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681 - Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies
866 - Lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies
976 - John I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51
976 - John I Tzimiskes, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 925)
1094 - Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (b. 1029)
1271 - Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies
1276 - Gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies
1276 - Pope Gregory X (bc. 1210)
1542 - Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59
1645 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71
1654 - Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)
1662 - Prince Honoré II of Monaco (b. 1597)
1674 - Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/MP, dies at 84
1698 - Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)
1707 - Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. 1621)
1754 - Daniel Raap, Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about 51
1754 - Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (b. 1691)
1761 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711)
1768 - Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82
1775 - Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies
1777 - Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719)
1778 - Carolus Linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70
1780 - Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist/composer, dies at 82
1789 - Pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist/cryptologist, dies at 82
1792 - Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60
1794 - Georg Forster, German scientist and revolutionary (d. 1754)
1800 - Johan Wikmanson, composer, dies at 46
1811 - Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)
1824 - Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64
1828 - François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (b. 1750)
1833 - Adrien Marie Legendre, dies
1833 - Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer, dies at 73
1846 - Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75
1851 - Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
1855 - Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67
1862 - Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47
1863 - Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)
1866 - Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792)
1871 - Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41
1876 - Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70
1883 - Dr Samuel A. Mudd, American medical doctor (b. 1833)
1889 - Martin Andreas Udbye, composer, dies at 68
1892 - Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer, dies at 91
1895 - Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45
1899 - Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69
1901 - Sir James Dickson, Premier of Queensland, Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)
1904 - Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
1905 - Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
1908 - Anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65
1917 - Buffalo Bill Cody
1922 - Frank Tudor, Australian Labor Opposition leader (b. 1866)
1934 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist, beheaded in Berlin at 24
1935 - Charlie McGahey, cricket (MCC tour of Aus 1901-02 cured his TB), dies
1935 - Edwin H Flack, English 800/1500m runner (Oly-gold-1896), dies at 60
1936 - Charles Wright, cricketer (3 Tests England v S Africa 1895-96), dies
1938 - Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies at 68
1939 - Jameson Thomas, actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies at 50
1939 - Julius Bittner, Austria composer (Missa Austriaca), dies at 64
1941 - Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61
1941 - Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian, murdered at 67
1941 - Sir John Lavery, Northern Irish artist (b. 1856)
1941 - Joe Penner, Hungarian-born comedian and actor (b. 1904)
1943 - Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38), dies at 66
1943 - J Arthur S Berson, Austrian meteorologist, dies at 83
1945 - Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67
1949 - Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865)
1951 - Athos Palma, composer, dies at 59
1951 - Harry Sinclair Lewis, US writer (Nobel 1930), dies at 65
1951 - Sinclair Lewis, writer, dies at 65
1951 - Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (b. 1890)
1953 - Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56
1954 - Fred Raymond, composer, dies at 53
1956 - Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84
1956 - Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), dies at 64
1957 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at 67
1958 - Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52
1960 - Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1879)
1961 - Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man), dies at 66
1963 - Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer, dies at 66
1964 - A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46
1966 - George Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide
1966 - Hermann Kasack, writer, dies at 69
1967 - Emerson Treacy, actor (Prowler), dies after surgery at 66
1967 - Vilem Petrzelka, composer, dies at 77
1968 - Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73
1968 - Howard Smith, actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel), dies at 74
1968 - Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer, dies at 85
1968 - Louis-Francois-Marie Aubert, French composer (La Momie), dies at 90
1969 - John Brownlee, Australian tenor (b. 1900)
1970 - Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44
1971 - Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87
1972 - Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
1972 - Georg Rendl, Austriam miner/beekeeper (Satan on Earth), dies at 68
1972 - Sverre Jordan, composer, dies at 82
1972 - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
1976 - Chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65
1976 - Howlin' Wolf, singer/guitarist, dies following brain surgery at 65
1978 - John D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71
1978 - Pedro Joaquín Chamorro, of La Prensa, assassinated in Managua
1978 - Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag), dies at 62
1978 - Don Gillis, American composer (b. 1912)
1980 - George Meany, labor leader, dies at 86
1980 - Bo Rein, American college football coach (b. 1945)
1981 - Richard Boone, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63
1981 - Fawn M. Brodie, American historian (b. 1915)
1982 - Lazar Weiner, composer, dies at 84
1982 - Paul Lynde, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched), dies at 55
1984 - Suvanna Phuma, premier of Laos, dies at 82
1984 - Souvanna Phouma, Prince and Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
1985 - Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)
1986 - Joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at 61
1987 - Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919)
1987 - Sir David Robinson, English philanthropist and entrepreneur (b. 1904)
1989 - Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905)
1989 - Colin Winchester, Australian Assistant Police Commissioner, murdered (b. 1933)
1990 - Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at 42
1990 - Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies
1991 - Dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62
1992 - Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at 89
1992 - Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. 1919)
1993 - Diana Adams, ballerina, dies
1993 - Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death
1994 - Catharina I "Ien" Dales, min of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at 62
1994 - Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball pres (National League), dies at 72
1994 - Michael Aldridge, actor (Murder in the Cathedral), dies at 73
1995 - Elaine Greene, literary Agent, dies at 74
1995 - Halton Kathleen Tynan, writer, dies at 57
1995 - Souphanouvong, leader of Pathet Lao (1957), dies
1996 - Alexander Robertus, organic chemist, dies at 88
1996 - Arthur Sydney Martin, spycatcher, dies at 81
1997 - Alvinio Misciano, Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window
1997 - Elspeth Josceline Huxley, writer, dies at 96
1997 - George Young, footballer, dies at 74
1997 - Hilary Grover Barratt Brown, conservationist, dies at 71
1999 - Sir Edward Williams, Australian judge (b. 1921)
2000 - Sam Jaffe, American producer (b. 1901)
2002 - W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (b. 1909)
2004 - Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2004 - Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. 1934)
2005 - Gene Baylos, American comedian (b. 1906)
2005 - Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
2005 - James Forman, American civil rights leader (b. 1928)
2005 - Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross country skier (b. 1932)
2005 - Erwin Hillier, British cinematographer (b. 1911)
2005 - Jack Horner, American sports journalist (b. 1912)
2005 - Joséphine-Charlotte, Grandduchess of Luxembourg (b. 1927)
2005 - Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (b. 1909)
2007 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
2007 - Bradford Washburn, American explorer (b. 1910)
2008 - Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
2008 - Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, Finnish-born American actress (b. 1921)
2008 - Mikhail Minin, Russian Soviet soldier (b. 1922)
2009 - William Frederick "Bill" Stone, British World War I veteran (b. 1900)