Births
1371 - John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior
1577 - Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician
1660 - George I, King of England (1714-27)
1738 - Joseph Ignace Guillotin, France, physician/inventor (guillotine)
1759 - William Pitt, the Younger (C), English PM (1783-1801, 1804-06)
1765 - Jean Baptiste Cartier, composer
1777 - Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer
1778 - Friedrich Westenholz, composer
1780 - Joseph Frohlich, composer
1782 - Wouter J van Troostwijk, Dutch painter
1789 - Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Tomorrow- og Aftensange)
1798 - Josef Dessauer, composer
1807 - Jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra
1807 - Louis Agassiz, Switzerland, naturalist/geologist/teacher
1810 - Alexandre Calamo, Switz, painter/etcher/lithographer
1818 - Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, US Confederate gen (Hero of Sumter
1819 - William Birney, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1907
1820 - Willem Doorenbos, [Keerom], literary/critic
1828 - Bartel Wilton, machinefabrikant/ship builder
1828 - Alpheus Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1830 - Karoly Filtsch, composer
1830 - George Lucas Hartsuff, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
1831 - Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor
1838 - Basil Wilson Duke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1916
1841 - Giovanni Sgambati, composer
1844 - Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer
1851 - Dick Barlow, cricketer (immortal England all-rounder of 1880's)
1862 - Henry W Slocum Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1888)
1863 - Georg Adler, German state economist
1865 - Gerrit Grijns, Dutch physiologist (Vitamin E)
1868 - Claude Anet, [Jean Schopfer], French writer (Fille Perdue)
1874 - G K Chesterton, writer
1879 - Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist
1883 - George Dyson, composer
1883 - Luigi Perrachio, composer
1884 - Edvard Benes, premier/president of Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48)
1884 - Theo(door) van Reijn, Dutch sculptor/lithographer
1886 - Nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Seattle Symph)
1887 - Hank Mann, NYC, actor (City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road)
1888 - Jim Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympics-gold-1912)
1888 - James Francis Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912)
1889 - Jose Padilla, composer
1892 - Minna Gombell, Baltimore, actress (Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister)
1894 - Sammy White, RI, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off)
1896 - Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer
1896 - Warren Giles, baseball's National League president
1897 - Henry Kendall, London, actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich & Strange)
1898 - Andy Kirk, jazz musician
1900 - Owen Aisher, president (Marley)
1903 - Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Golden Sail)
1904 - Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer
1906 - Phil Regan, singer (My Wild Irish Rose)
1906 - Mary Ralton, director (British WRAC)
1907 - Frederick George Emmison, archivist/historian
1907 - Henry Ritz, comedian/dancer (Ritz Brothers)
1907 - Patrick Browne, British Lord justice of appeal
1908 - Ian Lancaster Fleming, London England, author (James Bond)
1909 - John Schepens, [Jean Baudoux], Flemish journalist/writer (Polyfoto)
1910 - Rachel Kempson, actress (Captive Heart)
1910 - Stuart Piggott, archaeologist
1910 - T-Bone Walker, Linden Tx, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done)
1911 - Bob Crisp, cricketer (South African pace bowler of 30's)
1911 - Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader
1912 - Patrick White, Australia, novelist (Happy Valley, Nobel 1973)
1912 - Leslie Monson, diplomat
1913 - Gordon Wolstenholme, physician
1914 - W G G Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot
1915 - Scott McKay, Pleasantville Iowa, actor (Stage Door)
1915 - Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violinist
1916 - Thora Hird, actress (Nightcomers, Kind of Loving)
1916 - Gerald McArthur, detective
1916 - Walker Percy, Birmingham Ala, writer (Adventures of a Bad Catholic)
1916 - C Wright Mills, US sociologist (Power Elite) [or Aug 28]
1917 - Gerald Cash, Gov-Gen (Bahamas)
1917 - Marshall Reed, Englewood Calif, actor (Fred Asher-Lineup)
1917 - "Papa" John Creach, violinist
1917 - Pape John Creech, rocker (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane)
1917 - Barry Commoner, Brooklyn NY, biologist (Science & Survival)
1919 - Duke of Rutland, British land owner/multimillionaire
1919 - Frank Middlemass, actor (Island, Oliver Twist)
1919 - John Eldridge, CEO (Matthews Wrightmson)
1922 - John Alderson, chief constable (Devon & Cornwall UK)
1923 - Gyrgy Ligeti, Dicsszentmartin Transylvania Hungary composer
1923 - Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star (Patala Bhairavi)
1924 - Reginald Eyre, solicitor/MP
1924 - Lord Rippon, British MP
1924 - Edward du Cann, CEO (Lonrho)
1925 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Zehlendorf Germany, baritone (Doktor Faust)
1925 - Martha Vickers, Ann Arbor MI, actress (Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless)
1927 - Bernhard Lewkovitch, composer
1927 - Robert Evans, CEO (British Gas)
1927 - Norman Ireland, CEO (Bowater)
1927 - Gyorgy Ligeti, composer
1927 - Franois Nourissier, French writer (Un petit bourgeois)
1928 - Jacob R Druckman, composer
1928 - Albert Booth, British government minister
1929 - Leslie Wight, cricketer (one Test WI v India 1953, scored 21)
1929 - Patrick McNair-Wilson, MP
1930 - Julian Penkivil Slade, composer
1930 - Edward Seaga, PM (Jamaica)
1931 - Peter Talbot Westergaard, composer
1931 - Carroll Baker, Penn, actress (Andy Warhol's Bad, Babydoll, Harlow)
1931 - Carroll Baker
1931 - Raymond Miquel, chairman (Scottish Sports Council)
1931 - Ervin Junger, composer
1931 - Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author (Real Lace: America's Irish Rich
1932 - Timothy Renton, MP
1932 - Lord Renton, MP (Conservative)
1932 - Henning Christiansen, composer
1933 - John Karlen, Bkln NY, actor (Harvey Lacey-Cagney & Lacey)
1933 - Philip Otton, high court judge
1934 - Julian Slade, composer
1934 - Dionne Quintuplets, secluded quintuplets, born Annette, Alive Cecil
1934 - Rob du Bois, composer
1934 - Dionne quintuplets, (Annette, Ccile, milie, Marie, Yvonne), Canada
1935 - Kenneth Kleinwort, English banker/multi-millionaire
1936 - Maki Ishii, composer
1938 - Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer (Madness)
1938 - Jerry West, W Virginia, NBA superstar (LA Lakers, Olympic-gold-1960)
1940 - Hans Dulfer, tenor saxophonist/director (Paradiso)
1940 - Betty Shabazz, educator/talk show hostess/widow (Malcolm X)
1940 - Thomas E Petri, (Rep-R-WI, 1979- )
1941 - Beth Howland, Boston Mass, actress (Vera-Alice, Company)
1941 - Guntram Vesper, writer
1943 - Tony Mansfield, [Anthony Bookbinder], rock drummer (Billy J Kramer)
1943 - Ray Mitchell, governor (Albany Prison, England)
1943 - Liz Edgar, horse show jumper
1943 - Dennis Riley, composer
1944 - Gladys Knight
1944 - Rudy Giuliani, (Mayor-R/L-NYC, 1994- )
1944 - Rudolph Giuliani
1944 - Gladys Knight, Atlanta Ga, singer, leader of Pips (Last Train)
1944 - Billy Vera, musician (& Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night)
1944 - Adriaan T "Ad" Zuiderent, poet/critic (On the Droge)
1945 - Gary Stewart, Latcher County Ky, country singer (She's Actin' Single)
1945 - John Fogerty
1945 - John Fogerty, Berkeley Cal, rock vocals (Creedence Clearwater Revival
1946 - Madeleine Le Roux, Wyoming, Broadway actress (Cry Uncle)
1947 - Faith Brown, impressionist
1947 - Patti Reynolds, Chicago Ill, playmate (Sept, 1965)
1947 - Sondra Locke, Shelbyville Tenn, actress (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)
1948 - Bob Shearer, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1948 - Ray Laidlaw, British rock drummer (Jack the Lad)
1949 - Shelley Hamlin, San Mateo CA, LPGA golfer (1978 Patty Berg Classic)
1949 - Sue Holderness, actress (Marlene-Only Fools & Horses, Sandbaggers)
1953 - Arto Lindsay, rocker/actor (Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan)
1954 - George E Mahlberg, Astrophysicist, Mt Palomar/Mt Wilson CA (1974-78)
1954 - Joo Carlos De Oliveira, Brazil, triple jumper (Oly-bronze-1976, 80)
1956 - Germaine Montenesdro, 2nd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
1956 - Jeff Dujon, cricket wicket-keeper (WI 1981-91, their most successful)
1956 - Mark Alexander Lees, rowing Coach
1956 - Susie Diane Owens, Arkansas City Kansas, playmate (March, 1988)
1957 - Kirk Gibson, Mich, outfield (Tigers, Dodgers, 1988 NL MVP)
1957 - Walter R Tucker, (Rep-D-California)
1958 - Yvet Anna, painter
1959 - Leon "The Bop" Klaasse, rock drummer/singer (The Pilgrims-Red)
1960 - Allan Green, cricketeer
1961 - Roland Gift, UK, rocker (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy)
1962 - Brandon Cruz, actor (Eddie-Courtship of Eddie's Father)
1963 - Eugene Robinson, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawk, GB Packers-Superbowl 31
1964 - Beth Herr, Middletown Ohio, tennis star
1964 - Leisa Sheridan, Omaha NE, playmate (Jul, 1993)
1964 - Mark MacKay, Brandon GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1964 - Armon Gilliam, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks, NJ Nets)
1965 - Christa Miller, NYC, actress (Kate-Drew Carey Show)
1965 - Chantal Bailey, Champaign Ill, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1965 - Michael Charles Brisky, Brownsville TX, PGA golfer (1995 Buick-2nd)
1965 - Catherine Tanvier, France, tennis star
1966 - Gavin Robertson, NSW cricket off-spin all-rounder (Aust ODI-Pak 1994)
1967 - Glen Rice, NBA guard/forward (Charlotte Hornets)
1967 - Tory Epps, NFL defensive tackle (NO Saints)
1967 - Kari Wuhrer, Brookfield Ct, MTV/actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
1968 - Char Thompson, WLAF running back (Barcelona Dragons)
1968 - Kylie Minogue, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Locomotion)
1968 - Sandra Bacher, Long Island NY, half-heavyweight judoka (Oly-92, 96)
1968 - Tomas P Pukstys, Chicago Ill, javelin thrower (Olympics-8th-96)
1969 - Frank McCormack, Leicester Mass, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 - Bob Meeks, WLAF corner (Barcelona Dragons)
1969 - Damian Rhodes, St Paul, NHL goalie (Ottawa Senators)
1970 - David Roberts, Alameda Calif, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
1970 - Jason Belser, NFL cornerback (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 - Morgan Fox, Prince George BC, playmate (Dec, 1990)
1970 - Ben Williams, WLAF defensive end (London Monarchs)
1971 - Jeff Gove, Seattle WA, Nike golfer (1991 Ralphs Senior Classic)
1971 - Nick Bravin, NYC, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1972 - Cheryl Demkowski, Syracuse NY, dance skater (& Gregory Maddalone)
1972 - Denise Booker, Liverpool, golfer (S Australian Jr champ 1990)
1973 - Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids Mich, table tennis player (Olympics-96)
1973 - Pat Peake, Rochester, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
1975 - Caresa Winters, Miss South Dakota USA (1996)
1975 - Mike Fisher, Naperville Ill, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1977 - Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord, Miami Fla, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
1980 - Cheri Wheeler, Miss Georgia Teen USA (1997)
Events
640 - Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638)
1037 - German emperor Koenraad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis"
1156 - Battle at Brindisi: King Willem of Sicily beats Byzantine fleet
1349 - 60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia
1358 - Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising
1521 - Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V
1533 - England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn's marriage
1539 - Hernando de Soto lands in Florida
1608 - Claudio Monteverdi's "Arianna," premieres in Mantua
1635 - Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V," premieres in Madrid
1664 - 1st Baptist Church organizes (Boston)
1674 - German Parliament declares war on France
1731 - All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated
1741 - Spain & Bavaria sign treaty
1742 - 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)
1754 - George Washington defeats French & indians at Ft Duquesne (Pitts)
1774 - 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)
1818 - 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched
1830 - Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie
1845 - Fire in Quebec Canada, 1,500 houses destroyed
1849 - Princess WFLC Marianne & Albrecht of Prussia separate
1851 - Sojourner Truth attends Women's Rights Convention
1858 - Dion Boucicault's "Foul Play," premieres in London
1863 - 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War
1866 - Dutch govt of Zuylen van Nijevelt/Heemskerk forms
1871 - Paris communards revolt put down
1875 - 3rd Preakness: L Hughes aboard Tom Ochiltree wins in 2:43˝
1880 - 8th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:40˝
1892 - Sierra Club forms by John Muir in SF, for conservation of nature
1894 - Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern
1900 - Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony)
1900 - Fire in Cincinnati nearly destroys Reds' grandstand
1900 - Solar eclipse occurs
1901 - Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous)
1901 - 26th Preakness: Fred Landry aboard The Parader wins in 1:47.2
1904 - 29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2
1906 - Shields/Cobbs musical "His honor, the Mayor," premieres in NYC
1907 - Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held
1912 - Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Aust v S Africa
1915 - John B Gruelle patents Raggedy Ann doll
1918 - Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent
1919 - Armenia declares it's Independence
1923 - Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere
1923 - US unemployment has nearly ended
1926 - US Customs Court created by congress
1926 - Military coup by Gen Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal
1927 - Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days
1928 - Dodge Brothers Inc & Chrysler Corp merged
1929 - 1st all color talking picture "On With the Show" exhibited (NYC)
1930 - Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of NZ
1932 - Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas)
1934 - Bradman gets 160 Aust v Middlesex, 124 mins, 27 fours, 1x6, 1x5
1934 - Hobbs scores his 197th & last FC cricket ton at 51 years 163 days
1937 - Golden Gate Bridge in SF opens to vehicular traffic
1937 - Neville Chamberlain becomes PM of England
1938 - Hindemiths opera "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Zürich
1938 - Foundation for Tel Aviv harbor laid
1940 - British-French troops capture Narvik Norway
1940 - Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up
1940 - Irving Berlin's musical "Louisiana Purchase," premieres in NYC
1941 - British army begins evacuation of Kreta
1941 - 1st night game at Wash DC, Griffith stadium (Yanks 6, Senators 5)
1941 - NY Yankees nip Wash Senators 6-5 in 1st night game at Griffith Stadium
1942 - 1,800 Czechs murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich
1943 - British militia reaches Tito
1946 - 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1)
1948 - Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement
1951 - After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st HR
1951 - Jerry Colonna Show, debuts on ABC-TV
1951 - Bernardus J Alfrink appointed bishop's asst of Utrecht
1951 - Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run
1953 - Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-"Melody"
1955 - 81st Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 1:54.6
1955 - Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500
1955 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
1956 - Dale Long becomes 1st to hit HRs in 8 straight games
1956 - Eisenhower signs farm bill allows govt to store agricultural surplus
1957 - WPSD TV channel 6 in Paducah, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 - NL approves Bkln Dodgers' & NY Giants' move to west coast
1958 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open
1958 - French govt of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle
1959 - Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts
1959 - Monkeys Able & Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals re
1959 - Johnson & Bart's musical "Lock up your daughters," premieres in London
1960 - "Greenwillow" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 95 performances
1961 - Record 27 HRs hit in 7 AL games
1961 - Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years)
1961 - Amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)
1962 - Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio
1962 - US stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day
1962 - Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY
1963 - Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India)
1963 - Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed
1963 - Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st PM of Kenya
1964 - Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli
1964 - Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit
1964 - Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem
1964 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet
1965 - Fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400
1966 - "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34
1966 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 11th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
1967 - Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip
1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1967 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Violin concert
1968 - Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democrate primary in Oregon
1968 - NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise
1968 - AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions
1969 - AC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
1971 - USSR Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars
1971 - Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram"
1972 - White House "plumbers" break into Democratic Natl HQ at Watergate
1973 - Chic White Sox beat Cleve Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26)
1974 - 26th Emmy Awards: MASH, Alan Alda & Mary Tyler Moore win
1974 - "Magic Show" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 1859 performances
1974 - Italians fascist bomb demonstrators in Brescia, 6 killed
1974 - Emmy 1st Daytime Award presentation
1974 - Stephen Schwartz' musical "Magic Show," premieres in NYC
1975 - Soyuz 18 launches
1975 - Bayern München wins 20th Europe Cup 1 in Paris
1977 - 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky
1978 - Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times
1979 - European Market accepts Greece as member
1980 - Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
1980 - Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5"
1980 - 2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning
1982 - Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain
1982 - Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
1983 - "Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63
1983 - Hamburger ZV wins 28th Europe Cup 1 in Athens
1985 - David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut Lebanon
1985 - Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G
1986 - White Sox Joe Cowley sets record striking out 1st 7 Rangers he faces
1986 - Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados
1987 - Paul Pearman jumps 21 barrels on a skateboard in Augusta
1987 - Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn
1987 - Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot
1987 - Mathias Rust, 19, W German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in USSR
1987 - 60th Natl Spelling Bee: Stephanie Petit wins spelling staphylococci
1987 - Stacking of Discovery's SRBs completed
1988 - Genie Francis (General Hospital) weds Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek TNG)
1989 - Emerson Fittipaldi wins Indianapolis 500
1989 - Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad)
1989 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1990 - César Gaviria Trujillo installed as president of Colombia
1990 - Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5h12m33s (Channel Islands)
1990 - Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV
1990 - Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica
1991 - Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa
1992 - 65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum
1993 - Polish govt of Suchocka falls
1993 - 200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror
1994 - "Cafe American," last airs on NBC-TV
1994 - Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054)
1995 - Alison Nichols wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1995 - Dottie Mochrie wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game
1995 - Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people
1995 - Southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941
1995 - "Inspector Calls" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 454 performances
1995 - White Sox (5) & Tigers (7) combine for record 12 HRs at Tiger Stadium
1997 - Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mt Everest for 3rd time
1997 - Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis
1997 - Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight
1997 - Tornado in Jarrell Texas kills at least 28
Deaths
1089 - Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1259 - Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies
1317 - Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63
1357 - Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66
1521 - Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62
1534 - Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83
1650 - Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59
1685 - Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67
1787 - Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67
1791 - Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57
1805 - Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62
1833 - Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74
1836 - Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66
1838 - Thomas Busby, composer, dies
1843 - Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84
1849 - Anne Bront, novelist, dies
1862 - Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16]
1863 - Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23
1864 - Henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle
1883 - August Freyer, composer, dies at 79
1889 - Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37
1890 - Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49
1898 - Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies
1911 - Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies
1913 - Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies
1914 - Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer, dies at 76
1921 - Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies
1922 - Carl Tieke, composer, dies at 58
1927 - Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies
1937 - Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 6
1940 - Adriaan J Ensched, dir (Dutch printers Joh Ensched), dies at 50
1940 - Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at 5
1940 - Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70
1940 - Theodor Streicher, composer, dies at 65
1942 - Jean F van Royen, German secretary PTT (camp Amersfoort), dies
1944 - Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42
1954 - Achille Longo, composer, dies at 54
1958 - Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer, dies at 77
1959 - Bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies
1963 - Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60
1964 - John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76
1969 - Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71
1971 - Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46
1972 - Edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireld/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77
1973 - Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/US art critic sculptor, dies at 81
1973 - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Germ composer/conductor (Hassan), dies at 73
1975 - Eric Emerson, entertainer, dies
1975 - Roy Roberts, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75
1977 - Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63
1981 - Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC
1981 - Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Cardinal, dies
1984 - Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe & Wise), dies at 58
1986 - Lurene Tuttle, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79
1987 - Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy), dies at 44
1990 - Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67
1990 - Hussein Bin Onn, 1st minister of Malasia (1976-81), dies
1990 - Joseph Hardy, actor/director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 71
1991 - Ethel Lois Payne, journalist (Chic Defender), dies at 79
1991 - Brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies
1993 - Billy Conn, boxer/actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies at 75
1993 - Charles Barnett, cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies
1994 - Julius Boros, pro golfer (US Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74
1994 - Rita Gillespie, tV Director, dies at 65
1995 - Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker, dies at 66
1995 - Jean Muir, (Dress Queen), British model, dies at 66
1995 - Henning Kronstam, dancer, dies at 60
1995 - Daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57
1996 - Sidney Greenbaum, grammarian, dies at 66
1996 - John "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70
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