Births
1468 - Charles I, Duke of Savoy
1472 - Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter
1483 - Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)
1515 - Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint
1592 - Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stepha
1615 - Pieter de Groot, Dutch regent/diplomat
1621 - Heinrich Schwemmer, composer
1643 - Jose Solana, composer
1660 - Georg Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/King George I of Gt Britain
1660 - Arnold Houbraken, Dutch schilder/writer
1727 - Maximilian III Jozef, Elector of Bayern (1745-77)
1729 - Pieter Fouquet, Dutch art seller (Atlas of Fouquet)
1731 - R mon de la Cruz, Spanish playwright/interpreter
1737 - Francesco Zannetti, composer
1741 - Johann Andre, composer
1750 - Francisco A G de Miranda, Venezuelan freedom fighter
1760 - Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)
1766 - Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline)
1770 - Sophie Mereau, writer
1779 - Angelo Maria Benincori, composer
1799 - Karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist (Ziekte van Basedow)
1806 - Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1861-66)
1817 - Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer
1818 - Wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1840 - Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)
1853 - Rudolf Kittel, German theologist (Psalms)
1859 - Jos‚phin P‚ladan, French writer/founder (French Rosicrucians)
1862 - Aristide Briand, France, 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926)
1868 - Maxim Gorki, [Aleksei Peshikov], Russia, writer (Mother) [3/16 OS]
1868 - Wojciech Gawronski, composer
1868 - Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter
1871 - Willem Mengelberg, Utrecht Neth, conductor (NY Philharmonic 1922-30)
1872 - Jos‚ Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general (Morocco)
1880 - Rosina Lh‚vinne, Kiev Ukraine, pianist/prof (Juiliard Grad School)
1883 - William H Harris, composer
1885 - Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer
1886 - Jaroslav Novotny, composer
1887 - Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Cura‡ao, musician/composer
1890 - Paul Whiteman, Denver Co, orch leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club)
1891 - Karel MJF Cruysberghs, Flemish author
1891 - Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag)
1895 - Spencer W Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church
1900 - Achille Longo, composer
1900 - Robert Harris, actor (Big Caper, Laughing Anne)
1902 - Flora Robson, South Shields England, actress (Dominique is Dead)
1902 - Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violinist
1903 - Rudolf Serkin, Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro Sch of Music)
1904 - Fosco Giachetti, Livorno Italy, actor (Wastrel, We the Living)
1905 - Pandro S Berman, film producer
1905 - Marlin Perkins, Carthage Mo, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom)
1906 - Joseph Wright, Canada, oarsman (Olympic-gold-1928)
1906 - Robert (Bob) Allen, actor (Texas Rangers)
1907 - Herbert "Herb" Hall, clarinetist/saxophonist
1909 - Nelson Algren, US, novelist (Man with the Golden Arm)
1910 - Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark
1911 - Myfanwy Piper, librettist
1912 - A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, UK, sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space)
1914 - Bohumil Hrabal, writer
1914 - Edmund Sixtus Muskie, (Sen-D-Me)/US Sec of State (1980)
1914 - Frank Lovejoy, Bronx NY, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw)
1915 - Raymond Emery, cricketer (NZ Test batsman vs West Indies 1952)
1915 - Jay Livingston, composer (Buttons & Bows, Mona Lisa, Tammy)
1918 - Youly Algaroff, ballet dancer
1919 - Jacob Avshalomov, Tsingtao China, composer (Sinfonietta, The Oregon)
1919 - Tom Brooks, cricketer (NSW fast bowler of the 30's, later Test umpire
1920 - Lord Butterfield
1920 - Gene Chappie, (Rep-R-CA, 1981-86)
1920 - Dirk Bogarde, London England, actor (Death in Venice, Servant)
1921 - Dirk Bogarde
1924 - Peter Baer, artost/printmaker
1924 - Gerhart Fritsch, writer
1924 - Freddie Bartholomew, England, actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield
1925 - Innokenti Smoktunovsky, actor (Bely Prazdnik, Zakoldovannye)
1926 - Francis Burt, composer
1926 - Polly Umrigar, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain)
1928 - Jose Luis de Delas, composer
1928 - Zbigniew Brzezinski, Warsaw, national security advisor (Carter)
1929 - Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop
1930 - Amelia Rosselli, poet
1930 - George Bruce, painter
1930 - Robert Ashley, composer
1932 - Sven Oskar Lindqvist, Swedish writer (Myten om Wu Tao-tzu)
1934 - Siegfried Thiele, composer
1936 - Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru, writer (Aunt Julia)/pres candidate
1940 - Kevin Loughery, NBA star/coach (Balt, Phila)
1940 - J Michael Plumb, Islip NY, equestrian (Oly-2 gold/4 silver-1976,84)
1941 - Charlie McCoy, Oak Hill WV, harmonica player (Hee Haw)
1941 - Alf Clausen, Minneapolis Mn, orch leader (Mary, Simpsons)
1942 - Samuel Ramey, Colby Kansas, bass (La Scala)
1942 - Neil Kinnock, leader of the British opposition (Labour)
1942 - Neil Kinnock, Wales, leader (Labour Party)
1942 - Brian Jones, [Lewis B Hopkin], English pop guitarist (Rolling Stones)
1943 - Richard Eyre, British director (National Theatre)
1943 - Mike Newell, director (Bad Blood, Awakening, Amazing Grace & Chuck)
1943 - Conchata Ferrell, Charleston WV, actress (Deadly Hero, Susan-LA Law)
1944 - Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward (NY Nets, Golden State Warriors)
1944 - Ken Howard
1944 - Ken Howard, El Centro Calif, actor (Ken-White Shadow, Dynasty, 1776)
1945 - Hans Brunhart, leader of Liechtenstein (1978-93)
1945 - Chuck Portz, Santa Monica Ca, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together)
1946 - Richard Sussman, rocker
1947 - Bruce Gilbert, producer (China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond)
1948 - Dianne Wiest, KC MO, actress (Hannah & Her Sisters, Footloose)
1948 - John Evans, (Aka Evan) rock drummer (Jethro Tull)
1948 - Dianne Wiest
1948 - Wubbo J Ockels, Almelo Netherlands, astronaut (STS 22)
1949 - Ronnie Ray Smith, 4 X 100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1949 - Shafiq Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman during the 70's)
1949 - Milan Williams, US keyboardist (Commodores-Three Times a Lady)
1953 - Nydia M Velazquez, (Rep-D-New York, 1993- )
1955 - Reba McEntire
1955 - Reba McEntire, McAlester Ok, country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues
1956 - T A Sekar, Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact)
1956 - Evelin Jahl, German DR, discus thrower (Olympic-2 gold-1976)
1956 - Asoka De Silva, cricket leg-spinner (Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91)
1957 - Harvey Glance, Pheonix City Ala, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1958 - Bart Wayne Conner, Morton Grove Ill, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold-1984)
1959 - Petra Delhees, Jauch Switzertand, tennis star
1959 - Todd Curtis, actor (Capitol, Skip-Young & Restless)
1961 - Byron Scott, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1962 - Ged Grimes, [Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary's Prayer)
1963 - Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr
1963 - Therese Washtock, Vancouver BC, 3 day equestrian (Olympics-96)
1965 - Jeff Beukeboom, Ajax, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1966 - Jason Garrett, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
1966 - Nathalie Herreman, France, tennis star
1966 - Serge Djelloul, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
1967 - David Lang, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1967 - Ed[ward] Grose, Juneau Alaska, rower (Olympics-1996)
1967 - Shawn Boskie, Hawthorne Nevada, pitcher (California Angels)
1968 - Chad Biafore, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
1968 - Dennis Postlewait, Jacksonville NC, Nike golfer (1994 Wichita Open)
1968 - Max Perlich, actor (JH Brodie-Homicide)
1968 - Nasser Hussain, cricketer (Essex & England batsman)
1968 - Teee Williams, LA Calif, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-bronze-92, 96
1969 - Scottie Graham, NFL running back (Minn Vikings, Cincinnati Bengals)
1969 - Craig Paquette, Long Beach CA, infielder (KC Royals)
1969 - Earnest Stewart, soccer player (Willem II)
1969 - Elliot Perry, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks)
1969 - Salt, rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang)
1970 - Shawn Price, NFL defensive end (GB Packers, Car Panthers, Buf Bills)
1970 - Jason B Gailes, Taunton Mass, rower (Olympics-silver-1996)
1970 - James Johnson, NFL/WLAF running back (Tampa Bucs, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Wesley Person, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers)
1971 - Damien Marsh, Georgia, Australian 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics-96)
1972 - Mike Morton, linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
1972 - Michael Smith, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1972 - Shannon Mitchell, NFL tight end (SD Chargers)
1972 - Derek West, offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1972 - Jonathan Edwards, Boston Mass, doubles luger (Olympics-1994)
1972 - Keith Tkachuk, Melrose MA, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix, USA
1973 - Andrew Whittall, cricketer (cousin of Guy Zimbabwe off-spinner 1996)
1974 - K C Jones, NFL center (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1975 - Atta-ur-Rehman, cricketer (Pakistani quickie, debut v Engl1992 age 17
1977 - Angelo Garcia, Brooklyn NY, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
1978 - Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997)
1979 - Juli Keech, Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1997)
1980 - Cara Lewis, Miss Mississippi Teen USA (1997)
Events
1535 - Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked & destroyed
1556 - Origin of Fasli Era (India)
1556 - Karel V's son Philip II crowned king of Spain
1738 - English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear)
1774 - Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts
1794 - Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)
1796 - Bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church
1797 - Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine
1799 - NY State abolished slavery
1804 - Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804
1834 - Senate censure Pres Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US
1837 - Felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud
1844 - José Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid
1845 - Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
1849 - Dutch princess Marianne & Prince Albert of Prussia separate
1854 - During the Crimean War, Britain & France declare war on Russia
1859 - 1st performance of John Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra
1862 - Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia
1866 - 1st ambulance goes into service
1871 - SF Art Assn holds open reception at 430 Pine
1881 - Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey
1885 - US Salvation Army officially organized
1891 - 1st world weightlifting championship held
1896 - The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan)
1902 - 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record)
1905 - Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used
1910 - 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre)
1917 - Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities
1917 - Puccini's "La Rondine," premieres in Monte Carlo
1920 - Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford
1920 - Thomas Masaryk elected president of Czechoslovakia
1922 - Stanley Cup: Toronto St Pats (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
1922 - 1st microfilm device introduced
1924 - WGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
1927 - Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St NYC
1929 - Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
1930 - 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston)
1930 - Constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara
1933 - German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler
1935 - Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket
1939 - Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco
1939 - Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship
1939 - Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down
1939 - Philip Barry's "Philadelphia Story," premieres in NYC
1941 - Sea battle at Cape Matapan: Brit fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy
1942 - Raid on lock/dock St Nazaire
1942 - British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire
1942 - -29] 234 RAF bombers attack Lübeck
1942 - 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38
1944 - NBA rookie of the year in 1966, Rick Barry
1944 - Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle & begins writing Pippi Longstocking
1944 - 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40
1945 - Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London
1948 - 2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win
1950 - 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 NYC college becomes 1st to w
1952 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
1952 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
1953 - KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 - 7th Tony Awards: Crucible & Wonderful Town win
1953 - "Stock exchanges open, dikes closed" raises ƒ5,200,000
1953 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
1953 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
1953 - "New Faces (of 1952)" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 365 perfs
1954 - WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting
1954 - 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon & Kismet win
1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
1955 - NZ cricket all out for 26 v England at Eden Park
1957 - 1st National Curling Championship held
1959 - 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's govt & installs Panchen Lama
1960 - Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland)
1960 - Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African & 1st Filipino cardinal
1962 - Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India
1962 - Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees
1963 - AFL's NY Titan's become the NY Jets
1964 - 1st pirate radio station near England (Radio Caroline)
1964 - 9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska
1965 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational
1967 - "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances
1967 - UN Sect General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam
1969 - Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal
1970 - 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)
1971 - 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth & Company win
1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 - Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
1974 - Rock group Raspberries breakup
1975 - Wash Caps win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses also
1977 - 49th Academy Awards - "Rocky," Peter Finch & Faye Dunaway win
1977 - 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats NC 67-59
1977 - Morarji Desai forms govt in India
1979 - Lazarus & Vosburgh's "Day in Hollywood & night in Ukraine," premieres
1979 - British government of Callaghan falls
1979 - Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pa (no deaths)
1981 - Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 secs)
1981 - Viv Richards scores century in the 1st Test at his home Antigua
1981 - Gabi Schönbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:21.70)
1981 - Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 m 40.18 sec)
1981 - France performs nuclear test
1982 - 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62
1982 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1982 - JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador
1982 - 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000
1985 - International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley
1985 - Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," premieres in NYC
1985 - STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad
1986 - Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India
1986 - John N McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1987 - Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway
1989 - New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a NY court
1990 - President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal
1990 - Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game
1990 - Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient
1991 - Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son
1992 - PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel
1992 - Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31)
1992 - 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal
1993 - 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins
1993 - 22nd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Helen Alfredsson
1993 - Conservatives win French parliamentary election
1993 - Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031)
1994 - Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election
1994 - Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed
1995 - World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank & Bank of Tokyo merge
1995 - Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovette split-up
1995 - Queensland beat S Aust to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield
1996 - "7 Guitars" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
1996 - Katie Beam, 17, of Okla, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America
1996 - "Seven Guitars," opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
1997 - "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV
1999 - 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Jose
Deaths
193 - Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated
593 - Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67
1134 - Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of CŒteaux/saint, dies
1285 - Martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies
1566 - Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79
1673 - Adam Pijnacker, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, buried at 51
1677 - Wenzel Hollar, Bohemia cartoonist/etcher, dies at about 69
1687 - Constantine Huygens, diplomat/poet/composer (Bluebottles), dies at 90
1701 - Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor, dies at 75
1712 - Jan van der Heyden, Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at 75
1758 - Jonathan Edwards, US theologist (Great Awakening), dies at 54
1799 - Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders, Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at 55
1801 - Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66
1818 - Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer, dies at 62
1840 - Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89
1847 - Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67
1849 - Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botany, dies at 44
1856 - Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76
1860 - Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer, dies at 73
1863 - James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52
1865 - Albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26
1868 - James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan, dies at about 70
1877 - Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer, dies at 77
1880 - Eelco Refer, linguistic (Oera Linda Book?), dies at 49
1880 - Achille Peri, composer, dies at 67
1881 - Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42 [OS=Mar 16]
1885 - Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer, dies at 53
1887 - Ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75
1889 - Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler
1891 - Dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), die
1896 - E Rundle Charles, writer, dies
1907 - Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer, dies at 65
1908 - John Eliot, English meteorology, dies at 68
1910 - Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist/conductor, dies
1914 - Hanus Trnecek, composer, dies at 55
1927 - Karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57
1928 - Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63
1941 - Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59
1942 - Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish poet (Viento del Pueblo), dies at 3
1942 - Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67
1943 - Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69
1944 - Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis
1944 - Stephen Butler Leacock, writer/economist (Literary Lapses), dies at 7
1947 - Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57
1949 - Grigoras Dinicu, composer, dies at 59
1950 - Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at 67
1953 - James Francis Thorpe, decathelete (Olympic-gold-12), dies at 64
1954 - Francis B Young, Brit physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69
1956 - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack
1958 - William C Handy, US conductor/composer (St Louis Blues), dies at 84
1958 - Chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53
1959 - James Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies
1960 - Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I-10 Commandments), dies at 61
1963 - Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52
1965 - VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67
1969 - Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78
1971 - Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78
1973 - Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies
1974 - Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68
1974 - Fran‡oise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at 82
1975 - Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77
1979 - Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80
1980 - Jesse Owens, (Oly-gold-36), dies at the age of 66
1980 - Dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies
1983 - Martinus A Jansen, bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70), dies at 77
1983 - Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 7
1984 - Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead
1985 - Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97
1985 - Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53
1986 - Virginia Gilmore, actress (Jennie, Western Union), dies
1986 - Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39
1987 - Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82
1987 - Patrick Troughton, actor (Dr Who-Dr Who), dies at 56
1990 - Helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at 65
1991 - Carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies at 85
1992 - Wendell Mayes, writer, dies of cancer at 72
1994 - John Logan Gorlay, journalist, dies at 74
1994 - Eugene Ionesco, playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), dies at 84
1994 - Albert Goldman, US biographer (Lives of John Lennon), dies at 66
1995 - Jack Regan, broadcaster, dies at 53
1995 - Vivienne Byerley, publicist, dies at 88
1995 - Hugh Edward R O'Connor, actor (In the Heat of the Night), ODs at 32
1996 - Barbara McLean, film Editor, dies at 86
1996 - Charles Barnet "Roscoe" Harvey, soldier, dies at 95
1996 - Edith Fowke, folklorist, dies at 82
1996 - David Band, banker, dies at 53
1996 - Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, British bibliophile, dies at 87
1996 - Shin Kanemaru, VP of Japan (1986-87), dies at 81
1996 - Ken Dibbs, actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at 78
1996 - James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop, dies at 89
1996 - Hans Blumenberg, philosopher, dies at 75
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