Births
1443 - Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael
1584 - John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony
1660 - Andre Campra, composer
1667 - Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer
1708 - Marianus Konigsperger, composer
1720 - Jean-Jacques Robson, composer
1786 - John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament [or 12/14]
1791 - Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer
1795 - Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution)
1800 - Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen)
1803 - Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)
1808 - Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horatius)
1812 - Elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 189
1818 - William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army)
1822 - Frances Crabbe, England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society
1825 - Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer
1835 - Samuel Butler, England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh)
1838 - Melesio Morales, composer
1858 - Billy Gunn, cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99)
1861 - Lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul)
1865 - Edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse (WW I)
1866 - Vassily V Kandinsky, Russ/Ger/Fr abstract painter (Dreamy Inspiration
1866 - Wassily Kandinsky
1868 - Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter
1874 - Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)
1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austria, poet (Duino Elegies)
1875 - R M Rilke, writer
1876 - Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)
1879 - Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer
1881 - Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)
1888 - Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34)
1889 - Buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse)
1889 - Isabel Randolph, IL, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks)
1892 - Francisco Franco
1892 - Francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Spanish General/dictator (1936-75)
1895 - Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)
1896 - Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS]
1897 - Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker)
1899 - Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer
1903 - Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian
1903 - Cornell Woolrich, US, writer (El Angel Negro)
1905 - Emilio M‚dici, president Brazil (1969-74)
1907 - Jo Boer, Dutch author (Catharina & the Magnolias)
1908 - A D Hershey, US, biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969)
1910 - Alex North, Chester Penn, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata)
1910 - Amar Singh, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties)
1910 - Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92)
1912 - Alfons "Alphons" Berckmans, Flemish/British actor (Family Stastok)
1912 - Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't rep Aust)
1912 - Jimmy Jewel, comedian
1912 - John W Pritchard, [Ian Wallace], US, sci-fi author (Megalomania)
1915 - Allan Jackson, Hot Springs Ark, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand)
1915 - Fred Freer, cricketer (Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946
1920 - Michael Bates, Jhansi India, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton)
1921 - Deanna Durbin, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist (100 Men & a Girl)
1922 - Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps)
1923 - Charles Keating, district attorney (LA Calif)
1924 - John Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)
1925 - Maurice Binder, NYC, photographer/film titler (James Bond)
1926 - Lee Doraey, rocker
1928 - Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20)
1930 - Harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953)
1930 - Paul-Heinz Dittrich, composer
1930 - Roman Semyonovich Ledenyou, composer
1930 - Ronnie Corbett, England, comedian (2 Ronnies)
1932 - Edgar Valcarcel, composer
1932 - Joanne Battiste, artist (heroines)
1932 - Roh Tae Woo, Taegu South Korea, President South Korea (1988-93)
1933 - Horst Buchholz, Berlin Germany, actor (Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe
1934 - Victor French, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Highway to Heaven)
1934 - Wink Martindale, Jackson Tn, TV host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This
1935 - Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)
1936 - Larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist
1937 - Max Baer Jr, Oakland Calif, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies)
1938 - Andre Marrou, Libertarian Presidential candidate (1992)
1938 - Liesbeth Struppert, actress (Miep Gies-Anne Frank)
1938 - Lynn Blessing, vibes Player
1940 - Freddy Cannon, [Picariello], Lynn Ma, rocker (Palisades Park)
1940 - John Cale, Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Velvet Underground)
1941 - Humberto Solas, director/writer (Lucia)
1941 - Raul Blanco, Australian soccer asst coach (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1942 - Bob Mosley, Paradise Valley CA, rock bassist (Moby Grape)
1942 - Chris Hillman, San Diego Ca, singer (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn)
1943 - Patti Chandler, Calif, actress (Bikini Beach)
1944 - Dennis Wilson
1944 - Dennis Wilson, Hawthorne CA, drummer/vocalist (Beach Boys-My Room)
1945 - Michael Gerzon, mathematician
1945 - Pam Higgins, LPGA golfer
1947 - Ursula Krechel, writer
1948 - Lin Onus, artist
1948 - Roberta Lynn Bondar, Ontario, astronaut (STS 42)
1948 - Southside Johnny Lyon, NJ, rocker (Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home)
1949 - Jeff Bridges
1949 - Jeff Bridges, LA Calif, actor (Stay Hungry, Against All Odds)
1949 - Mary Bea Porter-King, Everett WA, LPGA golfer (1975 Golf Inns Classic
1949 - Russ Karel, director
1950 - Jan Rietman, Dutch radio/TV host
1950 - Karel van de Graf, Dutch TV host
1950 - Pamela Stephenson, Auckland NZ, actress (Superman 3, Sat Night Live)
1951 - Gary Rossington, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band)
1951 - Patricia Wettig, Cincinnati Ohio, actress (Nancy Weston-30 Something)
1952 - Ronald Michael Sega, Cleve Ohio, PhD/Astronaut (STS 60, 76)
1955 - Brian Prout, Troy NY, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
1955 - Cassandra Wilson, jazz singer
1956 - Bernard King, basketball player (NY Knicks, NJ Nets)
1956 - Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer (Olympics-silver-1976)
1956 - Herbert Groenemeyer, Germany, rocker (OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge)
1957 - Lee Smith, Jamestown LA, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1957 - Raul Boesel, Brazil, Indy-car racer (CART)
1958 - Bill Roy, Versailles Ill, skeet (Olympics-1996)
1961 - Frank Reich, NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
1961 - Frank Reich, quarterback (Detroit Lions)
1962 - Arnold Scholten, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1962 - John Gaasbeek, soccer player (FC Twente/NAC)
1962 - Stan Gelbaugh, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)
1963 - Johanna Wright, Raleigh NC, WPVA volleyballer (Pismo Beach-4th)
1963 - Mike Snoei, soccer player (Sparta)
1963 - Sergey Bubka, Ukraine, pole vaulter (Olympics-gold-88, 92)
1963 - Jozef Sabovcik
1964 - Marisa Tomei
1964 - Bill Peterson, Smithfield NC, WLAF general mgr (Amsterdam Admirals)
1964 - Marisa Tomei, Bkln NY, actress (My Cousin Vinny)
1965 - Rob Smits, pop drummer (Kong/Phlegm)
1967 - Klaus Wilmsmeyer, NFL punter (NO Saints)
1967 - Martha O'Kelley, US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1968 - Mike Barrowman, Costa Mesa CA, kayak/200m breast stroke (Oly-g-92, 96
1969 - Ferric Collons, NFL defensive end (New England Patriots)
1969 - Jacques Landry, Saskatoon Saskatchawan, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 - Marie-Jos‚e Morneau, Longueuil Quebec, 56 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1969 - Mik Middleton, WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons)
1969 - Terry Glenn, wide reciever (New England Patriots)
1970 - Jeff Blake, NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
1971 - Terrence Wisdom, NFL/WLAF guard/center (NY Jets, London Monarchs)
1972 - Damien Covington, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1972 - Howard Eisley, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
1972 - Jassen Cullimore, Simcoe, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
1972 - Jude St John, CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1972 - Kerry Anne Guse, Brisbane Queensland, tennis star (1996 final Hobart)
1972 - Ted Johnson, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1973 - Corliss Williamson, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1973 - Tyra Banks, model/actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
1973 - Tyra Banks
1974 - Anke Huber, Bruchsal Germany, tennis star (1996 finalist Australian)
1976 - John Lee, Chicago Ill, dance skater (& Julia Bikbova)
1977 - Emily Ballard, Miss Washington Teen USA (1996)
1977 - Shahid Nazir, cricketer (Pakistan Test fast bowler v Zimbabwe 1996)
Events
1110 - Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
1197 - Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah
1259 - Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III & French king Louis IX
1489 - Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from Moors
1534 - Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad
1563 - Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years
1619 - America's 1st Thanksgiving Day (Va)
1644 - 1st European peace congress opens in Münster
1655 - Middelburg Neth forbids building of synagogue
1665 - Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris
1674 - Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago
1680 - Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th
1682 - 1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
1688 - General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III
1691 - Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
1691 - Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
1783 - Gen Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC
1791 - Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published
1798 - Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt
1812 - Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower
1816 - James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King
1829 - Britain abolished "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral p
1832 - French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp
1833 - American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila
1836 - Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa
1843 - Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass
1843 - Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri," premieres in Leipzig
1844 - James K Polk elected 11th president of US
1851 - Pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France
1863 - Storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces
1864 - Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA
1864 - Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
1867 - Grange organized to protect farm interests
1875 - William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail
1889 - Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean
1890 - Willem III, Dutch king, buried
1899 - 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes
1899 - Webb Hayes son of pres Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor
1901 - Anne Russell's "Girl & the judge," premieres in NYC
1905 - British government of Balfour resigns
1906 - Alpha Phi Alpha, 1st Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms
1908 - Haiti's president-General Alexis Nord flees from military coup
1909 - 1st CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Parkdale, 26-6
1914 - Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to ta
1915 - F F Fletcher is 1st admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor
1915 - Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Ga
1915 - Panama Pacific International Exposition opens
1918 - Pres Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel out
1920 - 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds
1920 - 8th CFL Grey Cup: U of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 16-3
1922 - Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service
1923 - Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres
1923 - WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show)
1926 - 14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats U of Toronto, 10-7
1927 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow
1927 - Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem
1927 - Pirates Paul Waner wins NL MVP
1928 - Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in NYC
1930 - French govt of Tardieu falls
1930 - Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control
1931 - "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair
1933 - FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1933 - Jack Kirkland's "Tobacco Road," premieres in NYC
1935 - 1,200 at St Joseph's College (Phila) enroll in anticommunism class
1941 - Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts
1942 - 1st US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey)
1942 - FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
1942 - US bombers struck Italian mainland for 1st time in WW II
1942 - Works Progress Administration liquidated
1943 - -Dec 6] 2nd conference of Caïro: FDR, Churchill & Turkish pres Inönü
1943 - Commissioner Landis announces any baseball club may sign Negroes
1943 - Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr Ribar
1944 - Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded
1945 - 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB)
1945 - Senate approves US participation in UN
1947 - USSR joins Intl Amateur Athletic Union
1948 - "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 48 performances
1948 - SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die
1949 - Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run
1951 - Copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper," premieres in NYC
1951 - Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500
1952 - Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word
1952 - Walter P Reuther chosen chairman of CIO
1954 - "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 perfs
1954 - "On Your Toes" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 64 performances
1955 - Mgr Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht
1956 - 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB)
1957 - 1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published
1957 - 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's England)
1958 - Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within Fr Community
1958 - Finnish govt of Fagerholm, resigns
1961 - Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1961 - Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days
1961 - Smallest NY Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm)
1961 - Tanganyika becomes 104th member of UN
1961 - WXGA TV channel 8 in Waycross, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 - Aldo Moro forms Italian govt
1963 - Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council
1964 - Baseball approves a free-agent draft
1964 - Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album
1964 - Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes
1964 - Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, v Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31
1965 - "Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert NYC after 232 perfs
1965 - 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die
1965 - 2nd NY Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)
1965 - Gemini 7 (Borman & Lovell) launched
1965 - SF Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with th
1966 - KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies Golf Invitational
1970 - Unemployment in US increases to 5.8%
1973 - Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter
1974 - Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims
1974 - Jean-Paul Sartre visits RAF leader Andreas Baader in prison
1975 - 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead
1976 - Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner)
1977 - Hollis Stacy/Jerry Pate wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship
1977 - Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself
1977 - NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7
1977 - Neil Simon's "Chapter Two," premieres in NYC
1978 - Dianne Feinstein is named SF 1st female mayor
1978 - Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed
1978 - Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
1978 - War criminal Pieter Menten freed
1979 - Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 7, Bingo Smith
1979 - Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero)
1980 - 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up
1980 - Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
1981 - "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV
1981 - Pres Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence
1981 - Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333)
1981 - According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent country
1982 - 48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)
1982 - China adopts its constitution
1982 - Police & racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp
1983 - "Amen Corner" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances
1983 - "Baby" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 241 performances
1983 - David Shire & R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby," premieres in NYC
1983 - NJ Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0
1983 - US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
1984 - Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
1985 - "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London
1985 - French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski
1985 - Pres Reagan appoints Vice Adm John Poindexter as security adviser
1986 - NASA launches Fltsatcom-7
1986 - Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound," premieres in NYC
1987 - Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51)
1988 - Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash
1988 - Amy Benz/John Huston wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1988 - Orioles trade veteran 1B Eddie Murray to the Dodgers
1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1990 - Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in NYC
1990 - Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages
1991 - Judds final concert (Nashville)
1991 - Muslim Shites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6½ years)
1991 - Pan American World Airways ceased operations
1991 - Patricia Bowman testifies that William Kennedy Smith raped her
1993 - Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec)
1993 - Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53)
1994 - "Angels in America-Perestroika" closes at W Kerr NYC after 216 perfs
1994 - "Angels in America-Millennium Approach" closes at Kerr after 367 perfs
1994 - 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
1994 - Marta Figueras-Dottie/Brad Bryant wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1995 - Atherton (185*) bats for 643 minutes to save Johannesburg Test
1996 - 7th Billboard Music Awards
1996 - NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral
1996 - Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing
1997 - "Diary of Anne Frank," opens at Music Box Theater NYC
1997 - NBA suspends Latrell Sprewell for 1 year for attacking his coach
9771 - Karel, the Great, becomes king of all France
Deaths
771 - Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20
811 - Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39
1137 - Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67
1182 - Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies
1334 - John XXII, [Jacques DuŠze], Pope (316-34), dies
1371 - Reinald III, the Fat Duke, duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38
1371 - Stefanus X Uros V, king of Serbia (1355-71), dies
1514 - Richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide(?)
1576 - Rheticus, mathematician, dies
1603 - Maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71
1642 - Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lu‡on, dies at about 57
1649 - Outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73
1676 - Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39
1732 - John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47
1798 - Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61
1807 - Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston
1836 - Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79
1884 - Alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45
1890 - Willem III, Dutch king, buried
1909 - Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60
1915 - Gustav Hollaender, composer, dies at 60
1923 - [Auguste-]Maurice BarrŠs, French writer/parliament leader, dies at 61
1932 - Gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64
1933 - Stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65
1935 - Hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies
1935 - Johan Halvorsen, composer, dies at 71
1938 - Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54
1943 - Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46
1948 - Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies
1952 - Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67
1953 - Daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80
1954 - Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies
1959 - Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58
1967 - Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72
1969 - Alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85
1969 - Fred Hampton, US Black-Panther leader, murdered
1971 - Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies
1973 - Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67
1974 - Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36
1975 - Hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5]
1976 - Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63
1976 - Tommy Bolin, rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose
1977 - Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72
1978 - Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76
1979 - Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
1980 - Francisco S Carneiro, PM of Portugal (1980), dies in air crash
1980 - Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69
1983 - Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55
1984 - John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94
1985 - Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83
1986 - Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89
1987 - Rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90
1990 - Edward Binns, US actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74
1993 - Frank Sturgis, watergate burglar, dies at 68
1993 - Frank V Zappa, US music/composer (Mothers of Invention), dies at 52
1993 - Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, Dutch medical astrologist, dies at 42
1993 - Margaret Landon, US author (Anna & the King of Siam), dies at 90
1994 - Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer, dies at 73
1994 - Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81), dies at 99
1994 - Julio Ramon Ribeyro, Peruvian playwright, dies at 66
1994 - Robert Jesse Charleston, museum curator, dies at 78
1994 - Thomas Roy Garrett, museum curator, dies at 63
1995 - Adrianne Jones, killed by David Graham & Diane Zamora, at 16
1995 - Itzhak Rabin, PM of Israel (1968-73), assassinated
1996 - Basil Nield, judge/politician, dies at 83
1996 - Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker, dies at 86
1997 - David Abell Wood, priest, dies at 72
1997 - Richard Vernon, British actor (Gandhi, Hard Days Night), dies at 72
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