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1002 - Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21
1199 - Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160)
1356 - Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies
1516 - Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63
1548 - Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57
1549 - Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)
1567 - Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507)
1622 - William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38
1639 - Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake
1648 - Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 40
1708 - Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 80
1744 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668)
1785 - Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (b. 1717)
1789 - Frances Brooke, English writer (b. 1724)
1789 - John Cleland, English novelist (b. 1709)
1800 - Edward Rutledge, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 50
1803 - Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (b. 1725)
1805 - Vaclav Pichl, composer, dies at 63
1805 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (b. 1763)
1806 - William Pitt, the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783..1806), dies at 46
1812 - Robert Craufurd, British general (b. 1764)
1813 - George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 73
1814 - Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52
1820 - Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
1833 - Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (b. 1757)
1837 - John Field, composer, dies at 54
1838 - Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67
1845 - Francesco Ruggi, composer, dies at 77
1864 - Michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50
1866 - Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (b. 1785)
1875 - Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55
1879 - Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42
1883 - Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832)
1891 - Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21
1893 - Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish poet (Granada), dies at 75
1893 - Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1825)
1898 - W A Remy, composer, dies at 66
1908 - Edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47
1913 - Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated
1921 - Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83
1922 - Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (b. 1855)
1923 - Max Nordau, Austrian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849)
1926 - Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74
1926 - Joseph Carl Breil, composer, dies at 55
1931 - Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies
1936 - Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope & Glory), dies at 62
1937 - Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (b. 1876)
1939 - Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide
1941 - Dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65
1943 - Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56
1944 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80
1944 - Viktor Gusev, Russian poet (b. 1909)
1945 - Helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37
1946 - Feliks Nowowiejski, composer, dies at 68
1946 - Matteo Giulio Bartoli, linguist, dies at 72
1947 - Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79
1947 - Roy Park, cricketer (prolific Victorian bat & official), dies
1956 - Alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62
1957 - Willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25
1958 - Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)
1964 - Louis Horst, composer, dies at 80
1969 - Jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86
1971 - Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (b. 1871)
1973 - Alexander Onassis, Greek heir of the Onassis family (b. 1948)
1973 - Kid Ory, American jazz trombonist (b. 1886)
1975 - Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94
1976 - Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44
1976 - Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia at 77
1976 - Paul Dupuis, French Canadian film and television actor (b. 1913)
1977 - Bernard "Toots" Shor, barkeeper, dies at 73
1978 - Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74
1978 - Terry Kath, rock guitarist (Chicago), accidently shot in head at 32
1978 - Vic Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers) (b. 1925)
1981 - Bobby Sherwood, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66
1981 - Samuel Barber, US composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70
1982 - Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83
1984 - Samuel Gardner, composer, dies at 92
1984 - Mu'in Bseiso, Palestinian poet (b. 1926)
1986 - Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64
1989 - Salvador Dalí, Catalan artist (b. 1904)
1990 - Albert Collins, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of pneumonia at 57
1990 - Mariano Rumor, Italy's PM (1968-70, 73-1974), dies
1991 - Northrop Frye, Canadian writer and critic (b. 1912)
1992 - Freddie Bartholomew, child actor (Kidnapped), dies of emphysema at 67
1992 - Ian Wolfe, actor (Houdini, THX-1138, Homebodies), dies at 95
1992 - Simon Brand, South African banker/adviser to Pres De Klerk, dies
1993 - Dudley Stevens, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57
1993 - Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies
1994 - Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76
1994 - Oliver Smith, US set designer (Guys & Dolls-7 Tony Awards), dies at 75
1994 - Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at 44
1994 - Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95
1994 - Brian Redhead, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929)
1995 - Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist, dies at 100
1995 - Ken Hill, playwright/director, dies at 57
1995 - Michael Whalley Wickham, artist, dies at 91
1995 - Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright, dies at 75
1996 - John Mackin, programmer, dies at 36
1996 - Norman MacCaig, poet, dies at 85
1996 - Shirley Carter Burden, patrician, dies at 54
1997 - Charles Craig, opera singer, dies at 77
1997 - David Waller, actor (Lady Jane, Perfect Friday, Hannay), dies at 76
1997 - Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer, dies at 68
1997 - Laura "Dinky" Patterson, dies bungee jumping at Superbowl rehearsal at 43
1997 - Randy Greenawalt, convicted killer, executed by injection at 47
1997 - Richard Berry, lyricist (Louie Louie), dies at 61
1997 - Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist, dies at 67
1998 - Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies
1999 - Jay Pritzker, American businessman (b. 1922)
1999 - Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (b. 1949)
2002 - Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (b. 1930)
2002 - Paul Aars, American racecar driver (b. 1934)
2002 - Robert Nozick, American philosopher (b. 1938)
2003 - Nell Carter, American singer and actress (b. 1948)
2004 - Bob Keeshan, American actor (b. 1927)
2004 - Helmut Newton, German-born photographer (b. 1920)
2005 - Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, British politician (b. 1921)
2005 - Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925)
2006 - Chris McKinstry, Canadian scientist (b. 1967)
2007 - E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (b. 1918)
2007 - Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist and writer (b. 1932)
2007 - Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian Politician (b. 1928)
2009 - Robert W. Scott, American politician, governor of North Carolina (b. 1929)