Births
1560 - Maximilien de B‚thune, duke of Sully/baron of Rosny/PM of France
1574 - Anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II
1579 - Heinrich Steuccius, composer
1630 - Olof Rudbeck, composer
1660 - Peter Rabus, poet/translator (Liberated Britanje)
1673 - Ahmed III, 23rd sultan (Turkey, 1703-30)
1685 - Lodovico Giustini, composer
1712 - Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen
1715 - Gennaro Manna, composer
1745 - John Jay, diplomat/governor (NY)
1792 - Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter
1805 - Henry Wells, founder (American Express Co & Wells Fargo & Co)
1806 - Stand Watie, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1871
1818 - Paul Octave Hebert, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
1821 - Gustave Flaubert, France, novelist (Madame Bovary)
1830 - Joseph Orville Shelby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1832 - Abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker/MP (liberal)
1833 - Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica)
1835 - Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer
1838 - Sherburne W Burnham, US, astronomer (binary stars)
1848 - William Vanderbilt, yachtsman (donated Vanderbilt Cup)
1859 - Edward Bradley, horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners)
1859 - Maurice Donnay, French playwright (Lovers)
1862 - Daniel Hal‚vy, French historian/writer (La fin des notables)
1863 - Edvard Munch, Norway, painter/print maker (The Scream)
1866 - Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913)
1874 - Volter A Kilpi, Finnish writer (Alastalon salissa)
1875 - Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian
1875 - Karl R G von Rundstedt, German gen-fieldmarshal (Normandy)
1879 - Friedrich Christiansen, nazi commander Wehrmacht Netherland
1879 - Laura Hope Crews, US, actress (Camille, Gone with the Wind)
1879 - Percy Fletcher, composer
1882 - Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theory)
1886 - Owen Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (She Done Him Wrong)
1887 - Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer
1889 - Vaclav Stepan, composer
1893 - Edward G. Robinson
1893 - Edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], Romania, actor (10 Commandments)
1896 - Eslanda Goode, US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson
1902 - Howard Koch, screenwriter
1903 - Enid Balint-Edmonds, psychoanalyst
1904 - Jim Christy, righty cricket batter (Transvaal, Queensland & S Africa)
1906 - William C Pahlmann, interior decorator (4 Season restaurant, NYC)
1907 - Fred Elizalde, composer
1907 - F van Heek, Dutch sociologist
1907 - Roy Douglas, composer
1909 - Armand H F Boni, the Good One, Flemish poet/writer
1911 - Anna Russell, composer
1912 - Yusef Bedri, educationist
1913 - Eve Lister, actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park)
1913 - Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires)
1913 - Stanley Bate, composer
1914 - Denis Begbie, cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50)
1915 - Frank Sinatra
1915 - Frank Sinatra, Hoboken, vocalist/actor (old blue eyes)
1917 - Edward Firth Henderson, arabist
1917 - Heinrich B”ll, Germ, writer (Group Portrait with Lady, Nobel '72) [OS
1918 - Joe Williams, Cordele Ga, jazz singer (Everyday I have the Blues)
1918 - Nilda Pinto, [NM Geerdink-Jesurun P], Cura‡ao writer (Nanzi)
1918 - Joe Williams
1922 - Arthur R Hawkins, US pilot/capt (WW II, downed 14 jap planes)
1923 - Bob Barker, Darrington Wash, game show emcee (Price is Right)
1923 - Bob Barker
1924 - Edward I Koch, NYC, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1977-89)/judge (People's Court)
1924 - Francis Miroglio, composer
1924 - Nevit Kodali, composer
1924 - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian auto racer
1925 - Cora Lee Johnson, social activist for rural poor
1925 - D G "Dattu" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowling all-rounder for India)
1925 - Ghulam Guard, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959)
1928 - Aitmatow, writer
1928 - Helen Frankenthaler, NY, abstract expressionist artist (Arden)
1928 - Lonesome Sundown, blues singer/guitarist
1929 - Doug Ford, cricket wicket-keeper (successful NSW of 50's)
1929 - John Osborne, Engld, playwright (Look Back in Anger, Luther-TONY 1964
1930 - Friedrich Voss, composer
1931 - Lionel Blair, Montreal, choreographer (Spotlight)
1932 - Robert Pettit, NBA star (St Louis Bombers/1959 MVP)
1934 - Habib Hassan Touma, composer
1936 - Bengt Emil Johnson, composer
1936 - Iolanda Balas, Romania, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1960)
1938 - Connie Francis
1938 - Connie Francis, Newark NJ, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are)
1938 - Joel Chadabe, composer
1940 - Dionne Warwick, East Orange NJ, singer (Solid Gold, Way to San Jose)
1940 - Shirley Englehorn, LPGA golfer
1941 - Liesbeth List, Dutch actress/vocalist (Theodorakis)
1941 - Robert Covington, drummer/singer
1941 - Terry Kirkman, Salina Ks, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Association)
1941 - Tim Hauser, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction)
1941 - Dionne Warwick
1942 - Mike Heron, rocker
1942 - Mike Pinder, Birmingham England, rocker (Moody Blues)
1943 - Dave Munden, rock drummer (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
1943 - Dickey Betts, West Palm Beach Fl, guitarist (Allman Bros-Ramblin' Man
1943 - Grover Washington Jr, jazz artist (Mr Magic)
1943 - Mike Smith, rocker
1945 - Alan Ward, rocker
1945 - Karl Edward Wagner, US, sci-fi author (Bloodstone, Night Winds)
1945 - Leslie Holbert, LPGA golfer
1945 - Susi Hush, TV producer
1945 - Tony Williams, jazz musician
1946 - Clive Bunker, rock drummer (Jethro Tull)
1946 - Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazil, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
1946 - George Santo Pietro, husband of Vanna White
1946 - Marlous Fluitsma, actress (De Prooi, Apart, Alle Dagen Feest)
1947 - Ralph Scala, rocker
1948 - Ray Jackson, rocker
1949 - Ricardo Lu¡s Carreras, NYC, bantamweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1950 - Billy Smith, Ontario, NHL goaltender (NY Islanders)
1951 - Caren Kaye, NYC, actress (My Tutor, Blansky's Beauties)
1951 - Steven Alan Hawley, Ottawa Ks, PhD/ast (STS 41-D, 61-C, 31, 82)
1952 - Ajit De Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan lefty spinner in four Tests 1982
1952 - Cathy Rigby McCoy, Los Alamitos Calif, gymnist (Olympic-4th-1968)
1952 - Neil Peart, rocker (Rush)
1952 - Sarah Douglas, England, actress (Conan, Superman II, Falcon Crest)
1952 - Cathy Rigby
1953 - Bruce Kulick, guitarist/singer (KISS)
1955 - Lenore Rittenhouse, Honolulu HI, LPGA golfer (1983 United Va Bank)
1956 - Ana Alicia Ortiz, Mexico City, actress (Melissa-Falcon Crest)
1956 - Sondra Theodore, San Bernadino Cal, playmate (July, 1977)
1957 - Sheila E.
1957 - Cy Curnin, Londo, England, rock vocalist (Fixx-Sign of Fire)
1957 - Sheila E[scovedo], SF CA, disco drummer (Krushgrove, Holly Rock)
1958 - Leo Kenter, Dutch drummer (Tr”ckener Kecks-More! More! More!)
1958 - Sheree J Wilson, Rochester MN, actress (Our Family Honor, Dallas)
1959 - Belouis Some, rocker (Neville Keighley-Some People)
1959 - Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener)
1959 - Scott D Vangen, Granite Falls MN, astronaut
1960 - Amal Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan wicket-keeper in 9 Tests 1983-88)
1960 - Jaap van Sweden, Dutch violinist/concert master
1961 - Dale Sanderson, CFL guard (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1962 - Holly Gagnier, LA, actress (One Life to Live)
1962 - Nadeem Ghauri, cricketer (bowled in Test for Pak v Australia 1990)
1962 - Ray Brown, NFL guard (Washington Redskins, SF 49ers)
1962 - Tracy Austin, Rolling Hills Calif, tennis pro (US Open 1979, 81)
1963 - Teresa Blake, Tuscaloosa Ala, actress (Gloria Marsh-All My Children)
1964 - Haywood Jeffires, NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers)
1964 - Rockin' Jeff, rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train)
1965 - Laurie Grover-Tavares, Newark NJ, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1966 - Cheryl Dickey, Houston Texas, 100m hurdler
1966 - Jim Sandlak, Kitchener, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks)
1967 - David Szott, NFL guard (KC Chiefs)
1967 - John Randle, NFL defensive tackle (Minn Vikings)
1967 - Masood Anwar, cricketer (one Test Pakistan v West Indies 1990)
1968 - Chris Walsh, NFL wide receiver (Minn Vikings)
1968 - Kurt Schulz, safety (Buffalo Bills)
1968 - Laurie Williams, cricketer (West Indian ODI all-rounder v NZ 1996)
1968 - Ray Ethridge, wide reciever (Baltimore Ravens)
1968 - Tatianna, Phila Pa, spanish singer (Baile Commigo, Chicad de Hoy)
1969 - Carrie Westcott, Mission Hills KS, playmate (Sep, 1993)
1969 - Courtney Hawkins, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs, Pitts Steelers)
1969 - Doug Terry, NFL/WLAF safety (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores)
1969 - Frank Dikstaal, soccer player (MVV)
1969 - Jane Robinson, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1969 - Kris Wirtz, Red Deer Alberta, ice pairs (1994 Skate Canada)
1969 - Sebastian Savage, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
1970 - Ivano Newbill, NBA center (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1970 - Jennifer Connelly, Bkln Heights NY, actress (Labyrinth, Rocketeer)
1970 - Kirk Cameron, actor (Mike-Growing Pains, Teen Wolf II)
1970 - Madchen Amick, Reno NV, actress (Shelly Johnson-Twin Peaks)
1970 - Orlando Brown, NFL tackle (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1970 - MSdchen Amick
1971 - Becky Sunshine, [Rebekah Jayne Hunter], Ark, Miss Nude Calif (1993)
1971 - John Sacca, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 - Tito Wooten, NFL safety (NY Giants)
1971 - Toni Hodgkinson, Auckland NZ, 800m (Olympics-96)
1972 - Greg Randolph, Denver Colo, road cyclist (Olympics-74th-96)
1972 - Jamal Willis, NFL running back (SF 49ers)
1972 - John Walsh, NFL quarterback (Cin Bengals)
1972 - Kara Williams, Miss Texas USA (1996)
1972 - Missy Francis, LA Calif, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
1972 - Oliver Quass, WLAF kicker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1973 - Michael DiVenuto, cricketer (exciting Tasmanian batsman)
1973 - Reinard Wilson, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
1973 - Stanley Pritchett, running back (Miami Dolphins)
1975 - Mayim Winkelman Bialik, SD, actress (Blossom, Beaches)
1975 - Mayim Bialik
1977 - Bridget Hall, Dallas Texas, model (Ford)
1978 - Derrick Delmore, Camp Springs Md, fig skater (1996 Grand Prix champ)
Events
627 - Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen
1098 - 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara Syria
1474 - Isabella crowns herself queen of Castilië & Aragon
1479 - Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick III
1524 - Pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of Rome
1527 - Composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice
1653 - Barebone-parliament ends
1677 - Brandenburgs army occupies Stettin
1700 - Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/Ijsselstein adopt Gregorian calendar
1715 - Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund [NS=12/23]
1769 - Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee
1787 - Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify US constitution
1791 - Bank of US opens
1792 - In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Josep
1800 - Washington DC established as capital of US
1822 - Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US
1858 - 1st Canadian coins circulated (1¢, 5¢, 10¢ & 20¢)
1862 - Battle of Dumfries, VA
1862 - Naval Engagement at Yazoo River, MS (USS CAIRO torpedoed)
1870 - Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps
1871 - Jules Janssen discovers dark lines in solar corona spectrum
1878 - Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St Louis Dispatch"
1884 - 1st Test match played at the Adelaide Oval
1897 - Anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest Romania
1897 - Rudolph Dirks' 1st Katzenjammer cartoon strip in NY Journal
1898 - 1st 1st-class game between NSW & Tasmania
1899 - 1st case of plague on Oahu, Hawaii
1899 - George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee
1900 - National Negro Anthem, "Lift Every Voice & Sing," composed
1901 - Marconi receives 1st transatlantic radio signal, England to US
1903 - Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo
1904 - CMS McClellans "Leah Kleschna," premieres in NYC
1906 - Oscar Straus, 1st Jewish govt member, appointed Sec of Commerce
1912 - R Friml/O Harbachs musical "Firefly," premieres in NYC
1913 - "Mona Lisa," stolen from Louvre Museum in 1911, recovered
1913 - Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools
1915 - 1st all-metal aircraft (Junkers J-1) test flown at Dessau Germany
1915 - Aristide Briand forms French war govt
1915 - Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia
1916 - Worst train disaster ever (Modane France-543 killed)
1917 - French troop train derails in French Alps killing 543
1917 - Rev Edward Flanagan forms Boys Town outside Omaha, Neb
1920 - Maurice Ravels ballet "La Valse," premieres in Paris
1925 - Arthur Heinman coins term "motel," opens Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo
1925 - Cossack officer/ex-premier Reza Chan becomes shah of Persia
1925 - Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rexa Shah Pahlavi takes over
1926 - Leningrad: premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 1st Pianoconcert
1928 - Nichols/Brownes "Wings over Europe," premieres in NYC
1930 - Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book
1930 - Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a HR, now a double
1930 - Start of the 1st Australia v West Indies Test (at Adelaide)
1931 - Japanese Govt of Imukai forms
1932 - S N Behrmans "Biography," premieres in NYC
1932 - USSR & China resume diplomatic relations
1936 - Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan
1937 - NBC & RCA sends 1st mobile-TV vans onto the streets of NY
1937 - Washington Redskins win NFL championship
1937 - Japanese aircraft shell & sink US gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized &
1939 - Russ Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die
1940 - British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani
1941 - European reservists on Java mobilizes
1941 - German occupying army do a house search in Paris looking for Jews
1941 - Russian 20th army recaptures Soljetsjnogorsk
1942 - German offensive in South Western Stalingrad
1945 - Special Court of justice convicts NSB-leader Mussert to death
1946 - Ice plant collapses, shearing a tenement building & burying 38
1946 - Tide detergent introduced
1946 - UN accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller Jr
1947 - United Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL
1949 - AL votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball
1950 - 16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB)
1950 - Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus & high school rule
1951 - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement
1952 - Dallas Texans (former Boston Yanks) play last game, last original team
1953 - Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane
1955 - 1st prototype of hovercraft patented by Brit eng Christoper Cockerell
1957 - Maj Adrian Drew flies 1,943 kph in F-101 Voodoo
1957 - US announces manufacture of Borazon (harder than diamond)
1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis weds his cousin Myra Gale Brown, 13, while still married to his 1st wife Jane
1958 - Dutch social democratic party-ministers/premier Drees dismissed
1958 - Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies v W Indies at Kanpur
1959 - UN Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established
1961 - Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36
1961 - Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstraters arrested in Albany Ga
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 - Argentina asks for extradition of ex-president Peron
1963 - Frank Sinatra Jr returned after being kidnapped
1963 - Kenya (formerly British East Africa) declares independence from UK
1964 - Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of 5 TD passes
1964 - Shooting starts for "Star Trek" pilot "The Cage" (Menagerie)
1965 - Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales)
1965 - Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in 1st Test, goes on to 155
1965 - Gale Sayers of Chicago Bears scores 6 TDs, ties NFL record
1965 - Vivian Beaumont Theater opens at 65th St & Amsterdam Ave NYC
1966 - US Supreme Courts votes 4-3 allowing Braves to move to Atlanta
1967 - US launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit
1968 - Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis
1968 - Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired
1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 - "Hello Dolly" with Barbra Striesand premieres
1969 - Bill Toomey achieves world record-score (8417 points)
1969 - Bomb attack on bank in Milan, 14 killed
1970 - Polish government proclaims price rise
1970 - Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays
1970 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1973 - Canada begins selling Olympic coins ($5 & $10 silver coins)
1973 - San Diego files anti-trust against NL (stopping Padres move to DC)
1975 - Gas stove explodes & starts fire killing 138 (Mecca Saudi Arabia)
1975 - Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to trying to kill Pres Gerald Ford
1976 - QB Joe Namath last game as a NY Jet
1977 - Yanks purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves
1979 - Gold hits record $462.50 an ounce
1979 - Rhodesia becomes independent nation of Zimbabwe
1980 - US's copyright law amended to include computer programs
1981 - "1st" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 37 performances
1981 - Gambia & Senegal sign agreement to be known as Senegambia in Feb 1982
1981 - Wayne Gretzky scores quickest 50th goal (game 39)
1982 - "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" closes at Ambassador NYC after 6 perf
1982 - $9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in NYC
1982 - 57th Australian Womens Tennis: C Evert beats M Navratilova (63 26 63)
1982 - Joanne Carner/John Mahaffey wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1983 - A truck bomb explodes at US Embassy in Kuwait
1985 - 248 US soldiers & 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash
1985 - DC-8 crashes near Gander, Newfoundland; 258 die
1985 - NASA launches space vehicle S-207
1986 - David Boon's fourth Test century, 103 v England at Adelaide
1986 - James "Bone Crusher" Smith TKO's WBA champ Tim Witherspoon in MSG
1986 - Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed
1986 - South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested
1987 - Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game
1987 - Okla's sets NCAA record of 33 steals vs Centenary
1987 - Rollermania at MSG, Eastern Express beats Midwest Pioneers
1988 - 3 trains collide in London, 40 die
1988 - NYC Subway system adds new stations (Z line)
1988 - PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist
1988 - Sandra Miller of Queens sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment
1990 - US accuses Iraq of dragging its feet on dates for talks
1990 - US ambassador to Kuwait, Nathaniel Howell leaves Kuwait
1991 - Actor Richard Gere marries super model Cindy Crawford
1991 - Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community
1991 - NJ Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 121-81
1991 - Orion Pictures filed Chapter 11 for bankruptcy protection
1991 - Tampa Bay Bucaneer Dexter Manley, retires after failing drug test
1992 - 58th Heisman Trophy Award: Gino Torretta, Miami-Fla (QB)
1992 - 6.8-7.5 earthquake strikes Flores Island (tsunami kills 3,000)
1992 - Japanese crown prince Naruhito announces engagement to Masaka Owada
1992 - Julia Kurotchkina, 18, of Russia, crowned 42nd Miss World
1992 - NY Giants lose 19-0 to Phoenix Cardinals
1993 - "Any Given Day" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 32 performances
1993 - "Kentucky Cycle" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 34 performances
1993 - WAQX 104.3 (Q-104) rock format replaces WNCN classic format in NYC
1995 - CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31
1995 - Israeli PM Shimon Peres address both house of US congress
1995 - NBA referees return to work after striking
1995 - Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (nee
1996 - Assassination attempt on Uday (Iraqi's heir to Sadam Hussain)
1996 - Marlins sign their 6th free-agent since Nov 22, Moises Alou
1997 - Carlos the Jackal, "professional revolutionary" goes on trial in Paris
1997 - Florida releases Alex Arias, the last original Marlin
1997 - Japanese train builders (Maglev) claim world speed record at 332 MPH
1997 - Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to record 6 year $69 million contract
1997 - SWAT team shoots John E Armstrong in Fla, freeing 2 young hostages
1997 - TWA 800 hearings end
1997 - Fed judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby's daughter, to 26 months for t
Deaths
884 - Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies
1112 - Tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies
1204 - Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69
1263 - Hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies
1600 - John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies
1677 - Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle
1772 - Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41
1777 - Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69
1777 - Benjamin Russen, Rev, executed at Tyburn England for rape
1777 - Benjamin Russen, reverend, executed at Tyburn England for rape
1788 - Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88
1812 - John Malchair, composer, dies at 82
1836 - Giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67
1843 - Willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71
1872 - Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72
1877 - Jos‚ M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48
1880 - Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83
1889 - Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77
1912 - Luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91
1914 - Watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La
1920 - Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75
1920 - Paul Lacome, composer, dies at 82
1921 - Henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies
1923 - Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 2
1926 - Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Contes sans morale), dies at 77
1927 - Heinrich Reitsch, composer, dies at 67
1932 - Egon Richter, writer, dies
1933 - Theodore Moses Tobani, composer, dies at 78
1937 - Alfred Abel, actor (Dr Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at 57
1939 - Douglas Fairbanks, actor (Zorro, 3 Musketeers, Robin Hood), dies at 5
1946 - Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Abelard & Helo‹se), dies at 6
1947 - J£lio A Peixoto, Brazilian writer (Fruta do Mato), dies at 70
1956 - Lorenzo Perosi, composer, dies at 83
1957 - Robert Frank Kurka, composer, dies at 35
1959 - Russell Simpson, actor (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 79
1961 - Daiun Sogaku Harada, Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage, dies at 91
1962 - Sid Saylor, actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at 67
1964 - H I "Sailor" Young, cricketer (left-arm bowler Eng v Aust 1899), dies
1965 - Johnny Lee, actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 67
1968 - Tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65
1968 - Walter Robins, cricketer (19 Tests for England 64 wkts), dies
1970 - Louis Zimmer, Flem clock maker (Jubelklok, Wonder Clock), dies at 82
1971 - David Sarnoff, US TV pioneer (RCA), dies at 80
1971 - Frank Wolff, actor (Erotic Illusion, Last Gun), suicide at 43
1971 - Jack Barnhill, Northern Ireland senator, assassinated
1971 - John A Emmens, art historian/poet (Dog of Pavlov), dies at 47
1976 - Jack Cassidy, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He & She), dies at 49
1977 - Clementine O Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), British barones, dies at 92
1978 - Clifton Chenier, US accordionist (Bayou Blues), dies at 53
1978 - Fay Compton, actress (Othello), dies at 74
1985 - Anne Baxter, actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel), dies at 62
1985 - Ian Stewart, keyboardist/road mgr (Rolling Stones), dies at 47
1987 - Louis de Meester, composer, dies at 83
1988 - John Canning, NY Post managing editor, dies at 56
1991 - Eleanor Boardman, actor (Crowd), dies in at 93
1991 - Ken Keltner, US baseball player (Cleveland Indians), dies at 75
1991 - Lex Karsemeijer, Dutch tenor/choral dir (Sweet 16, Pro Musica), dies
1992 - Bernard CJ Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposopher (Free College), dies at 87
1992 - Jasu Patel, cricketer (29 wkts for India, best 9-69 v Aust), dies
1993 - Gerard "G‚" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/NVSH-founder, dies at 90
1993 - Jeremiah Sullivan, actor (Soldier, Double-Stop), dies of AIDS at 58
1993 - Jozsef Antall, historian/premier of Hungary (1990-93), dies at 61
1994 - Antoine Pinay, French PM (1952)/foreign minister, dies at 102
1994 - Donna J. Stone, poet, dies of heart failure at 61
1994 - Herman H Felderhof, radio-announcer/head (NRU/NOS Radio), dies at 83
1994 - John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer, dies at 68
1994 - Stuart Allen Roosa, astronaut (Apollo 14), dies of pancreatitis at 46
1995 - Andrew Olle, broadcaster, dies at 48
1995 - David Lincoln Lightbown, politician, dies at 63
1995 - David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer/politician, dies at 97
1995 - James Altgens, JFK assassination photographer, dies at 76
1995 - Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian, dies
1995 - Mary Bruce, dance Teacher, dies at 95
1995 - Mohyedin Alempour, tajik artist/journalist, dies at 50
1996 - Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner, dies at 70
1996 - Jack Perry, businessman, dies at 81
1996 - Jean-Pierre Guerlain, cosmetics pioneer, dies at 91
1996 - Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher, dies at 77
1996 - Vance Oakley Packard, writer (Hidden Perseuders), dies at 82
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