Births
76 - Publius A Hadrianus, 14th Roman Emperor (117-138)
1664 - John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized)
1679 - Christian von Wolff, German philosopher
1705 - Farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato
1712 - Frederick II, (the Great), king of Prussia (1740-86)
1712 - Georg F Schmidt, German engraver/etcher
1732 - Pierre de Baumarchais, France, playwright (Barber of Seville)
1746 - Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92)
1750 - Wybo Fijnje, Dutch politician/patriot/journalist
1758 - Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer
1767 - Antony CW Staring, Dutch lawyer/poet (Jaromir)
1774 - Karl Moser, composer
1776 - Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)
1778 - Charles F, duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X
1798 - Karl von Holtei, Silezian actor/playwright (Die Vagabunden)
1798 - Karl von Staudt, German math professor (projective geometrician)
1800 - Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer
1814 - Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector
1814 - Abraham Czn van Stolk, resources/art collector
1820 - John Milton Thayer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 190
1828 - Adam Jacoby Slemmer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1828 - Ferdinand J Cohn, German botanist/publicist
1828 - Karol Studzinski, composer
1829 - William Mason, composer
1832 - John Pegram, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1833 - Bernhard Erdmannsd”rffer, German, historian (Deutsche Geschichte)
1859 - Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer
1862 - Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)
1874 - Arthur Shomburg, famous African
1880 - Elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar)
1883 - Estelle Winwood, [Goodwin], England, actress (Miracle on 34th Street)
1888 - Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, German inventor (1st rocket-powered aircraft)
1888 - Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author (Men Never Know)
1888 - Henry King, US, director (Jesse James, 12 O'Clock High)
1891 - Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor
1891 - Walter Model, German fieldmarshal
1895 - Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Der Halbe Mensch)
1895 - Eugen Roth, writer
1895 - Hans Fischb”ck, Austria, Finance minister (Nazi-occupied Holland)
1902 - Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist
1902 - Walter Keirnan, New Havens Ct, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret)
1903 - Robert Gwathmey, artist (Arts & Letters)
1906 - Norman Cook, museum curator
1907 - Alfonse Vranckx, Belgian lawyer/politician
1907 - Maurice Couve de Murville, France premier (1968-69)
1909 - Ann Todd, Hartford England, actress (Paradine Case, 7th Veil)
1909 - Tiny Winters, musician
1911 - C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, US, sci-fi author (Judgment Night)
1912 - Ken Weekes, cricketer (WI batsman v England 1939, 137 at The Oval)
1913 - Mark Goodson, TV game-show proudcer (Goodson-Toddman)
1913 - Norman Dello Joio, [Dello Ioio], NYC, composer
1915 - Ernest Borgnine, Hamden Ct, actor (Ice Station Zebra, McHale, Marty)
1915 - Robert B Motherwell, US, painter (Elegies to the Spanish Republic)
1915 - Vitezslava Kapralova, composer
1916 - John Corner, scientist
1916 - Vic Stollmeyer, cricketer (bro of Jeff Scored 96 in only Test innings
1917 - Ernest Borgnine
1918 - Gottfried von Einem, Bern Switzerland, Austrian composer (Dantons Tod
1918 - John McLiam, Alberta, actor (Parker-Men From Shiloh)
1918 - Oral Roberts, Televangelist; needs $8,000,000 (Oral Roberts College)
1919 - Leon Kirchner, Brooklyn NY, opera composer (Lily)
1919 - Nora Beloff, journalist/author
1920 - Don Saddler, Van Nuys Calif, dancer (Holiday Hotel)
1920 - Jerry Maren, actor (munchkin-Wizard of Oz, Mayor McCheese)
1921 - Bernard J Dwyer, (Rep-D-NJ, 1981- )
1922 - Neil Franklin, soccer star
1923 - Simeon ten Holt, composer
1924 - 8th earl Spencer, English large landowner/father of Diane
1924 - David Craighead, composer
1924 - Klaus George Roy, composer
1924 - Marvin Kaplan, Brooklyn NY, actor (Top Cat, Henry-Alice)
1924 - Robert W Kastenmeier, (Rep-D-WI, 1959- )
1925 - Maria Tallchief
1925 - Maria Tallchief, Fairfax Ok, ballerina
1925 - William Hudson, Calif, actor (I Led 3 Lives)
1927 - Paula Hawkins, (Sen-R-FL, 1981-86)
1928 - Desmond Morris, English zoologist (Human Ape, Body Language)
1930 - Bernard Matthews, English turkey farmer/multi-millionaire
1931 - Ib Norholm, composer
1931 - Kees Z˜lstra, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1932 - Werner Steger, composer
1933 - Ron Townson, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Aquarius) [or Jan 29]
1933 - Zeke Carey, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-I Only Have Eyes For You)
1936 - Daniel Goode, composer
1936 - Doug Kershaw, La, plays electric fiddle
1936 - Jack Scott, Canada, rocker (My True Love)
1938 - Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist
1939 - Ray Stevens, Clarksdale Ga, singer (Ahab the Arab, Streak)
1940 - Flip Buurmeijer, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1941 - Neil Diamond
1941 - Aaron Neville, US singer/keyboardist (Neville Brothers)
1941 - Michael Chapman, Leeds England, rocker (Looking for 11)
1941 - Neil Diamond, Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Jazz Singer)
1943 - Julie Bennett, Beverly Hills CA, actress (Hey There It's Yogi Bear)
1943 - Sharon Tate, Dallas Tx, actress (Valley of the Dolls)
1944 - David Gerrold, [Jerrold David Friedman], author (World of Star Trek)
1946 - Hubert M "Jubi" Kirindongo, Cura‡aos sculptor/painter
1946 - John Harrison, South Africa correspondent (BBC)
1946 - Michael Ontkean, Vancouver BC, actor (Rookies, Slap Shot, Twin Peaks)
1947 - David Randall, priest
1947 - Giorgio Chinaglia, soccer star (Lazio of Italy, NY Cosmos)
1947 - Warren Zevon, Chicago, rocker (Excitable Boy)
1948 - Elliott Abrams, asst secretary of state/supplied arms to the Contras
1949 - Bart Gordon, (Rep-D-TN, 1985- )
1949 - John Belushi, Chicago Ill, comedian/actor (SNL, Blues Brothers)
1950 - Daniel Auteuil, Algeria, actor (Elegant Criminal, Manon of Spring)
1951 - Yakov Smirnoff
1951 - Yakov Smirnoff, Russia, comedian (It's a wonderful country)
1952 - William F Readdy, Quonset Point RI, astronaut (STS 42, 51, 79)
1953 - Brian Matthews, Phila, actor (Burning)
1955 - James Montgomery, US 100m swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1976)
1955 - Julian Holland, rocker (Squeeze)
1958 - Frank Ullrich, East Germany, world biathlon champion
1960 - Nastassja Kinski, Berlin Germany, actress (Tess, Cat People)
1960 - Nastassia Kinski
1961 - Krasimir Mikhailov Stoyanov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut
1962 - Sultan Zarawani, cricketer (United Arab Emirates capt 1996 World Cup)
1964 - Rob Dibble, Bridgeport Ct, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1964 - Ronnie McCann, Evander South Africa, Nike golfer (1993 Hawkeye-37th)
1965 - Ross MacDonald, Vancouver BC, star yachter (Olympics-96)
1966 - Kim Saiki, Inglewood CA, golfer (1994 Standard Register PING-13th)
1966 - Mike Forgeron, Main-A-Dieu Nova Scotia, rower (Olympics-96)
1967 - Chris Warren, NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks)
1967 - Shannon Butler, South Lake Tahoe Calif, 10k runner
1968 - Mary Lou Retton
1968 - Mark Burmester, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test all-rounder in 3 Tests 1992)
1968 - Mary Lou Retton, Fairmont WV, gymnist (Oly-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-84)
1968 - Ross Powell, US baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros)
1968 - Scott Mercier, Harbor City Calif, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 - Louise McPaul, Australian javelin thrower (Olympics-silver-92, 96)
1969 - Stephanie Romanov, actress (Teri Spencer-Models Inc)/model (Elite)
1970 - Chris Bartolone, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
1970 - Matthew Lillard, actor (Scream)
1971 - Cory Bailey, US baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1971 - Joe Panos, NFL guard/center (Phila Eagles)
1971 - John Reece, WLAF/NFL cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals, Dallas Cowboys)
1971 - Saalman Raelyn, Fostoria Ohio, actress (Attack of 60' Centerfold)
1971 - Tonya Crowe, Long Beach Calif, actress (Olivia-Knots Landing)
1972 - Jay Walker, quarterback (Minnesota Vikings)
1972 - Joe Garten, WLAF center (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 - Raphael Graetz, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 - Salima Davidson, Pittsburgh Penn, volleyball setter (Olympics-96)
1972 - Shannon Garrett, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1973 - Chris Ferraro, Port Jefferson, NHL right wing (Oly-94, NY Rangers)
1973 - Erik Gervais, Valleyfield Quebec, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1973 - Peter Ferraro, Port Jefferson, NHL right wing (Oly-94, NY Rangers)
1973 - Richard Aimonetto, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1974 - Kristy Sargeant, Edmonton Alberta, ice pairs (1994 Skate Canada)
1974 - Layla Linn, Miss New Mexico USA (1996)
1974 - Tim Biakabutuka, running back (Carolina Panthers)
1975 - Danielle Connors, Miss Virginia USA (1996)
1976 - Laure Belleville, Miss Universe-France (1996)
1976 - Shae-Lyn Bourne, Chatham Ontario, ice dancer (1995 World Champs-4th)
1976 - Shae-Lynn Bourne, Ontario, pairs skater (Bourne & Kraatz)
1977 - Lenka Cenkova, Trinec Czech, tennis star (1995 Futures-Vaihingen-GER)
1979 - Tatyana M Ali, NYC, actress (Sesame St, Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
1993 - Ashley Jade Stern, daughter of radio personality Howard Stern
Events
772 - Stephen III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
817 - St Paschal I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Stephen IV
1076 - Synod of Worms: German King Henry IV fires Pope Gregory VII
1118 - Giovanni Caetani elected Pope Gelasius II
1328 - King Edward III of England marries Philippa of Henegouwen
1458 - Matthias I Corvinus chosen king of Hungary
1534 - François I signs classified treaty with evangelical German monarchy
1556 - Heavy earthquake strikes Shaaxi China, kills 830,000
1568 - Abdij Church in Middelburg destroyed by fire
1568 - In Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw
1613 - Amsterdams merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized
1616 - Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver
1634 - Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor
1639 - Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders
1644 - Battle at Nantwich Cheshire: Parliamentary armies win
1652 - Duke of Orléans joins Fronde rebels
1656 - 1st Jewish doctor in US, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland
1659 - Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris
1679 - King Charles II disbands English parliament
1722 - Czar Peter the Great begins civil system
1722 - Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st US divinity professor (Harvard)
1742 - German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor
1764 - Gov Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire
1839 - Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society
1847 - 1,500 New Mexican Indians & Mexicans defeated by US Col Price
1848 - James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, Calif
1861 - Arsenal at Augusta, Ga seized by Confederacy
1861 - Federal troops from Ft Monroe are sent to Ft Pikens
1862 - Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza
1874 - Gen J van Swieten conquerors Kraton Atjeh, after 1000's die
1874 - Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St Petersburg
1875 - Camille Saint-Saëns' "Danse Macabre," premieres
1892 - battle at Mengo, Uganda: French missionaries attack Brit missionaries
1899 - Belgium govt of Vandenpeereboom forms
1899 - Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan
1900 - Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
1900 - Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, forms in England
1901 - 1st games played in baseball's American League
1901 - Emily Hobhouse view lord Kitcheners concentration camp at Bloemfontein
1902 - Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA
1908 - Gen Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts
1913 - Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished
1914 - Opera "Madeleine," premieres in NYC
1915 - German-British sea battle at Doggersbank & Helgoland
1922 - -54°F (-48°C), Danbury, Wisconsin (state record)
1922 - Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo)
1922 - Lehman Caves National Monument established
1923 - Aztec Ruins National Monument, NM established
1924 - Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union
1924 - Russian city of St Petersburg renamed Leningrad
1925 - Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Is
1925 - Sandler follows Branting as premier of Sweden
1930 - J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut, NZ v England, Wellington
1930 - Stewie Dempster scores New Zealand's 1st Test century
1933 - Noël Coward's "Design for Living," premieres in NYC
1935 - 1st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," is sold by Kruger Brewing Co
1936 - Benny Goodman & orch record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records
1939 - 30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile
1939 - Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler & George Sisler elected to Hall of Fame
1939 - Spanish govt moves to Figueras
1941 - British troops march into Abyssinia
1942 - Musical "Star & Garter," premieres in NYC
1943 - Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death
1943 - Jewish patients/nurses/doctors incinerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau
1944 - Allied troops occupy Nettuno Italy
1945 - Scottish 52nd Lowland division occupies Heinsberg
1947 - NFL adds 5th official (back judge) & allows sudden death in playoffs
1948 - "Music in My Heart" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 124 perfs
1948 - Australia all out 674 v India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*)
1948 - Dutch Liberal Party forms-People's party for Freedom & Democracy (VVD)
1950 - Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history
1951 - Dutch govt Drees-van Schaik resigns
1952 - 1st NFL team in Texas, Dallas Texans formerly NY Yanks
1952 - Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base
1954 - BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter
1954 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open
1956 - 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record)
1958 - After warming to 100,000,000°, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, res
1959 - "Party with Comden & Green" closes at John Golden NYC after 38 perfs
1959 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's comedy "Cheryomushk," premieres in Moscow
1959 - WHCT TV channel 18 in Hartford, CT (IND) begins broadcasting
1960 - Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle
1961 - Edward Albee's "American Dream," premieres in NYC
1961 - Lazard Brothers Ltd draw a check for $334,867,807.68
1962 - 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany
1962 - Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles
1962 - Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1962 - Mickey Wright/Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1963 - Buddy Rogers & Lou Thesz wrestle in Toronto, Rogers becomes WWF wrestling champ & Thesz become
1964 - CBS purchases 1964 & 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million
1964 - Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking
1964 - 24th Amendment to US Constitution goes into effect & states voting rights could not be denied
1966 - WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1969 - Queen Juliana appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa
1969 - Spanish Gen Franco announces state of emergency
1970 - 3rd ABA All-Star Game: West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana
1970 - Valeri Muratov skates world record 500m (38.99 sec)
1971 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-6
1972 - WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
1973 - Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1975 - "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV
1975 - Fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England
1976 - Cleve Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89)
1976 - George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest
1977 - 5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid
1978 - 31st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 3-2 (OT) at Buffalo
1978 - Carter Executive Order on Intelligence (# 12036)
1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 - Islanders scored 5 power play goals against Nordiques
1981 - Kim Hughes scores 213 v India at Adelaide
1982 - Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
1982 - Superbowl XVI: SF 49ers beat Cin Bengals, 26-21 in Pontiac Mich
1983 - Hulk Hogan pins Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title
1984 - Apple Computer Inc unveila its Macintosh personal computer
1985 - 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched
1986 - 43th Golden Globes: Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win
1986 - NY Islander Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point
1986 - South Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president
1986 - Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons
1987 - 61st Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76)
1988 - 1st WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins
1988 - 76th Australian Mens Tennis: M Wilander beats P Cash (63 67 36 61 86)
1988 - 9th ACE Cable Awards
1988 - Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1988 - Cerebral Palsy telethon
1989 - 1st reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex
1990 - Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon
1991 - "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre St Denis, Montreal
1993 - 14th annual star-athon $24,000,000
1993 - Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed
1993 - Soyuz TM-16 launches
1993 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis
1994 - Dow Jones closes above 3,900 for 1st time (3,914.48)
Deaths
41 - Caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28
661 - Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered
772 - Stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies
817 - Stefanus IV, [V/Colonna?], pope (816-17), dies
1336 - Alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36
1473 - Conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies
1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason
1639 - George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated
1666 - Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77
1678 - Joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72
1805 - Giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50
1812 - Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72
1851 - Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76
1862 - James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33
1864 - Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54
1864 - Stephen Gardner Champlin, brig-general (Union), dies at about 36
1883 - Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70
1884 - Johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75
1885 - Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72
1901 - Simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68
1904 - Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77
1911 - Carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67
1913 - Gustav Luders, composer, dies at 47
1924 - Thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet/politician, dies at 80
1929 - Willem Royaards, theater directeor (Adam in Ballingschap), dies
1940 - Emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52
1943 - John Burns, English minister of Local Government (1905-14), dies
1947 - Felix Timmermans, writer/painter (Gift from St Nicholas), dies at 60
1950 - Bull Montana, actor (Son of Sheik), dies at 62
1953 - [Karl R] Gerd von Rundstedt, gen-field marshal (Normandy), dies at 77
1957 - Daniel Taylor, cricketer (bro of Herbie, 2 Tests for S Af 1914), dies
1960 - John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 6
1960 - Rutland Boughton, composer, dies at 82
1961 - Willem J M van Eysinga, people rights scholar, dies at 82
1962 - Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62
1964 - Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents), dies at 68
1965 - Winston Churchill, PM of Britain (C) (1940-45, 51-55), dies at 90
1967 - Howard Charles Shaiffer, entertainer, dies at 49
1969 - Pauline Hall, composer, dies at 78
1969 - Tom Zachary, baseball pitcher (Wash Senators), dies at 72
1970 - James "Shep" Shepherd, rocker (Shep & Limelites), beaten to death
1972 - Jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74
1973 - Alan Lisette, cricketer (took 3 wickets in 2 Tests for NZ 1956), dies
1973 - J Carrol Naish, actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan), dies at 73
1975 - Larry Fine, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 72
1979 - Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51
1979 - Mabel Taliaferro, actress (My Love Come Back), dies at 91
1983 - George Cukor, director, dies of stroke & heart attack at 83
1986 - Gordon MacRae, singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64
1986 - L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard, author (Death Quest), dies at 74
1988 - Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91
1989 - Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 4
1990 - Madge Bellamy, actress (White Zombie), dies at 87
1991 - George Gobel, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 71
1991 - Lawrence Lott, actor (Real Men, Phila Experiment), dies of AIDS at 40
1992 - Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies
1992 - John Bleifer, actor (Highway to Heaven), dies at 90
1992 - Tina Chow, model, dies of AIDs at 41
1993 - Thurgood Marshall, 1st black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84
1993 - Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist (Cumhuriyet Murder), dies
1994 - Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48
1995 - Ian Prestt, English ornithologist, dies at 65
1995 - Victor Reinganum, artist, dies at 87
1995 - Wim H Sinnige, Amsterdam PvdA alderman of Finance, dies at 60
1996 - Sandor Iharos, athlete, dies at 65
1996 - Ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner, dies at 75
1997 - Callum Alexander MacDonald, historian, dies at 49
1998 - Jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42
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