Births
1373 - Johanna II, Queen of Naples (1414-35)
1709 - Francesco Araja, composer
1735 - Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer
1796 - Ferdinando Giorgetti, composer
1813 - William Hugh Keim, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1823 - James Dunwody Bulloch, Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1901
1852 - Antonio Gaudˇ, Spanish architect (Sagrada Familia, Barcelona)
1858 - Georges Courteline, [Moineaux], French playwright
1860 - Gustave Charpentier, French composer (opera Louise)
1862 - Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, composer
1864 - Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physicist/chemist (Nobel 1920)
1865 - Robert Henri, US painter, leader of Ashcan school
1878 - Jean Gallon, composer
1886 - Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general, US Army Air Force (WW II)
1887 - George Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game)
1889 - Ethel Glenn Hier, composer
1889 - Margriet M C Baers, Flemish philosopher
1890 - Marchwitza, writer
1893 - Charlotte Greenwood, Phila, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami)
1894 - Hermann Oberth, Germany, founded modern astronautics (V2/Redstone)
1897 - Basil Radford, Chester England, actor (Whiskey Galore, Night Train)
1897 - Hans Barth, composer
1900 - Izak D du Plessis, South African writer/director (3rd World)
1900 - Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral
1901 - Adolf Brunner, composer
1903 - Arthur Tracy, Russia, street singer (Vincent Lopez Show, Limelight)
1903 - George Orwell, [Eric A Blair], British writer (Animal Farm, 1984)
1904 - Jan van Axel, [Johannes P Kraakman], Dutch director (Overschotje)
1905 - Ian Cromb, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in the early 1930's)
1906 - Roger Livesey, Barry Wales, actor (Drums, Life & Death of Col Blimp)
1907 - J Hans D Jensen, Germany, physicist (atomic nucleus-Nobel 1963)
1908 - Fr‚deric Anspach, Belgian tenor
1909 - Daniel Fuchs, US writer (Summer in Williamsburg)
1911 - Reed Hadley, Petrolia Tx, actor (Racket Squad, Shock, Grand Canyon)
1911 - William H Stein, US biochemist (Nobel 1972)
1912 - Virginia Lacy Jones, US librarian/presidential advisor
1913 - Aim‚ C‚saire, Martinique, writer (Ecrivian Martiniquais)
1915 - Peter Lind Hayes, SF Calif, comedian/singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show)
1916 - Theodore P Toynbee, British journalist/writer (Savage Days, Barricade
1921 - Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer
1923 - Dorothy Gilman, mystery writer
1923 - Jack Hill, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner of mid 50's)
1923 - Samuel Lewis Francis, painter
1923 - Tony Parker, oral historian
1924 - Sidney Lumet, Phila, director (Group, Pawnbroker, Fail Safe)
1924 - Sidney Lumet
1925 - June Lockhart
1925 - Clifton Chenier, Opelousas La, blues singer (Bayou Blues)
1925 - June Lockhart, NYC, actr (Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction)
1925 - Robert Venturi, Phila, architect (Levittown NY, Las Vegas)
1925 - Ziggy Talent, Manchester NH, singer (Vaughn Monroe Show)
1926 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austria author/poet
1926 - Pierre "Peyo" Culliford, Brussels Belgium, cartoonist (Smurfs)
1928 - William Joseph Russo, composer
1930 - Hugo Gabriel Gryn, rabbi
1933 - Gary Crosby, Calif, actor (Bill Dana Show, Adam 12, Chase)
1933 - Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian artist (glass painter)
1934 - Willy Rodriguez, cricketer (occasional leg-spin bat for WI in 60's)
1935 - Eddie Floyd, Montgomery Al, singer/composer (Calif Girl, Falcons)
1935 - Kurt Schwertsik, composer
1935 - Laurent Terzieff, Paris, actor (Head Over Heels, Milky Way) [or 7/25]
1935 - Wynand Breytenbach, S African under minister of Defense (1986- )
1936 - Harold Melvin, US singer (Blue Notes-My Hero)
1936 - Paul Nowee, Dutch western writer (Eagle's Eye)
1937 - Mirabel Morgan, author (Total Woman)
1940 - Clint Warwick, [Eccles], Birmingham England, bassist (Moody Blues)
1940 - Thomas K”hler, German DR, luger (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1941 - Denys Arcand, director (Jesus of Montreal)
1942 - Patrick Michael Mitchell, Ottawa, one of FBI's most wanted
1942 - Wilbert Bank, actor/director (On Hope of Blessing)
1942 - Willis Reed, NBA hall of fame MVP center/coach (NY Knicks)
1943 - Gerrit "Ger" Zijlstra, sculptor
1945 - Carly Simon, NYC, singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain)
1945 - Carly Simon
1946 - Allen Lanier, rock keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult)
1946 - Ian McDonald, London England, rock guitarist (Foreigner, King Crimson
1948 - Michael Lembeck, Bkln, actor (Max-One Day at a Time)
1949 - Brenda Sykes, Shreveport La, actress (Ozzie's Girls, Getting Straight
1949 - Jimmie Walker, Bronx NY, comedian (JJ-Good Times, At Ease)
1949 - Kene Holliday, NYC, actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country)
1949 - Phyllis George-Brown, Denton Tx, Miss Amer (1971)/sportscaster (CBS)
1949 - Jimmie Walker
1949 - Phyllis George
1950 - Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 33)
1950 - Tatyana Averina, USSR, speed skater 1K, 3K (Olympic-gold-1976)
1951 - Lee Wilkof, Canton Ohio, actor (WEB, Delta House, Elliot-Newhart)
1951 - Michael Francis, rocker
1952 - Brian MacLeod, rock guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist (Chilliwack)
1952 - Tim Finn, rocker (Split Enz, Crowded House, Puberty Blues)
1953 - Ian Davis, cricketer (Australian batsman 1973-77)
1954 - David Paich, rock keyboardist (Toto-Africa)
1954 - John Kimmel, horse trainer
1954 - Lina Romay, Barcelona Spain, actress (Conan the Barbarian)
1955 - Michael Sabatino, Calif, actor (Days of Our Life, Bold & Beautiful)
1958 - Debbie Green, South Korea, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)
1962 - Dan Turk, NFL center (Washington Redskins)
1963 - Doug Gilmour, Kingston, NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1963 - George Michael [Panos], British rock vocalist (Wham-I Want Your Sex)
1963 - Mike Myers, Canada, comedian (SNL-Wayne's World) [or May 25]
1963 - Mike Stanley, Ft Lauderdale FL, catcher (NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox)
1963 - Si-An Deng, Shanghai China, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96)
1963 - George Michael
1964 - Dell Curry, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets)
1964 - Phil Emery, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, Australia 1994)
1966 - Dikembe Mutombo, NBA center (Atlanta Hawks, Denver Nuggets)
1967 - Brian Wanek, Mequon Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1967 - Joan Smith, Rochester NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1967 - Matt Leblanc, Newton Mass, actor (Joey-Friends)
1967 - Roshan Jurangpathy, cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1985-86)
1969 - Alina Ivanova, Ukraine, race walker (indoor 3K world record)
1969 - Armand Benneker, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
1969 - Jurgen Streppel, soccer player (Telstar/RKC)
1970 - Aaron Sele, Golden Valley MN, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1970 - Ana Rosa Brito, Miss Puerto Rico Universe (1997)
1971 - Michael Tucker, South Boston VA, outfielder (KC Royals)
1971 - Mike Sutherland, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1971 - Robert Reichel, Litinov CZE, hockey forward (NY Islanders, Oly-G-98)
1971 - Ryan Carey, CFL safety (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1971 - Steve Tikolo, cricketer (outstanding Kenyan batsman in 1996 World Cup
1972 - Amy Wickus, Baraboo Wisconsin, 800m/1500m runner
1972 - Carlos Delgado, Aguadilla Puerto Rico, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1973 - Milan Hnilicka, hockey goaltender (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998)
1973 - Rene Corbet, Victoriaville, NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche)
1973 - Whitney Post, Wayland Mass, rower (Olympics-96)
1974 - Lee Cole, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
1974 - Leeland McElroy, running back (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 - Vernon Crawford, linebacker (New England Patriots)
1975 - Alberto Costa, Lerida Spain, tennis pro
1976 - Marina Alofagia McCartney, Miss New Zealand Universe (1997)
1979 - Brandi Lynn Burkhardt, Miss Maryland Teen USA (1997)
1979 - Kelli Jones, Miss Kentucky Teen USA (1997)
Events
253 - St Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1080 - Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III
1096 - 1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany
1139 - Battle of Ourique: Afonso I defeats Moors
1178 - 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon
1183 - Peace of Konstanz
1243 - Sinibaldo dei Fieschi elected as Pope Innocentius IV
1298 - Rindfleish Persecutions-250 Jews killed in Rothenburg Germany
1500 - Pope Alexander VI accept Treaty of Granada
1580 - Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published
1606 - Alkmaarse clergy asks "Great Dertelheyt"
1606 - St Jansday is forbidden
1607 - Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary & Moravia
1621 - French govt army occupies Fort St Jean d'Angély at La Rochelle
1630 - Fork introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop
1638 - Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in US
1646 - Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies Oxford
1658 - Spanish garrison at Duinkerk surrenders to French & British
1667 - Dr Jean-Baptiste Denys, French doctor, performs 1st blood transfusion
1672 - 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass
1675 - Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden
1716 - Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands
1749 - General fast because of drought in MA
1788 - Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
1794 - French troops occupy Charleroi
1798 - US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens
1834 - Pope Gregory XVI's encyclical "Singulari nos" published
1835 - 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF)
1861 - Western Virginia campaign
1862 - Battle of Oak Grove, VA (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Da
1863 - US General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive
1864 - Horse tramway at the Hague, opens
1864 - Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines
1867 - 1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio
1868 - FL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US
1868 - Pres Andrew Johnson passes a law that govt workers would work 8 hr day
1870 - Opera "Die Walküre" is produced (Munich)
1876 - Custer & 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux & Cheyenne at Little Big Horn
1888 - Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison
1894 - American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike
1903 - Yanks & White Sox end deadlocked at 6-6 in 18
1903 - Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day,
1905 - Warsaw & Lodz revolt against Russian occupation
1909 - George Sargent wins US Open golf tournament
1910 - Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes)
1913 - Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority)
1916 - Tsar Nicolaas II fires minister of Foreign affairs Sasonov
1918 - Baku-Turkish communist party forms
1919 - 1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)
1919 - Revolt of Spartacus in Hamburg
1920 - League of Nations places Intl head of Justice in Hague
1921 - 56th British Golf Open: Jock Hutchison shoots a 296 at St Andrews
1921 - Charlie McCartney scores 300 in 205 mins Aust v Notts
1925 - Military putsch under Gen Theodorus Pángulos in Greece
1926 - 61st British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Royal Lytham
1927 - WVO soccer team forms in Oosterhout
1928 - NY Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader
1929 - Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1932 - 36th US Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 286 at Fresh Meadows NY
1932 - Commencement of India's 1st Test cricket, v England at Lord's
1934 - Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets v Australia (7-61 & 8-43)
1934 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2,
1934 - Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times
1935 - Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium
1937 - Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit HRs in a game
1938 - "A Tisket A Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb hits #1
1938 - Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40˘ per hour
1940 - Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower & grave of Napoleon in France
1941 - -26] Russian counter attack at Rovno
1941 - FDR issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination
1941 - Fair Employment Practices Commission established
1941 - Finland declares war on Soviet Union
1941 - Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,00
1942 - British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II)
1942 - British premier Winston Churchill travels from US to London
1942 - Maj Gen Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of US forces in Europe
1943 - Crematory III at Birkenau is finished
1943 - Racial unrest in Detroit
1943 - Seyss-Inquart orders mass arrests of Dutch physicians
1944 - British assault at Caen Normandy
1945 - Allied landing at Ternate Molukkas
1945 - Imperial General Headquarters in Tokyo announce fall of Okinawa
1947 - 1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published
1947 - Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello
1947 - Tennis shoe introduced
1948 - Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1948 - Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to US)
1949 - Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote)
1950 - Israeli airline El Al begins service
1950 - Johnny Pramesa (Reds) & Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs
1950 - Korean conflict begins; N Korea invades S Korea
1950 - UN member states begin using integrated forces against N Korea
1951 - 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities
1952 - "Wish You Were Here" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 597 perfs
1952 - 34th PGA Championship: Jim Turnesa at Big Spring CC Louisville
1952 - Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election
1953 - 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
1953 - 86°F in Anchorage Alaska
1955 - "Can Can" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 892 performances
1955 - "Imogene Coca Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1956 - 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" & "Stockholm" (Cape Cod)
1956 - WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 - "Jonathan Winters Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1960 - Earthquake in NE Belgium
1960 - Madagascar gains independence of France
1961 - Balt & Calif use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
1961 - Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees)
1962 - Inönü Govt forms in Turkey
1962 - Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) forms
1962 - Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional
1963 - Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies
1963 - JFK speaks at Pauls Church in Frankfurt
1963 - South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested
1964 - Prince A Taylor becomes 1st black methodist bishop (NJ)
1964 - WMCA (NYC) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date),
1965 - Gyula Kallai succeeds János Kádár as premier of Hungary
1966 - Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1966 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 13th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
1966 - Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched
1967 - 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special
1967 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational
1967 - KPBS TV channel 15 in San Diego, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - Mohammed Ali (Cassius Clay) sentenced to 5 years
1968 - Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants)
1969 - Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game
1971 - Stevie Wonder releases "Where I'm Coming From"
1972 - Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball
1972 - Juan Perón elected president of Argentina
1973 - John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee
1973 - Russian party leader Brezhnev visits France
1973 - Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m
1975 - Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1976 - Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader
1977 - LBJ denies report he had a cancer during his presidency
1977 - Roy C Sullivan of Va is struck by lightning for 7th time!
1978 - Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires
1978 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1979 - "Got Tu Go Disco" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 8 performances
1979 - Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium
1980 - "Fearless Frank" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 12 performances
1981 - Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional
1982 - Porn star John Holmes acquitted on murder charges
1982 - SF holds its 1st County Fair
1982 - Sec of State Alexander Haig Jr resigns, replaced by Schultz
1983 - "Evita" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 1568 performances
1983 - India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1983 - Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m
1984 - Lydia Garrett, 24, crowned 17th Miss Black America
1984 - STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem
1985 - Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes (21 die)
1986 - Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud
1986 - Phillies give Steve Carlton, 41, his unconditional release
1987 - Pope John Paul II receives Austrian Pres Kurt Waldheim
1988 - "Chess" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 68 performances
1988 - 104°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June
1988 - Cal Ripken Jr plays in his 1,000th consecutive game
1988 - Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs
1988 - Iceland's president Vigdis Finnbogádottir elected (90+%)
1988 - Kristen Logan, 17, of Mississippi, crowned America's Junior Miss
1988 - Neth soccer team wins European Cup (2-0 against USSR)
1988 - Roger Rabbit Cartoon Character debuts in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
1989 - "Day By Day," last airs on NBC-TV
1989 - 1st US postmark dedicated to Lesbian & Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC)
1989 - Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1989 - Mets' defense does not record a single assist in a 5-1 win over Phils
1990 - "Dave Thomas Comedy Show," last airs on CBS-TV
1990 - 120°F in Phoenix Arizona
1990 - NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days
1990 - Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relativ
1991 - Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon
1991 - Slovenia & Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia
1992 - "Les Miserables," opens at Vinorhady Theatre, Prague
1992 - Alexanders Department store closes all 11 stores
1992 - STS 50 launches (Columbia)
1993 - NY Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame
1993 - Parliamentary election in Morocco
1994 - 1,500th goal in Soccer World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina
1994 - 105°F (40.5°C) at Albuquerque New Mexico
1994 - 111°F (43.9°C) at El Paso Texas
1994 - Cleve Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6
1994 - Gay Games close in NYC
1994 - Japanese premier Tsutomu Hata resigns
1995 - Betsy King wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
1995 - Rockies' Andres Galarraga is 4th to HR in 3 consecutive innings
1997 - Christies auctions off Princess Di's clothing for $5.5 million
1997 - Galileo, 2nd Callisto Flyby (Orbit 9)
1997 - Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch, Successful
1997 - J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game
1997 - NHL approves franchises in Nash, Atlanta, Columbus, & Minn-St Paul
1997 - Progress M-34 Collides with & damages Mir Space Station
1997 - Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure t
Deaths
1142 - Gulielmus of Vercelli, Italian hermit/monastery founder/saint, dies
1212 - Simon de Montfort, a leader of the crusades, dies at 67
1423 - Reinald IV, duke of Gelre & Gulik (Reinoud I), dies
1483 - Edward V, king of England (Apr 9-Jun 25, 1483), murdered
1514 - Berta Jacobsdr, [Suster Bertken], Dutch hermit, dies at 87
1522 - Franchinus Gaffurius, composer, dies at 71
1710 - Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 74
1767 - Georg Philipp Telemann, German late-barok composer, dies at 86
1785 - Pierre Talon, composer, dies at 63
1785 - Pieter Kintsius, VOC-supercarga/chief on Macau, dies at 53
1822 - Ernst T Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, dies at 46
1840 - Leopold count of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician, dies at 82
1876 - Boston Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn
1876 - George A Custer, US general (Little Bighorn), dies at 36
1876 - John Patton, trumpeter, dies at Little Bighorn
1876 - Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at Little Bighorn
1876 - Myles Keogh, US officer, dies at Little Bighorn
1876 - Thomas W Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn
1884 - Hans Rott, composer, dies at 25
1896 - Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 5
1898 - Ferdinand J Cohn, German botanist/publicist, dies at 70
1906 - Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which
1912 - Louis Antoine, Belgian miner/sect leader, dies at about 65
1926 - Symon Petljoera, pres Ukraine (pogroms), murdered in Paris
1929 - Georges Courteline [Moineaux], French playwright, dies
1937 - Colin Clive, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Jane Eyre), dies at 39
1942 - Hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1943 - Spencer Charters, actor (Big Town Girl, St Louis Kid), dies at 68
1953 - Algy Gehrs, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1904-11), dies
1954 - Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74
1956 - Alfred C Kinsey, US zoologist/sexologist, dies at 62
1956 - Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77
1956 - Reinhold M GliŠre, Ukrainian conductor/composer (Gjulsura), dies at 8
1959 - Charles Starkwether, murderer, executed
1960 - WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67
1962 - Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies
1964 - Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Sonsbeekpaviljoen), dies at 76
1968 - Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43
1971 - Charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright, dies at 88
1976 - Johnny Mercer, US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66
1977 - Endre Szervanszky, composer, dies at 65
1977 - Petko Staynov, composer, dies at 80
1978 - Hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered
1983 - Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), dies at 67
1984 - Michel Foucault, philosoph (History of Sexuality), dies of AIDs at 57
1986 - Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63
1987 - Boudleaux Bryant, song writer (for Everly Bros), dies at 67
1988 - Axis Sally, [Mildred E Gillars], US nazi propagandist (WW II), dies
1990 - Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Australian composer (Triad), dies at 77
1992 - James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies
1992 - Jerome Brown, defensive tackle (Phila Eagle), dies in car crash at 27
1992 - William E Harris, entertainer, dies
1994 - Louis-Robert Casterman, Belgian publisher (Kuifje), dies at 74
1994 - Robert Millar, journalist, dies at 72
1995 - Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 7
1996 - Nicholas John, dramaturge, dies at 43
1996 - Ray Howard-Jones, artist, dies at 93
1997 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Fren oceanographer, dies of heart attack at 87
1997 - William Lyle Woratzeck, convicted killer, executed in Ariz at 51
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