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296 - Pope Caius
536 - Agapitus I, Italian Pope (535-36), dies
536 - Pope Agapetus I
1253 - Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53
1355 - Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36
1462 - Gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies
1521 - Juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded
1592 - Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80
1648 - Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69
1662 - John Tradescant, traveller/gardener, dies
1672 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swed scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at 73
1699 - Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53
1722 - Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies
1758 - Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686)
1776 - Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67
1778 - James Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies
1782 - Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66
1788 - Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46
1806 - Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763)
1821 - John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52
1827 - Thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist, dies
1830 - Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary/historian, dies at 69
1833 - Richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62
1839 - Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
1844 - Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76
1854 - Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786)
1864 - Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76
1865 - Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries
1877 - James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (b. 1807)
1883 - Octave Fouque, composer, dies at 38
1892 - Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, composer, dies at 69
1893 - Chaim Aronson, inventor and academic (b. 1825)
1896 - Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812)
1899 - E J (Ned) Gregory, cricketer (one Test for Aust), dies
1901 - William Stubbs, historian/bishop, dies
1908 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British premier (1905-08), dies
1925 - Andre Caplet, composer, dies at 46
1929 - Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer, dies at 86
1929 - Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
1930 - Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish poet (b. 1866)
1933 - Frederick Henry Royce, motorcar pioneer, dies
1941 - Arthur Briscoe, cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests), dies
1944 - Mezio Agostini, composer, dies at 68
1945 - Kathe Kollwitz, German graphic artist, dies at 77
1946 - Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73
1946 - Lionel Atwill, actor (Capt Blood, Great Waltz), dies at 61
1950 - Charles H Houston, architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54
1951 - Stanley Ridges, actor (possessed, Sgt York, Mr Ace), dies at 59
1951 - Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (b. 1870)
1953 - Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N], Dutch writer, dies at 75
1957 - Ignatius Roy D Campbell, British poet (Garcia Lorca), dies at 54
1961 - Maria Radulphus, [Adrian Hermus], Curacao school inspector, dies at 91
1962 - Solomon Pimsleur, composer, dies at 61
1962 - Vera Reynolds, actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at 62
1967 - Tom Conway, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at 62
1968 - Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b. 1911)
1975 - Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75
1976 - Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer, dies at 79
1977 - Charles Sanford, orch leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
1978 - Will Geer, actor (Grandpa Walton-Waltons), dies at 75
1980 - Jane Froman, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72
1981 - Brailsford Reese Brazeal, dean (Morehouse College), dies at 76
1982 - Melville Bell Grosvenor, pres (Natl Geographic Society), dies at 80
1983 - Earl "Fatha" Hines, US, jazz pianist/conductor, dies
1983 - Walter Slezak, actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide in NY at 80
1984 - Ansel Adams, US photographer, dies at 82
1985 - Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (b. 1900)
1986 - Mircea Eliade, writer, dies
1988 - Irene Rich, US actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at 96
1989 - Huey Newton, US, Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47
1990 - Bertil Unger, actor (Devil & Max Devlin), dies
1992 - Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas at 34
1992 - Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st Chamber member (CPN), dies
1992 - Youcca Troubatzkoy, actress (Flower of the Night), dies
1993 - Andries Treurnicht, founder S Afr Conservative Party, dies at 72
1993 - Cesar Chavez, US farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at 66
1993 - Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees), dies at 88
1994 - D Nauta, theologist/church historian/lawyer, dies at 96
1994 - Denis Pitts, journalist, dies at 64
1994 - Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist, dies at 80
1994 - Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President (1969-75), dies of stroke at 81
1994 - Schmidt Hans Burkhardt, artist, dies at 89
1995 - Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53
1995 - Maggie Kuhn, activist (Gray Panthers), dies at 89
1996 - David Shipman, film historian, dies at 63
1996 - Erma Bombeck, humorist (Grass is Greener), dies at 69
1996 - Hiteshwar Saikia, PM of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies
1996 - Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (b. 1908)
1998 - Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. 1940)
1999 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
1999 - Chan Canasta, magician and mindreader (b. 1920)
2002 - Linda Lovelace, American adult actress (b. 1949)
2003 - Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1912)
2003 - Michael Larrabee, American athlete (b. 1933)
2003 - Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
2004 - Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976)
2004 - Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
2005 - Norman Bird, UK character actor (b. 1920)
2005 - Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917)
2005 - Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
2005 - Philip Morrison, American physicist (b. 1915)
2006 - Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
2007 - Juanita Millender-McDonald, congresswoman from southern California (b. 1938)
2008 - Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1941)