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946 - Eadgyth, German Queen
1109 - Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies
1567 - Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat
1630 - Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)
1636 - Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
1697 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)
1706 - Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59
1744 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
1750 - Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)
1795 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62
1798 - Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49
1799 - Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)
1803 - Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72
1823 - Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)
1824 - Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies
1824 - Théodore Géricault, French painter (b. 1791)
1849 - Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45
1850 - Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies
1855 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
1869 - Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846)
1870 - Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67
1870 - Victor, 3rd duc de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat (b. 1785)
1885 - Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51
1885 - Edward Davy, English inventor (b. 1806)
1886 - David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807)
1891 - Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies
1891 - Nikolaus August Otto, German inventor (b. 1833)
1893 - Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday
1895 - Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies
1904 - John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64
1904 - Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (b. 1846)
1911 - Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67
1920 - Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered
1922 - Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75
1926 - John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University
1932 - William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies
1933 - Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853)
1939 - Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard
1942 - Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83
1943 - Nikolai Vavilov, geneticist, Saratovv labour camp, dies
1943 - Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist (b. 1880)
1946 - Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1884)
1947 - Grace Moore, US soprano/actress (1 Night of Life), dies at 45
1947 - Gustav Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, dies in air crash
1948 - Ignaz Friedman, composer, dies at 65
1949 - Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65
1950 - Betsy van den Arend, Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs), dies at 78
1952 - Louis van Deyssel, Dutch writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at 87
1952 - Khorloogiin Choibalsan, leader of Mongolia (b. 1895)
1953 - Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/translator (spelling), dies at 58
1953 - Athanase David, French Canadian politician and businessman (b. 1882)
1954 - Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor, dies at 80
1961 - Morris Nichols, cricketer (41 wkts in 14 Tests for Eng 1930-39), dies
1962 - Charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65
1962 - Fran Lhotka, composer, dies at 78
1963 - John Sigvard Olsen, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70
1965 - Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered
1967 - Albert Remy, actor (Blows), dies at 55
1967 - Kenneth Thomson, actor (White Gold), dies of emphysema at 68
1968 - Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher (b. 1883)
1968 - Yvor Winters, American poet (b. 1900)
1973 - Edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], actor (Little Caesar), dies at 79
1973 - Meijer Sluyser, Dutch journalist/commentator (VARA), dies at about 71
1973 - Jay C. Higginbotham, American musician (b. 1906)
1974 - S v Vegesack, writer, dies at 85
1974 - Wiktor Labunski, composer, dies at 78
1975 - Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at 72
1976 - João Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901)
1977 - Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 61
1978 - Leo Genn, actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Henry V), dies at 72
1979 - Nelson Rockefeller, former VP & (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70
1983 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69
1985 - James Cameron, journalist, dies
1989 - Paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies
1990 - FHP "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister, dies
1990 - Lewis Mumford, American historian (b. 1895)
1990 - Bob Gerard, British racing driver (b. 1914)
1991 - Johnny van Doorn, Dutch writer/poet, dies at 46
1992 - Jose Ferrer, PR actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 80
1992 - Okke Jager, Dutch theologist/writer/poet, dies at 63
1993 - Axel Von Dem Bussche, German aristocrat, dies
1993 - Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87
1993 - Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (large iron sculptures), dies at 80
1993 - Jeanne Sauvé, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1922)
1995 - Bernardo Leighton, Chilian politician (1964-70), dies
1995 - Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, piano accompnaist, dies at 65
1995 - Louis Heren, journalist, dies at 65
1995 - Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at 79
1996 - David Schultz, wrestler (Oly-Gold-84), killed by John Du Pont
1996 - Harold Brodkey, writer, dies at 65
1996 - Henry Jay Lewis, conductor, dies at 63
1996 - Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1921)
1996 - Stevie Plunder, Australian musician (b. 1963)
1997 - Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/the Rhine, dies at 83
1997 - Sarah Lucas, theatre Administrator, dies at 53
1997 - Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)
1998 - S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
1998 - Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher (Suzuki Method), dies at 99
1998 - Walter Edmonds, writer (Drums Along the Mohawk), dies at 93
2000 - Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915)
2000 - Kathleen Hale, British author (b. 1898)
2000 - A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-born author (b. 1912)
2001 - Al McGuire, American basketball coach (b. 1928)
2003 - Valeriy Brumel, Soviet Olympic athlete (b. 1942)
2003 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b. 1917)
2003 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931)
2004 - Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
2006 - Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani opposition leader and Pashtun nationalist (b. 1917)
2006 - Len Carlson, Canadian actor (b. 1937)
2006 - Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (b. 1920)
2007 - Hans J. Wegner, Danish furniture designer (b. 1914)
2007 - Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
2008 - Christian Brando, actor and son of Marlon Brando (b 1958)