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250 - Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies
287 - St. Sebastian
820 - Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies
842 - Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies
882 - Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies
1156 - Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland
1191 - Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)
1479 - John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81
1569 - Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80
1612 - Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at 59
1639 - Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies
1666 - Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64
1691 - Christian de Placker, composer, dies at 77
1707 - Humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659)
1709 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (b. 1624)
1713 - Pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian, dies
1727 - John van Bylevelt, Catholic apostole, dies
1739 - Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659)
1745 - Charles VII Albert, German emperor (1742-45), dies at 47
1751 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)
1770 - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)
1779 - John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71
1779 - David Garrick, English actor (b. 1717)
1789 - Johann Christoph Oley, composer, dies at 50
1798 - Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66
1810 - Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (b. 1722)
1813 - C M Wieland, writer, dies at 79
1819 - Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70
1830 - Michal Bogdanowicz, composer, dies at 50
1837 - John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84
1838 - Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64
1848 - Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)
1850 - Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)
1857 - Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32
1859 - B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73
1859 - Bettina Brentano, composer, dies at 73
1862 - Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines
1873 - The Venerable Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
1875 - Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)
1882 - John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies
1890 - Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86
1891 - David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies
1896 - Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37
1900 - John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81
1900 - Richard D Blackmore, English novelist (Lorna Doone), dies at 74
1901 - Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (b. 1826)
1905 - Stanislaw Pilinski, composer, dies at 65
1914 - Emil Liebling, composer, dies at 62
1914 - Henry Southwick Perkins, composer, dies at 80
1920 - Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (b. 1876)
1936 - George V, King of Britain (1910-36), dies at 70
1936 - King George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
1940 - Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861)
1943 - Giacomo Benvenuti, composer, dies at 57
1944 - James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860)
1947 - Josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35
1948 - Mahatma Gandhi, India's political and spiritual leader, assassinated in New Delhi
1949 - Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87
1952 - Arthur Farwell, composer, dies at 74
1954 - Fred Root, cricketer (Engld pace bowler in 3 Tests v Aus 1926), dies
1954 - Warren Bardsley, cricketer (41 Tests for Australia, 2469 runs), dies
1957 - James Connolly, 1st Oly winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE), dies
1959 - Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31
1960 - Matt Moore, actor (Deluge, Coquette), dies at 72
1962 - Robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75
1964 - Jan Rychlik, composer, dies at 47
1965 - Alan Freed, DJ (Big Beat), dies at 42
1971 - Gilbert M Anderson, actor (1st Movie Cowboy), dies at 88
1973 - Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51
1973 - Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (b. 1885)
1974 - Edmund Blunden, British poet/critic, dies at 77
1975 - Franz Andre, Belgian conductor, dies at 81
1979 - Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (b. 1925)
1982 - Marc Demeyer, Belgian cyclist (Paris-Brus 1974), dies at 31[or 1/19]
1983 - Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
1984 - Jackie Wilson, rocker, dies at 49 from a heart attack
1984 - Johnny Weissmuller, US swimmer (Olympics-5 gold-1924, 28), dies at 79
1985 - Jo Juda, Dutch musician, dies at 75
1987 - Tom Dollery, cricketer (4 Tests for Eng 1947-50), dies
1988 - Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux Vineyard manager, dies in Paris at 86
1988 - Dora Stratou, Greek choreographer and folklorist (b. 1903)
1989 - Beatrice Lillie, actress (Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies at 94
1989 - Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (b. 1938)
1990 - Barbara Stanwyck, [Ruby Stevens], actress (Big Valley), dies at 82
1990 - Miloslav Istvan, composer, dies at 61
1990 - Naruhito Higashi-Kuni, Japanese PM (1945), dies
1990 - Hayedeh, Persian singer (b. 1942)
1991 - Bill Riordon, US tennis promotor (Jimmy Connors), dies
1991 - Louis Seigner, actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at 87
1992 - Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, sec-gen of Arab League (1952-72), dies
1992 - Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies
1993 - Audrey Hepburn, actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63
1993 - Joseph Anthony [Deuster], US director/actor (Rainmaker), dies at 80
1993 - Mercer McCleod, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 86
1994 - Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan vice-pres (1963-66), dies at about 81
1994 - Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United), dies at 84
1995 - John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81
1995 - Mehdi Bazargan, director Iranian oil corp/premier (1979), dies at 86
1995 - Robert Shaw, town Planner, dies at 81
1996 - Buster Benton, singer/guitarist, dies at 63
1996 - David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick, dies at 61
1996 - Ellis Hillman, politician, dies at 68
1996 - Gerald Joseph Mulligan, baritone saxophonist/composer, dies at 68
1996 - Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent, dies at 83
1996 - Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic, dies at 85
1996 - Sidney Korshak, lawyer, dies at 87
1997 - Curt Flood, centerfielder (Cards), dies of throat cancer at 59
1997 - Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor of Titanic, dies at 100
1997 - Vladimir Yamnikov, owner (Kristall vodka), dies of cirrhosis at 56
1998 - Zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies
1998 - Bobo Brazil, American professional wrestler (b. 1924)
2002 - Carrie Hamilton, actress and singer (b. 1963)
2003 - Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (b. 1903)
2003 - Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
2003 - Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947)
2004 - Guinn Smith, American athlete (b. 1920)
2005 - Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
2005 - Roland Frye, American literary critic and theologian (b. 1921)
2005 - Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (b. 1913)
2005 - Miriam Louisa Rothschild, British zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
2008 - Ali Sadikin, former Jakarta famous governor (b. 1927)
2009 - Stéphanos II Ghattas, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria for the Coptic Catholic Church (b. 1920)
2009 - Stan Hagen, Canadian politician (b. 1940)
2009 - David Newman, American jazz musician, nicknamed "Fathead" (b. 1933)
2009 - Sheila O'Nions Walsh (aka Sheila Walsh, Sophie Leyton), English romance writer (b. 1928)