chester England, actor (Manxman)
1874 - Reynaldo Hahn, composer
1875 - Albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker)
1875 - Reynaldo Hahn, composer
1883 - George Hoyt, NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961)
1884 - Maria "Mary" Beekman, actress (Genius against Violence)
1887 - Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Swammerdam)
1888 - Hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter
1890 - Cesar Cortinas, composer
1890 - Eino Kaila, Finnish psychologist/philosopher
1890 - Sandor Jemnitz, composer
1891 - Max Tak, Dutch violinist/radio commentator
1892 - Charles Delaney, NYC, actor (Air Police, Lonesome Trail)
1895 - Nat Pendleton, Davenport IA, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless)
1895 - Fred Badcock, cricketer (swing bowler in NZ's 1st Test matches)
1896 - Leonide Massine, choreographer (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20)
1896 - Jean Piaget
1896 - Jean Piaget, Switz, pioneer developmental psychologist/zoologist
1897 - Ralph Wyckoff, American pioneer in x-ray crystallography
1898 - David de Jong, Dutch writer (Mutiny on the Canal)
1899 - Pamela Lyndon Travers, writer (Mary Poppins)
1899 - Armand Salacrou, French playwright
1901 - Charles Farrell, Cape Cod Mass, actor (Vern-My Little Margie)
1902 - Zino Francescatti, Marseilles France, violinist (NY Phil-1939)
1903 - Tom Tyler, [Vincent Markowsky], Port Henry NY, actor (Mummy's Hand)
1905 - Leo Genn, London England, actor (Affair in Monte Carlo)
1905 - Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice
1907 - Berta Waterstradt, writer
1909 - John Baur, museum director/author (American Paintings in 19th Century
1910 - Robert H van Gulik, Dutch diplomat/writer (Judge Ti)
1911 - Khurshed Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936)
1911 - Robert McCormick, Danville Ky, NBC newscaster (Current Opinion)
1911 - William A Fowler, US, astrophysicist (Nobel 1983)
1913 - Herman Talmadge, (Sen-D-Ga, Watergate Committee)
1913 - Harry Mills, singer (Mills Brothers-Paper Moon)
1914 - Joseph M "Joop" Lcker, Dutch journalist/editor in chief (Volkskrant)
1914 - Gordon Cullen, architect
1914 - Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor
1915 - Haim Alexander, composer
1918 - Robert Aldrich, US director/producer (Dirty Dozen)
1919 - Joop [Johannes] den Uyl, Dutch Premier (PVDA, 1973-77)
1919 - Ralph Houk, baseball manager (Yankees, Tigers)
1921 - J James Exon, (Sen-D-Nebraska, 1979- )
1922 - Philip Larkin, Coventry England, writer (North Ship, Jill)
1923 - Gerrit Kouwenaar, Dutch literary
1925 - Robert Heppener, composer (Hymns & Conversations, Movie Music)
1926 - Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch jazz historian (Mister Jazz)
1926 - Denis Atkinson, cricketer (WI all-rounder, 219 v Australia 1955)
1927 - Robert Shaw, England, actor (Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday)
1927 - Robert Shaw
1927 - Marvin Minsky, Artifical intelligence computer scientist (MIT)
1928 - Bob Cousy, NBA guard (Boston Celtics, 1957 MVP)
1930 - Betty Boop, animation
1931 - Mark Weinberg, South African/British fiancier/multi-millionaire
1935 - George S Leotsakos, composer
1938 - Dick Anthony Williams, Chicago Ill, actor (Our Family Honor)
1938 - Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace (1962, 1969 Grand Slam)
1939 - Tony Budge, English contractor/tank maker/multi-millionaire
1939 - Max Neuhaus, composer
1939 - Billy Henderson, rocker (Spinners-That's What Girls Are Made For)
1939 - Claude Osteen, baseball pitcher (Cin Reds)
1940 - Beverlee McKinsey, Okla, actress (Iris-Another World, Guiding Light)
1942 - Miguel Littin, actor (Promised Land, Alsino & Condor)
1942 - David Steinberg, Winnipeg Canada, comedian/director (End)
1944 - Sam Elliott, Sacramento Calif, actor (Big Chill, Fatal Beauty)
1944 - Sam Elliott
1944 - Terry Jenner, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1971-75)
1944 - Gerrit Jan Wolffensperger, Dutch MP (D66)
1944 - Viv Prince, rocker (Pretty Things)
1945 - Ken Norton, heavyweight boxing champ/TV panelist (Gong Show)
1946 - Rinus Gerritsen, Dutch rock bassist/keyboardist (Golden Earring)
1946 - Maarnus Gerritsen, Dutch rocker (Golden Earring)
1947 - Barbara Mason, US singer (Yes, I'm Ready)
1950 - Roelof S "Roel" Bakker, Dutch actor/director (Love Potion)
1952 - Vicki Morgan, Colo Springs Colo, mistress (Beautiful Bad Girl)
1955 - Doug Williams, Louisiana, NFL QB (Tampa Bay Bucaneers, Wash Redskins)
1957 - Melanie Griffith
1957 - Melanie Griffith, actress (Working Girl, Milk Money, Now & Then)
1958 - Amanda Bearse, actress (Marcy Rhodes-Married With Children)
1958 - Greg Chaisson, heavy metal rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark)
1959 - Kurtis Blow, NYC, rapper (Krushgroove-The Breaks)
1959 - Diane Williams, Hahn AFB Ger, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel)
1961 - Brad Gilbert, Oakland CA, tennis star
1962 - John Williams, NBA center/forward (Phoenix Suns)
1962 - Michael Colnroy, Modern English, rocker
1962 - Jim Johnson, New Hope, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1963 - Whitney Houston
1963 - Whitney Houston, Newark NJ, singer (One Moment in Time, Bodyguard)
1963 - Lonnie Quinn, Cheshire Conn, actor (Will Cooley-All My Children)
1964 - Brett Hull, Belleville Ont, NHL right wing (St Louis Blues, USA)
1964 - Yuri Khmylev, Moscow Rus, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
1965 - Ezra Polley, Georgetown Kentucky, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1965 - Gillian Anderson, Chicago IL, actress (X-Files)
1965 - John Smith, Del City Okla, 62kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-2 gold-88, 92
1965 - Kyle Kyle, Kensington Pa, rock bassist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals)
1966 - Pat Petersen, LA Calif, actor (Michael-Knots Landing)
1966 - Vinny Del Negro, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
1967 - Deion Sanders, NFL defensive (Cowboys)/centerfielder (Yankees)
1967 - Deborah Lee, Hamilton Ontario, LPGA golfer (1989 National Amat France
1967 - Deion Sanders
1967 - Elexa Wills/Orrange, Orange Texas, long jumper/triple jumper
1967 - Debbie Spence, San Jose Cal, tennis star
1968 - Jay Stacy, Aust field hockey midfielder (Oly-4th/silver-88, 92, 96)
1968 - Gillian Anderson
1969 - Troy Percival, Fontana CA, pitcher (California Angels)
1970 - Rod Brind'amour, Ottawa, NHL center (Phila Flyers, Team Canada 98)
1970 - Chris Gedney, NFL tight end (Chic Bears, Arizona Cardinals)
1971 - Nikki Schieler, Norwalk Calif, playmate (Sep, 1997)
1971 - Mary Joe Fernandez, Dom Rep, tennis player (US National 16s)
1971 - David Merritt, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1971 - Alan Allen, NFL/WLAF wide receiver (NY Jets, London Monarchs)
1971 - Scott Karl, Fontana CA, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1972 - Silvia Ramon-Cortes, Barcelona Spain, tennis star (1994 Futures-Vigo)
1972 - Robert Peal, Chicago Ill, dance skater (& Margot Contois)
1972 - Eric Zomalt, NFL strong safety (Phila Eagles)
1972 - Elizabeth Vassey, Raleigh NC, actress (Emily Martin-All My Children)
1973 - James McKeehan, tight end (Tennessee Oilers)
1973 - Jay Hagood, tackle (NY Jets)
1973 - Jimmy King, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
1973 - Jochen Molling, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
1973 - Larry Stallworth, WLAF wide receiver (London Monarchs)
1974 - Tremayne Allen, tight end (Chicago Bears)
1974 - Derek Fisher, NBA guard (LA Lakers)
1975 - Mathew James Coad, Wellington NZ, 100m/200m runner (Olympics-96)
1979 - Jessica Gregory, Miss Massachusetts Teen USA (1997)
1979 - Alizah Allen, NYC NY, figure skater (1997 North Atlantic Sr champ)
1983 - Ashley Johnson, actress (Chrissy-Growing Pains)
Events
378 - Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army
1378 - Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil)
1559 - Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht
1596 - Henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond
1638 - Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx
1655 - Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts
1673 - Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674
1673 - Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures NY
1726 - Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover
1757 - English Ft William Henry, NY, surrenders to French & Indians troops
1778 - Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits
1790 - Columbia returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st ship to carry US flag around the world
1803 - 1st horses arrive in Hawaii
1829 - "Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service
1830 - Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X
1831 - 1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY)
1832 - King Leopold I of Belgium marries Louisa Maria
1841 - Erie boat in Buffalo NY catches fire; 242 die
1842 - US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1848 - Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with Free Soil Party nominateing Martin Van Buren for
1848 - Austria & Sardinia sign cease fire
1849 - Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia
1854 - Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"
1855 - Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising
1859 - Elevator patented
1862 - Prelude to 2nd Manassas, Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mt, however Gen Charles S Wi
1862 - Berlioz' opera "Béatrice et Bénédict," premieres in Baden-Baden
1862 - Battle of Cedar Mountain VA (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain)
1864 - Battle of Ft Morgan AL
1890 - 1st 44 Javans arrive in Suriname, to work 5 year on sugar plantations
1893 - 1st US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in NY
1901 - 34-35°N/98-99°W open for US colonization
1902 - Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria
1905 - Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb's mother kills him
1910 - Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine
1914 - German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser
1915 - British attack at Chanak Bair at Gallipolis
1918 - Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspects Hal Chase of taking bribes to fix games, & suspends hi
1920 - Bulgarian & allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect
1923 - NY State Golf Assoc formed
1925 - Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out
1930 - 113°F (45°C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record)
1930 - Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes
1930 - Percy Williams runs world record 100m (10.3 sec)
1936 - Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal at Berlin Olympics
1941 - Winston Churchill reaches Newfoundland for 1st talk with FDR
1942 - Mahatma Gandhi & 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" campaign by the
1942 - 200 Jews escape Mir Ghetto in Poland
1942 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th Symphony performed in Leningrad
1942 - Vice-Adm Mikawa lands at Guadalcanal, Solomon Island
1943 - Bertolt Brecht's "Leben des Galilei," premieres in Zürich
1944 - 12 workers of Dutch illegal paper "Trouw," executed at Camp Vught
1944 - US 79th/90th division enter Le Mans
1944 - Smokey Bear debuts as spokeman for fire prevention
1945 - US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki
1946 - 1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night
1950 - Lusty Song wins Hambletonian
1951 - Dutch Korea volunteers win US Collective Unit Citation
1952 - General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium
1953 - Premier Mohammed Abdullah of Kashmir, fired
1956 - South African women demonstrate against pass laws
1956 - 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama
1957 - 24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000)
1960 - Race riot in Jacksonville Florida
1961 - James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court
1963 - NY Met Roger Craig's NL record-tying 18-game losing streak ends
1963 - Britains rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, premieres
1964 - 1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands
1964 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational
1964 - Bunning continues pitching perfectly to NY Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beat
1965 - Fire in Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas, 53 die
1965 - Singapore gains independence from Malaysia (National Day)
1967 - KYAY TV channel 39 in West Monroe, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 - Biafran offensive against Nigerian army
1968 - Yugoslav president Tito visits Prague
1969 - Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
1969 - "Zorba" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 305 performances
1970 - Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes
1970 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1971 - Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame
1972 - Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle
1973 - USSR launches Mars 7
1973 - Henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings
1974 - Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres
1975 - Dodger Davey Lopes steals record 32nd consec base without being caught
1975 - 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7
1975 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Colgate European Ladies Golf Open
1976 - USSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth
1976 - Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits LA Dodgers, 2-0
1976 - Clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI v Glamorgan
1977 - Chris Old completes a century in 37 mins, Yorks v Warwicks
1977 - NHL refuses merger of 6 WHA clubs
1978 - Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7
1978 - USSR performs (underground) nuclear test
1979 - English seaside resort Brighton gets 1st British nude beach
1980 - Belgian constitution revised
1981 - All star MVP: Gary Carter (Mont Expos)
1981 - NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium)
1981 - 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1981 - 6 English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17)
1981 - 63rd PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots a 273 at Atlanta AC Ga
1981 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA West Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1984 - STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to launch pad
1984 - Daley Thomas of Britain sets decathalon record (8,847) in LA Cal
1986 - "Honky Tonk Nights" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 4 perfs
1987 - "Les Miserables," opens at Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv
1987 - 69th PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots 287 at PGA Natl Palm Beach
1987 - LA Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London, England (NFL expo)
1987 - Mary Beth wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
1988 - Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions
1988 - Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field
1988 - Just 1 day after 8/8/88 NY's daily number is 888
1990 - Soyuz TM-10 lands
1990 - 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia
1992 - "Streetcar Named Desire" closes at Ethel Barrymore NYC after 137 perf
1992 - Record temperature in Berlin-Dahlem 99.3°F (37.4°C)
1992 - Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower
1992 - Florence Descampe wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mt
1992 - 25th Olympic Summer games closes in Barcelona, Spain
1993 - King Albert II of Belgium, crowned
1994 - Phil Rizzuto Hall of Fame Night
1994 - Stanley Betrian put in charge of Curaçao
1997 - Yanks break Minn Twins Brad Radke's string of 12 straight wins
1997 - Security guard Abner Louima, attacked by NYC police
1998 - Star Bank LPGA Classic
Deaths
117 - Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)
378 - Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50
803 - Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies
1048 - Damasius II, [Poppo], Pope (1047-48), dies
1420 - Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies
1516 - Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66
1612 - Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies
1613 - Giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36
1634 - Pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies
1652 - John Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37
1668 - Fran‡ois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64
1672 - Jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70
1710 - Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 77
1727 - Johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52
1738 - Pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies
1763 - John Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47
1806 - Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian, composer, dies at 33
1835 - Claus Nielsen Schali, composer, dies at 78
1848 - Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies
1854 - Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57
1862 - Joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46
1888 - Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45
1888 - Isaac Strauss, composer, dies at 82
1892 - Matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies
1896 - Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48
1904 - Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum), dies at 59
1915 - Henry Longbottom, English lieutenant, dies in battle
1919 - Ernst Haeckel, German philosopher (Social Darwinism), dies at 85
1919 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (Pagliacci), dies at 62
1924 - Jacob P Vis, Dutch founder (NV Royal Salt Industries), dies at 66
1928 - Frederik II W, grand duke of Baden (1907-18), dies at 71
1929 - Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist (Simplicissimus), dies at 71
1942 - Edith Stein, German philosopher, dies
1944 - Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged at 62
1946 - A E E Vogler, cricketer (South Africa, 15 Tests, 64 wkts), dies
1949 - Harry Davenport, actor (Cowboy & Lady, Enchanted Forest), dies at 83
1955 - Marion Eugene Bauer, composer, dies at 57
1958 - Felipe Boero, composer, dies at 74
1959 - Emil Frantisek Burian, composer, dies at 55
1961 - Walter Bedell Smith, US general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75
1962 - Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85
1965 - Creighton Hale, silent film actor (Cat & Canary), dies at 83
1966 - Gosta Nystroem, composer, dies at 75
1967 - Anton Walbrook, actor (Laura, I Accuse), dies of heart attack at 66
1967 - Joe Orton, English actor/playwright (Leaf, Murdered), dies at 34
1967 - Jaromir Weinberger, Czech/US composer (Czech Rhapsody), dies
1969 - George P Marshall, NFL president (Washington Redskins), dies at 72
1969 - Robert Lehman, US multi-millionaire/director (Met Museum of Art), die
1969 - Sharon Tate, actress (Valley of Dolls), killed by Manson's gang at 26
1969 - Voyteck Freykowski, US director, murdered
1969 - Abigail Folger, US, coffee magnate (Folgers), murdered
1972 - Richard Elsasser, composer, dies at 45
1972 - Bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53
1973 - Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08), dies at 88
1973 - Dean Corll, shot, he raped & killed 26 boys
1975 - Dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68
1975 - Julian "Cannonball" Adderly, saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 46
1976 - Max Vredenburg, composer, dies at 72
1976 - Jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65
1977 - Edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75
1978 - James G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74
1978 - Johan Daisne, [Thiery], Belgian writer (Lago Maggiore), dies at 66
1979 - Walter O'Malley, CEO (Dodgers), dies at 75
1979 - Allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64
1980 - P K "Perker" Lee, cricketer (Australian bowler 1931-33, 2 Tests), die
1980 - Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41
1980 - Elliott Nugent, actor (Romance), dies
1982 - Aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies
1986 - Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77
1987 - Kees de Galan, Dutch economist, dies at 55
1988 - Alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85
1990 - Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies
1991 - Corrie Hartong, dance pioneer, dies
1992 - Thomas J McIntyre, (Sen-NH, 1963-79), dies at 77
1992 - Jan van Baal, antropologist/gov Dutch New-Guinea, dies
1992 - Patrick A Devlin, England, judge/lead house of Lords, dies
1992 - Christopher Todd, [Todd Wangberg], dies of AIDS at 30
1993 - Mohamed M Tabet, commissar of Casablanca, raped 518, executed at 54
1994 - Aartje W "Mien" van It Sant-van Bommel, author, dies at 93
1994 - Toby Rowland, theatrical manager, dies at 77
1994 - Clarence Ford, sax player, dies at 64
1995 - Willem Noordhoek, photographer, dies at 78
1995 - John Schofield, journalist, dies at 29
1995 - Jerry Garcia, rock vocalist (Grateful Dead), dies at 53
1996 - Ruth Holland, journalist, dies at 54
1996 - Kenneth Fleetwood, fashion Designer, dies at 65
1996 - James Whitman McLamore, businessman, dies at 70
358 Events for 9th August