Births
1165 - Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic/philosopher
1456 - Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia)
1514 - Maximilian of Burgundy, viceroy of Holland
1609 - Judith J Leyster, Dutch house painter, baptised
1719 - Jan Nepveu, governor-general of Suriname (1769-79) [or Aug 27]
1745 - Piotr A von der Pahlen, milt governor (St Petersburg)
1746 - Thomas Heyward, soldier, signed Decl of Ind
1750 - Philippe Fabre d'glantine, France, poet/satirist/politician
1778 - Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1869
1804 - Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man is what he eats)
1808 - Charles Lucas, composer
1809 - Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, astronomer/Major General (Union volunteers)
1813 - Alberto Mazzucato, composer
1825 - William Duncan Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1833 - James Henry Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army) [or Jun 22 1814]
1835 - Jose Garcia Robles, composer
1837 - Christian Barnekow, composer
1844 - Gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet (Windhover)
1859 - Balington Booth, founder (Volunteers of America)
1866 - Beatrix Potter, England, children's author (Tale of Peter Rabbit)
1868 - Thomas P Krag, Norwegian writer (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran)
1868 - George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor
1870 - Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1927-31)
1872 - Albert P Sarraut, Fren gov-gen of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36)
1874 - Ernst Cassirer, Germany, philosopher/educator (Essay on Man)
1887 - Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase)
1890 - Marie Lohr, Sydney Australia, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel)
1891 - Ron Oxenham, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1928-32)
1892 - Joe E Brown, Holgate Ohio, comedian (Buck Circus Hour)
1892 - Petro Petridis, Greek composer (Isotope Suite)
1893 - Rued Immanuel Langgaard, composer
1897 - Emmy Arbous, [Emilia J Henke], Dutch actress (Little Rascal)
1900 - Maurice Johnstone, composer
1901 - Rudy Vallee, Vt, singer (Vagabond Dreams, My Time Is Your Time)
1901 - Rudy Vallee
1901 - Sandor Vandor, composer
1902 - Richard Rogers
1902 - Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Dead Reckoning)
1902 - Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian/British philosopher (Logic of Forschung
1903 - Catherine Dale Owen, actress (Behind Office Doors), Louisville KY
1904 - [John] Selwyn [Brooke] Lloyd, British statsman
1905 - Charles William Hutton, architect
1906 - Gottlob Frick, singer
1907 - Earl S Tupper, inventor (Tupperware)
1907 - Vivian Vance, Cherryvale Ks, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy)
1908 - Zbigniew Turski, composer
1909 - Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (Under the Volcano)
1910 - Clive Robertson Caldwell, British fighter pilot
1910 - Bill Goodwin, SF Calif, announcer (Jolson Story, Burns & Allen)
1911 - Ann Doran, Amarillo Tx, actress (Longstreet, Shirley)
1911 - Gerhard Stoeck, Germany, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1936)
1912 - Eleazar de Carvalho, Iguat£ Brazil, conductor/tuba (Tiradentes)
1916 - David Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes)
1916 - Laird Cregar, Phila, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square)
1922 - Jacques Piccard, Switzerland, undersea explorer (bathyscaph Trieste)
1923 - Kent L Lee, US vice-admiral (WW II-Marianas/Palau)
1923 - Mary Jane Odell, Iowa, secretary of state
1923 - Michio Watanabe, politician
1924 - Fred Fisher, cricketer (one Test for NZ v SA 1953)
1924 - Peter James Frederick Green, CEO (LLoyd's of London)
1925 - Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West
1925 - Larry Pruden, composer
1925 - Bruce Matthews, newspaper executive
1928 - Adrian Ratiu, composer
1929 - Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, NY, 1st lady (1961-63)
1929 - Remco [Wouter] Campert, Dutch literary/poet/son of Jan Campert
1930 - Darryl Hickman, Hollywood Cal, actor (Human Comedy, Tea & Sympathy)
1931 - Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler (60's)
1934 - Jacques d'Amboise, Dedham Mass, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Company)
1934 - Norman D Shumway, (Rep-R-California, 1979- )
1937 - Anthony Ward, writer
1937 - Peter Duchin, NYC, pianist/bandleader (Peter Duchin Orch)
1938 - Robert Hughes, [Studley Forrest], Australia, writer/critic (Barcelona
1938 - George Cummings, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show)
1938 - Alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru (1990- )
1939 - Clem Cattini, rock drummer (Tornados London)
1940 - Phil Proctor
1940 - Phil Proctor, comedian (Firesign Theater)
1941 - Riccardo Muti, Napoli Italy, conductor (Philadelphia Orch)
1943 - Bill Bradley, Crystal Ms, NBA forward (Knicks, Oly-gold-64/Sen-D-NJ)
1943 - Lawrence Elkins, football player FL (Houston Oilers)
1943 - Mike Bloomfield, Chicago Ill, blues guitarist/singer (Analine)
1944 - Mike Bloomfield, rocker
1944 - Daniel Morelon, France, 1K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
1945 - Jim Davis, cartoonist (Garfield)
1945 - Jim Davis
1945 - Richard William Wright, rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
1945 - Rick Wright, keyboardist of Pink Floyd
1946 - Douglas H Bosco, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
1946 - Jonathan Edwards, rocker
1946 - Linda Kelsey, Minneapolis, actress (Billie-Lou Grant, Kate-Day by Day
1947 - Miguelina Cobian, Santiago Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
1947 - Sally Struther, Portland Oregon, actress (Gloria-All in the Family)
1947 - Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
1947 - Elena Novikova-Belova, USSR, foils (Olympic-gold-1968)
1947 - Barbara Ann Ferrell Edmondson, Miss, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1968
1948 - Georgia Engel, Wash DC, actress (Georgette-Mary Tyler Moore Show)
1948 - Sally Struthers
1948 - Andy Fraser, rocker
1948 - Sergei Bodrov, Khabarovsk Russia, director (Katala, Somebody to Love)
1949 - Marilyn Quayle, wife of vice president Dan Quayle (1989-93)
1949 - Simon Kirke, rock drummer (Bad Company)
1949 - Steven Peregrine Took, rocker (T-Rex)
1949 - Vida Blue, major-league pitcher (Cy Young & AL MVP 1971)
1951 - Greg Gluffria, Wash DC, rock keyboardist (House of Lords-Sahara)
1952 - Monique Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince/Heir Apparent to Thailand throne
1952 - Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit)
1953 - Steve Duncan, Knoxville Tn, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
1954 - Ken Margolis, rocker (Mink DeVille)
1954 - Steve Morse, rocker
1958 - Terry Fox, Canadain one-legged marathoner (1980 Marathon of Hope)
1961 - David Huff, rocker (Giant)
1961 - Scott E Parazynski, Little Rock Ark, MD/astronaut (STS 66, 86, sk:95)
1962 - Rachel Sweet, rocker
1963 - Patrizia Pellegrino, Naples Italy, (Italy's Miss Teenager 1980)
1964 - Bruce Wilkerson, NFL tackle (Jaguars, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
1964 - Dave Alexander, NFL center (NY Jets)
1967 - Alex Galtcheniouk, hockey forward (Team Belarus, Olympics-1998)
1967 - Lori Loughlin, Queens, actress (Edge of Night, New Kids, Full House)
1969 - Corey Raymond, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
1969 - Jarrod Hanks, Lafayette LA, US gymnist (Olympic-92, 96)
1969 - Jaimie Dawson, Geneva Switz, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96)
1969 - Garth Snow, Wrentham Mass, US hockey goalie (Olympics-1994, Flyers)
1969 - Frank Lickliter, Middletown OH, Nike golfer (1993 White Rose-24th)
1969 - Wendi Simmons, Santa Rosa Calif, heptathlete
1970 - Paul Strang, cricketer (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner, 1994-)
1971 - Larry Kennedy, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
1972 - Manley Woods, NFL/WLAF receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Rhein Fire)
1972 - Brenda Schultz, Netherlands, tennis star
1972 - Elizabeth Berkley, Mich, actress (Jessie-Saved by the Bell, Showgirl)
1972 - Stacy Evans, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)
1973 - Nixon A McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler (ODI 1996)
1973 - Scott Bloom, Manhasset NY, actor (Keys, Stuff)
1977 - Aki Berg, Turku Fin, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
1979 - Kimberly Whiting, Miss Idaho Teen USA (1997)
Events
388 - Battle at Aquileja: Emperor Theodosius beats emperor Magnus Maximis
754 - Pope Stephen II, [III] makes Pippin de Korte, King of France
1148 - Crusaders attack Damascus
1402 - Battle at Ancyra/Angora/Ankara: Timur Lenk beats sultan Bajezid I
1434 - Navigator Gil Eanes leaves Cape Bojador for Lisbon
1540 - English King Henry VIII marries Catharine Howard, his 5th wife
1579 - Cardinal Granvelle returns to Madrid
1586 - Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe
1588 - Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I
1609 - Admiral George Somers settles in Bermuda
1635 - Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquerors Schenkenschans
1683 - Anne Stuart marries prince Georges of Denmark
1696 - De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French minister of Finance
1708 - Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC
1717 - Prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs
1741 - Capt Bering discovers Mount St Elias, Alaska
1742 - Prussia & Austria sign peace treaty
1808 - Mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey
1821 - Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1830 - Revolution in France replaces Charles X with Louis Philippe
1849 - Memmon is 1st clipper to reach SF, 120 days out of NY
1851 - Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph
1858 - 1st use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by
1858 - Nadar takes 1st airborne photo (in a balloon)
1858 - William Herschel of the Indian Civil Service in India
1862 - Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Mo
1864 - Battle of Atlanta GA (Ezra Church)-second sortie US700 CS4642
1864 - 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia
1866 - Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US
1868 - 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves
1882 - Opera "Parsifal" is produced (Beirut)
1883 - Shocks triggered by volcano Epomeo (Isle of Ischia, Italy) destroyed 1,200 houses at Casamicci
1886 - English Salisbury govt forms
1887 - NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs
1896 - City of Miami incorporated
1898 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Retired Colourman"(BG)
1898 - Spanish troops in Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrender
1900 - Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut
1906 - Yankees turn triple-play, beat Cleveland 6-4
1911 - 96°F (35.6°C) in De Bilt Netherlands
1913 - 12th Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)
1914 - Minister of Navy W Churchill routes British fleet to Scapa Flow
1914 - Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox)
1914 - World War I began when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
1915 - US forces invade Haiti, stays until 1924
1915 - 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (NYC) protesting lynchings
1917 - Silent Parade in NYC to protest murders of blacks in race riots
1919 - Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale (VVI) forms in Amsterdam
1926 - US & Panamanian pact about safeguard of Panama Canal
1928 - 9th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam
1929 - Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Mich)
1930 - 114°F (46°C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record)
1931 - White Sox score 11 in 8th to beat Yankees 14-12
1931 - Congress makes "Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd national anthem
1932 - Pres Hoover evicts bonus marchers from their encampment
1932 - Battle between unemployed war veterans & federal troops, 4 die
1933 - Spain recognizes the USSR
1933 - NFL divides into (2) 5 team divisions
1933 - 1st singing telegram delivered (to Rudy Vallee), NYC
1934 - 118°F (48°C), Orofino, Idaho (state record)
1935 - Belgium's Romain Maes, wins Tour de France
1937 - Eddie Paynter scores 322 for Lancashire against Sussex
1937 - Richard Moore scores 316 for Hampshire against Warwickshire
1938 - 34,000-ton Cunard-White Star liner Mauretania launched at Birkenhead
1938 - Bradman scores 202 Aust v Somerset, 225 mins, 32 fours
1939 - 5th Dutch govt of Colijn falls
1940 - Radio Orange, London begins
1940 - Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 HRs to beat White Sox 10-9
1942 - Nazis liquidate 10,000 Jews in Minsk Belorussia Ghetto
1942 - Zionists partisans ZOB forms in Poland
1943 - Pres FDR announces end of coffee rationing in US
1943 - Italian Facist dictator Benito Mussolini resigns
1944 - US 8th Army corp occupies Coutances France
1944 - Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy
1945 - US Senate ratifies UN charter 89-2
1945 - US Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Bldg, 14 die
1945 - Japanese premier Suzuki disregards US ultimatum to surrender
1947 - Iuliu Maniu's Boer party becomes forbidden in Romania
1948 - I G Farben chemical plant explodes in Ludwigshafen, Germany, 182 die
1951 - "Kiss Me, Kate" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 1077 perfs
1951 - Walt Disney's "Alice In Wonderland" released
1952 - Rogers Hornsby replaces Luke Sewell, as Cincinnati Reds manager
1954 - Ernest Blochs 4th string quartet, premieres
1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance (Steve Allen Show)
1957 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
1957 - White Sox' James Landis struck out 5 times in a game
1958 - Baltimore Colts wins NFL-championship
1959 - Great-Britain starts using postal codes
1959 - Hawaii's 1st US election sends 1st Asian-Americans to Congress
1960 - Republican National convention selects Richard Nixon as candidate
1962 - 19 die in a train crash in Steelton Pa
1962 - Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean
1963 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
1964 - England all out 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656 Match a draw
1964 - Ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures
1965 - LBJ sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam (total of 125,000)
1967 - Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) (England) closes down
1971 - Dutch ends censorship of "Blue Movie"
1971 - 16 time gold glover Brook Robinson commits 3 errors in 6th inning
1972 - 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162)
1973 - Skylab 3's astronauts (Bean, Garriott & Lousma) launched
1973 - Jane Blalock/Sandra Palmer wins Lady Angelo's 4-Ball Golf Tournament
1973 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1974 - Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Wheeling Ladies Golf Classic
1974 - 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck (Belem, Brazil)
1976 - 242,000 die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) 8.2 earthquake
1976 - 8.2 & 7.4 earthquake devastate Tangsha, China (240-750,000 die)
1976 - Eldon Joersz & Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 kph
1976 - White Sox John Odom (5 inn) & Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's
1977 - 1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska
1977 - Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin L Hooks
1977 - Test Cricket debut of Ian Botham v Aust Trent Bridge, 5-74 1st innings
1978 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 - At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees
1978 - Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for 1st time
1978 - 600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in NY
1979 - France performs nuclear Test
1979 - Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a 2nd 3 HR game
1980 - Peru adopts constitution, Fernando Belaúnde Terry becomes president
1983 - AL Pres Lee MacPhail threw out umpire's decision & allows
1983 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 - George Brett's 2 run HR against Yanks on July 24 (pine tar game)
1983 - NASA launches Telstar-3A
1984 - 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
1985 - Alan García sworn in as president of Peru
1985 - L Brock, Slaughter, A Vaughan, & H Wilhelm inducted into Hall of Fame
1985 - 13th du Maurier Golf Classic: Pat Bradley
1986 - Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed
1986 - NASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "U
1987 - 42nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Laura Davies
1987 - Angel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
1988 - Yanks' Tommy John makes 3 errors on 1 play yet beats Brewers 16-3
1988 - Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for 1st visit in 21 years
1988 - Jordan cancels $1.3 billion development plan in West Bank
1988 - Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson
1988 - IBM announces price hike on older models
1989 - Cards' Vince Coleman is caught stealing ends record streak at 50
1989 - NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleve, announce new high-temperature superconductors able to ope
1989 - Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run HRs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 HRs in an inning. Also ti
1990 - Alberto Fujimoro installed as president of Peru
1990 - Blackout hits Chicago
1991 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Bay State Golf Classic
1991 - Miguel Indurain of Spain wins Tour de France bicycle race
1991 - Dennis Martinez pitches the 15th perfect game in baseball history
1991 - Buffalo Bills beat Phila Eagles, 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley
1991 - 29th Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Nottingham England (2-1)
1991 - 12th US Seniors Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus
1991 - "Gypsy" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 105 performances
1992 - Ground breaking of Fla Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium
1993 - Mariner Ken Griffey Jr is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games
1994 - Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994
1994 - Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1994 - Texas Ranger Kenny Rogers pitches baseball's 12th perfect game
1995 - Art Modell's rep begins secrets talks to move team to Baltimore
1996 - Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Micelob Light Heartland Golf Classic
1996 - NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR
1997 - Peter Graf, father of Steffi, enters German jail for tax evasion
1997 - Mark Messier signs with Vancouver Canucks
2061 - 31st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
Deaths
450 - Theodosius II de Jongere, emperor Austrian Empire, dies
1057 - Victor II, [Gebhard], Pope (1055-57), dies
1101 - Su Tung-p'o, Chinese poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher, dies at 64
1330 - Michael III, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies in battle
1540 - Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed
1641 - John Amner, composer, dies at 61
1655 - Suzuki Shosan, Samurai/monk/propagator of Zen Buddhism, dies at 76
1655 - Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris
1655 - Savinien Cyrano seigneur de Bergerac, French author, dies at 36
1667 - Abraham Cowley, English poet (Mistress/Sex libri plantarum), dies
1711 - Gerard Lairesse, painter, buried
1723 - Mariana Alcoforado, nun (schreef no Lettres Portuguese), dies at 63
1741 - Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Italian composer, dies at 63
1746 - John Peter Zenger, journalist, involved in 1st amendment fight, dies
1750 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue), dies at 65
1778 - Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer, dies at 68
1794 - Robespierre, & 22 other terrorists executed to thunderous cheers
1794 - Maximilien Robespierre, Fr revolutionary/avocat (1781), guillotined
1794 - Georges Couthon, French politician, beheaded at 39
1802 - Giuseppe Sarti, Italian composer (Il er pastore, Ifigenia), dies at 7
1811 - Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies
1837 - John Ross, composer, dies at 73
1838 - Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62
1842 - C Brentano, writer, dies at 63
1849 - Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49), dies
1850 - Stefano Pavesi, composer, dies at 71
1863 - James Deshler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 30
1864 - Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer, dies at 67
1864 - Samuel Benton, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 4
1869 - Carl G Carus, German arts/psychologist/philosopher, dies
1872 - Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies
1895 - Joannes Kappeyne van Coppello, Internal minister (1877-89), dies at 7
1904 - Plehve, Russian foreign minister (bomb under carriage), dies
1915 - Vilbrun G Sam, rebellion leader/president of Haiti, lynched
1934 - Louis Tancred, cricketer (fourteen Tests batting for S Africa 1905-14
1934 - Marie Dressler, actress (Dinner at 8, Anna Christie), dies at 64
1937 - Joseph Lee, father of Playgrounds movement, dies
1937 - Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer, dies at 51
1939 - William J Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder Mayo Clinic, dies at 78
1940 - Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66
1956 - Ludwig Klages, German philosopher/graphologist, dies at 83
1965 - Maurice Yvain, composer, dies at 74
1965 - Minor Watson, actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid), dies at 75
1968 - Charles W Mayo, US surgeon, dies at 70
1968 - Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1944), dies at 89
1969 - Frank H Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 59
1969 - Ernst Tittel, composer, dies at 59
1969 - Gabriel von Wayditch, composer, dies at 80
1970 - John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orch), dies at 70
1971 - Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], photographer (Vogue), commits suicide at 48
1972 - Heal Traubel, US singer (Sieglinde in Walkre, Nightclubs), dies
1973 - Royal Butler, actor, dies at 80
1974 - Truman Bradley, TV host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69
1974 - Jack Ellis, cricketer (Victorian WK, Ashes tourist 1926), dies
1976 - Jacob Soetendorp, rabbi, dies at 62
1976 - Lucie Mannheim, actress (39 Steps), dies at 77
1978 - Jan Willem van Otterloo, composer, dies at 70
1980 - Cecil Burleigh, composer, dies at 95
1982 - George Kleinsinger, US composer (Tubby the Tuba), dies at 68
1983 - Alec Marks, cricketer (good NSW batsman 1928-37), dies
1984 - Bess Flowers, actress (View from Pompey's Head), dies at 85
1985 - Grant Williams, actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54
1986 - Syd Curnow, S African cricketer (168 runs in 7 Tests), dies
1986 - Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower), dies at 91
1987 - James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism), dies at 81
1989 - Jeff Richards, actor (Don't Go Near the Water), dies at 66
1990 - Maurice Braddell, actor (Things to Come), dies
1990 - Jill Esmond, actress (13 Women, My Pal Wolfe, FP 1), dies at 82
1990 - Armando Frid, of Argentina (Born May 24, 1866 Guin rec), dies at 124
1991 - Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45
1993 - Herbert Joeks, [van Hugten], Dutch actor (Pipo the Clown), dies at 77
1994 - Selwyn Powell, art Editor, dies at 82
1994 - Conrad W M”nnich, theologist (The Away), dies at 79
1994 - Colin Turnbull, anthropologist, dies at 69
1994 - Bernard Delfont, Rus/Brit impresario (Thorn EMI), dies at 84
1996 - Harold C Fox, Fashion designer/musician, dies at 86
1996 - Mickey Fenn, docker/socialist, dies at 58
1996 - Roger Tory Peterson, ornithologist/artist, dies at 87
1997 - Louis Cohen, physicist, dies at 71
1997 - Seni Pramoj, PM of Thailand (1945-46, 75, 76), dies
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