Births
1340 - Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders
1534 - Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)
1552 - Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612)
1634 - Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91)
1635 - Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)
1670 - Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer
1711 - Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer
1720 - Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists"
1766 - Friedrich Fleischmann, composer
1796 - Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists
1810 - Peter Singer, composer
1811 - William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair
1823 - Leonard Fulton Ross, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
1827 - Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal
1848 - William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer
1853 - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902)
1862 - Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to throne
1862 - Nikolaj N Yudenitcch, Russian general/counter-revolutionary
1864 - Ricarda Huch, writer
1865 - Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright (Victoria Regina)
1870 - Emil Mlynarski, composer
1871 - Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope)
1872 - Julius Fucik, composer
1880 - Elisabeth of Saint Drie‰enheid, [Catez], French mystic (Souvenirs)
1880 - Otto Vrieslander, composer
1882 - Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet/historian (Paraguay)
1887 - Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45)
1888 - Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter
1888 - Sydney Horler, English detective writer
1890 - Charles Wilson, Pres of General Motors (1940-53)/Sec of Def (1953-57)
1891 - Gene Lockhart, NYC, actor (Going My Way, Christmas Carol)
1893 - Josef Huttel, composer
1893 - Richard Dix, St Paul MN, actor (10 Commandments, Cimarron)
1894 - Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for Chinese)
1895 - Marie Ney, London England, actress (Brief Ecstasy, Simba, Witchcraft)
1898 - Herbert Marcuse, Berlin, communist philosopher (Eros & Civilization)
1898 - John Stuart, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Number 17)
1899 - Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies (Islam & Woman)
1902 - Charles W J Mengelberg, Dutch composer/conductor
1902 - Nathalie Sarraute, [Cherniak], Russian/French playwright
1903 - Bozidar Kunc, composer
1903 - Chill Wills, Seagoville Texas, actor (Fronteir Circus, Rounders)
1906 - Belle Stewart, singer
1906 - Clifford Odets, US, dramatist (1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy)
1906 - S I Hayakawa, (Sen-R-CA), educator (Language in Action)
1907 - Yvonne Desportes, composer
1909 - Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/5 OS]
1909 - Harriet Hilliard Nelson, actress (Ozzie & Harriet)
1909 - Lupe Velez, [Guadelupe Velez de Villabos], actress (Joe Palooka)
1911 - Alexander Hyatt-King, scholar (Mozart)
1911 - Hume Cronyn, London Ontario, actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon)
1912 - Harry Levin, literary Scholar
1912 - Henry L "Hank" Miller, US pilot/lt adm (WW II-Pacific)
1913 - Jan Slot, Dutch mayor (Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede)
1913 - Marvin Miller, St Louis Mo, actor (Space Patrol, Millionaire)
1913 - Red Skelton, [Richard], Vincennes Ind, comedian (Red Skelton Show)
1914 - Harriet Hilliard Nelson, Des Moines, singer/actress (Ozzie & Harriet)
1914 - Herbert Collum, composer
1914 - John G Bearer, writer (Metro, Drunken Canary, Fast Heartbeat)
1914 - Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch premier (KVP, Mammoth Law)
1914 - Mack Robinson, US, 200m dash (Olympic-silver-1932)
1914 - Harriet Nelson
1915 - Anthony Cox, English architect
1915 - Isaack Stouten, resistance fighter
1916 - Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education
1916 - Kenneth Armitage, English sculptor
1918 - Jane Frazee, Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah)
1918 - Nelson Mandela, Qunu S Africa, political prisoner (ANC)/Pres (1994-
1918 - Pamela Brown, England, actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula)
1918 - Nelson Mandela
1920 - Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World)
1921 - John H Glenn Jr, Cambridge OH, astronaut (Mer 7, sk:STS 95)/(Sen-D-Oh
1923 - Hector Tosar, composer
1924 - Howard Roberts, Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show)
1924 - Inge S”rensen, Denmark, 200m breaststroke (Olympic-bronze-1936)
1924 - John Cruickshank, French scholar
1925 - George Doggart, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1950)/MCC pres
1925 - Jaime de Mora y Arag¢n, actor/publicist (Last Judgement)
1925 - Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Austria, 100m dash (Oly-bronze-1948)
1926 - Bryan Johnson, singer/actor
1926 - Jane Hylton, London England, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot, Daybreak)
1926 - Richard Pasco, English actor (Gorgon, Arch of Triumph)
1927 - Kurt Masur, German actor (Hotel Deutschland)
1927 - Ludwig Harig, writer
1927 - Zin Harris, cricketer (father of Chris NZ batsman in 50's & 60's)
1928 - Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch writer
1929 - Dick Totten Button, Englewood NJ, figure skater (Olympic-gold-48, 52)
1929 - Michael Medwin, English actor (Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint)
1929 - "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You)
1929 - Dick Button
1930 - Siegfried Kurz, composer
1931 - "Papa" Dee Allen, Wilmington DE, percussionist (War-World is a Ghetto
1933 - Aad Nuis, Dutch writer/undersecretary of Education (D66)
1933 - Raymund Murray Schafer, Sarnia Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria)
1933 - Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Zima Russia, poet (Bratsk Station)
1934 - Edward Bond, English playwright/director (Blow-up)
1935 - Tenley Albright, Boston Mass, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
1938 - Britt Leach, Gadsen Ala, actor (Mickey-Spencer's Pilots)
1938 - Dudu Pukwana, [Mtutuzel], South African/British saxophonist/composer
1938 - Paul Verhoeven, director (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)
1939 - Hunter S. Thompson
1939 - Brian Auger, London, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis)
1939 - Dion DiMucci, Bronx, rocker (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love)
1939 - Hunter Thompson, Louisville Ky, writer (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas)
1940 - James Brolin, LA Calif, actor (Dr Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel)
1940 - Joseph Torre, outfield/manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP)
1941 - Jack Jersey, [de Nijs], Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer
1941 - Lonnie Mack, Aurora Indiana, rocker (Baby What's Wrong)
1941 - Marcia Jones Smoke, Okla, 500m kayak (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1941 - Martha Reeves, Detroit Mich, singer (& Vandellas-Dancing in St)
1941 - Martha Reeves
1942 - Alexander EHAML, prince of the Belgians/son of Leopold III
1943 - Bobby Sherman, Santa Monica Calif, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Brides
1943 - Calvin Peete, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1979 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1943 - Robin McDonald, Scotland, rock guitarist (Billy J Kramer & Dakotas)
1944 - David Hemery, English 400m-hurdler (Oly-gold-1968) [or 1948]
1944 - Jonelle Allen, NYC, actress (Bessie-Palmerstown USA, Berringers)
1945 - Danny McCullock, London, rocker (Animals)
1946 - Tim Lynch, rocker (Flaming Groovies)
1947 - Ayn Rumen, Bkln NY, actress (Janet-McLean Stevenson Show)
1947 - Kurt Mann, Roslyn NY, actor (Bad Penny)
1948 - Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer (Golden Earring, Radar Love)
1948 - Phil Harris, rocker (Ace)
1949 - Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler (1971-84)
1950 - Richard Branson, British music enterperneur (Virgin Atlantic)
1951 - Bruce Alan Lietzke, Kansas City KS, PGA golfer (1978 Canadian Open)
1952 - James Forbes, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972)
1953 - Peter Greenall, English brewer (Greenall Witley)
1954 - Imtiaz Ali, cricketer (brother of Inshan One Test WI v India 1976)
1954 - Ricky Skaggs, Cordell Ky, country singer (Heartbroke, Toy Hearts)
1954 - Robert Cameron, CFL punter (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1954 - Tobias Picker, composer
1955 - Teresa Ann Savoy, London England, actress (Caligula)
1955 - Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician
1957 - Nicholas Alexander Faldo, England, PGA golfer (1992 British Open)
1958 - Margo [AM] Vliegenthart, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
1958 - Nigel Twist, Manchester, rock drummer (Alarm-In the Summertime)
1959 - Audrey Landers, Phila, actress (Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line)
1960 - Anne-Marie Johnson, LA Calif, actress (In the Heat of the Night)
1961 - Elizabeth McGovern, Evanston Ill, actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer)
1962 - Engelbert Linder, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
1962 - Jensen Buchanan, Montgomery AL, actress (Vicky/Marley-Another World)
1963 - Lonnie Young, NFL safety/cornerback (NY Jets)
1964 - Susan Marie Snyder, actress (Julie-As the World Turns)
1965 - Robert Holland, CFL defensive back (BC Lions)
1965 - Yugi Iga, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1966 - Dan[iel Dion] O'Brien, Portland Oregon, decathelete (Olympic-gold-96)
1967 - Jeff Lageman, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 - Dusty Imoo, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998)
1970 - John Kalin, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
1970 - Margaret Langford, Vancouver BC, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1970 - Patrick Dancy, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
1971 - Kristi Coats, LPGA golfer (1995 Ping/Welch-66th)
1972 - Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Memphis, NBA guard (Orlando, Oly-gold-96)
1972 - Bernard Williams, NFL tackle (Phila Eagles)
1972 - Bruce Walker, NFL nose tackle (NE Patriots)
1974 - Derek Anderson, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1979 - Julie Gulbrandsen, Miss Arizona Teen USA (1997)
1994 - Ricardo Dela Corte, Italy, test tube baby born to oldest (62) mother
Events
64 - Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle)
1290 - King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews
1330 - Battle of Velbuzd
1536 - Pope's authority declared void in England
1572 - Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht
1588 - Admiral Howard beats Spanish Armada
1630 - Spanish troops occupy Mantua
1656 - -20] Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir & occupies Warsaw
1696 - Czar Peter I's fleet occupies Azov at mouth of Don River
1716 - Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels
1737 - Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians
1743 - 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)
1753 - Lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham Mass
1766 - Society of the Dutch Literary forms
1768 - Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song
1814 - British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc)
1853 - Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between
1861 - Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68 - Manassas -
1862 - Battle of Newburgh, IN - captured by Union forces
1863 - Battle of Fort Wagner, SC - Second assault US1500 CS174
1864 - President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service
1870 - Pontifical infalliability proclaimed
1872 - Britain introduces secret ballot voting
1882 - Louisville Tony Mullane is 1st to pitch righty then lefty
1893 - Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord's
1896 - 2nd US Golf Open: James Foulis shoots a 152 at Shinnecock Hills NY
1896 - George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket
1896 - Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut v Aust, Old Trafford
1897 - 3rd US Golf Open: James Foulis wins
1897 - Cap Anson, is 1st to get 3,000 hits
1907 - Florenz Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1907," premieres in NYC
1907 - French troops occupy Casablanca
1912 - Chic Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Phila Phillies in 11 innings
1913 - After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk
1914 - US army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps
1915 - 2nd Battle of Isonzo begins & ends with loss of 280,000 men
1915 - Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs
1918 - US & French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I
1921 - Black Sox trial begins in Chicago
1923 - England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law
1924 - KPD points out Rote Frontkämpferbund against Nazi
1925 - Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
1927 - Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit
1930 - SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland
1931 - 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched
1932 - Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands sign Unity treaty
1932 - US & Canada sign a treaty to develop St Lawrence Seaway
1935 - Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000
1936 - Spanish Civil War begins, Gen Françisco Franco led uprising
1938 - Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left NY for Calif
1940 - 1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct
1940 - British govt signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure
1940 - Democratic Convention nominates FDR for a 3rd term
1941 - SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia
1942 - 1st legal NJ horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens
1942 - Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, 1st jet fighter, takes 1st flight
1943 - British assault on Catania Sicily
1943 - Giants & Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, NY wins, 10-6
1944 - 7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault east of Caen
1944 - Allies air raid railways at Vaires Paris
1944 - Arne Andersson runs world record 1 mile (4:01.6)
1944 - British Mosquito's attack Cologne & Berlin
1944 - British air raid on German convoy SW of Helgoland
1944 - British troops occupy Bourquébus hill range Normandy
1944 - Polish troops under gen Anders occupy Ancona Italy
1944 - US troop march into St-Lô
1947 - British seize "Exodus 1947" ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine
1947 - King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill
1947 - President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act
1947 - Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game win streak
1947 - US begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands
1948 - "Marinka" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 168 performances
1948 - Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 HRs in a game
1948 - White Sox Fat Pat Seerey, hits 4 HRs in 11 inning game
1951 - Uruguay accepts its constitution
1951 - Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion
1951 - Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 7 for hw boxing title
1952 - KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting
1954 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament
1954 - Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game
1955 - 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially
1955 - 280 mm rain in Martinstown, Dorset (UK-record)
1956 - Ernö Gerö succeeds Matyas Rákosi as party leader of Hungary
1959 - 1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright)
1960 - 1st UN troops reach Congo
1960 - Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises
1960 - Premier Kishi of Japan, resigns
1961 - Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be b
1962 - Minn Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connec
1962 - Minn is 1st AL team to hit 2 grand slams in an inning as Bob Allison
1963 - Failed military coup in Syria
1964 - Race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln)
1965 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open
1965 - Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit
1966 - Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
1966 - Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
1967 - Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY
1968 - Intel incorporates
1969 - Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL
1970 - "Boy Friend" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 119 performances
1970 - Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily
1970 - Giants Willie Mays hits 3,000 homers
1970 - Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time
1970 - WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 - Willie Mays, is 10th to get 3,000 hits
1971 - Eddy Merckx wins his 3rd Tour de France
1972 - 200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns
1972 - Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out
1972 - Mike Procter 8-73 with hat-trick, plus 51 & 102, Gloucs v Essex
1974 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1974 - World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed
1975 - Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive
1976 - "Something's Afoot" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 61 performances
1976 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
1976 - Lucien van Impe wins Tour de France
1976 - Stockhausens "Sirius," premieres in NYC
1976 - Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut
1977 - Hugh Leonard's "Da," premieres in London
1977 - Vietnam becomes member of UN
1978 - Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting
1978 - Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks
1979 - Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London
1979 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 - Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts
1980 - Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly France
1980 - Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women
1980 - Quett Masire installed as president of Botswana
1980 - Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
1981 - Part of Hyatt Regency Hotel KC caves in (113 killed)
1981 - Poland communist party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek
1982 - "Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 53 perfs
1982 - 111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon
1982 - Sally Little wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1983 - Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales
1984 - James Huberty kills 21 McDonald's patrons in San Ysidro Calif
1984 - Walter F Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in SF
1985 - USSR performs underground nuclear Test
1986 - 115th British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 280 at Turnberry Scotld
1986 - Royals announce manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor
1986 - Videotapes released showing Titanic's sinksen remains
1987 - Molly Yard elected new pres of Natl Org for Women
1987 - NY Yanks Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 cons games
1988 - Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on City of Poros cruise ship
1988 - Shooting begins on "License to Kill"
1989 - 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia (state record)
1991 - Florida Marlins' logo unveiled
1991 - Mike Tyson meets Miss Black America contestants
1992 - Film critic Roger Ebert marries Chaz Hammel-Smith
1992 - Helen Windsor (daughter of English prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylor
1992 - Sharon Belden, of Fla, 25, crowned Miss World USA
1992 - Singers Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown marry
1993 - 122nd British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St George
1993 - Afghanistan president Ishaq Khan & premier Nawaz Sharif resign
1993 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (51,596 K)
1993 - Hiromi Kobayash wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1993 - Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election
1994 - Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed
1994 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter
1994 - Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
1994 - Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan, 22, weds Don Burton, 32
1994 - Crayola announces introduction of scented crayons
1994 - Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12
1994 - NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker
1995 - DC3 crashes at Antananarivo Madagaskar, 34 die
1999 - 128th British Golf Open: at Camoustie Scot
Deaths
640 - Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58
1100 - Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies
1374 - Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69
1544 - Ren‚ van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25
1591 - Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40
1608 - Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61
1639 - Bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies
1642 - Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies
1650 - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74
1695 - Joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61
1710 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36
1721 - Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies
1735 - Johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83
1817 - Jane Austen, writer, dies
1831 - Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72
1833 - Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63
1854 - Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41
1863 - William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29
1872 - Benito Ju rez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66
1892 - Thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83
1894 - Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75
1898 - Emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62
1899 - Horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies
1901 - Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79
1902 - John White, composer, dies at 47
1908 - Jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83
1915 - George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53
1938 - Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35
1939 - Witold Maliszewski, composer, dies at 65
1941 - Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80
1944 - George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60
1944 - Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (Centaurs' Booty), dies at 74
1949 - V¡tezslav Augustin R Nov k, Slovak composer (Profundis), dies at 78
1950 - Carl Clinton Van Doren, US literary (The Nation), dies at 64
1956 - Willem J A Kerncamp, Dut overseas minister (Islam & Woman), dies at 5
1958 - Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker), dies at 84
1958 - John Gobau, Flem/Dutch actor (Death of Business Traveller), dies at 6
1961 - Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67
1963 - A H C Cooper, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies
1965 - Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64
1966 - Bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22
1966 - German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44
1967 - Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 66
1969 - Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57
1970 - Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 8
1973 - Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62
1975 - Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74
1980 - Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), die
1981 - Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist, dies at 87
1984 - James Oliver Huberty, shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds
1986 - Stanley Rous, British soccer official, dies at 91
1987 - Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer, dies at 87
1988 - Nico, US model/pop singer (Velvet Underground), dies at 43
1989 - Donnie Moore, pitcher (Angels), shoots himself at 35
1989 - Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21
1990 - Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies at 78
1990 - Karl Menninger, psychatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer
1991 - Andr‚ Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered at 63
1991 - Harold Butler, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1947-48, 12 wkts), dies
1992 - Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies
1992 - Mollie Parnis, fashion designer (Mamie Eisenhower), dies
1992 - Rudolf Ising, cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies), dies at 88
1992 - Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies
1993 - Jean Negulesco, director (3 Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93
1993 - John Beck, US producer (Harvey, Singing Nun), dies at 83
1993 - Robert Davis, dies of emphysema at 76
1993 - Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35
1993 - Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies
1994 - Gottfried Reinhardt, [Goldmann], German/US director, dies at 83
1995 - Fabio Casartelli, Italian olympian (Oly-gold-92), dies at 24
1996 - Hans Fellner, bookseller, dies at 71
1997 - Eugene Shoemaker, astronomer (Shoemaker-Levy comet), dies at 69
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