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251 - Decius, Roman Emperor (b. 207)
251 - Herennius Etruscus, Roman Emperor (b. ca. 227)
868 - Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (b. 828)
1109 - King Alfonso VI of Castile (b. 1040)
1277 - Baibars, Mameluk sultan of Egypt (b. 1223)
1378 - Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies
1523 - Hendrik Voes, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake
1523 - John of Esschen, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake
1589 - Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies
1592 - Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist/composer (Responsoria), dies
1614 - Isaac Casaubon, French-born classical scholar (b. 1559)
1622 - William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, British politician (b. 1575)
1627 - Nathaniel Bacon, English painter, dies at 41
1662 - Simon Ives, composer, dies at 61
1681 - Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint (b. 1629)
1691 - Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer, dies at 77
1708 - Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)
1723 - Willem van de Pose, gov of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59
1742 - Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer, dies at 58
1774 - Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68
1776 - Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War
1782 - Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, does at 52
1784 - Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, composer (Sinfonias 64), dies at 73
1805 - Georg Ritschel, composer, dies at 60
1819 - Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (b. 1752)
1839 - Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53
1847 - George F Kersting, German painter, dies at 61
1860 - Charles Goodyear, American inventor (b. 1800)
1863 - John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42
1883 - Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer, dies at 39
1885 - Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73
1894 - Julius PJA van Nyevelt, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 77
1894 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (b. 1819)
1896 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85
1910 - Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies
1916 - William Booth, cricketer (WW I 2 Tests for England 1913-14), dies
1922 - Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I mala voglia), dies at 81
1925 - Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59
1925 - Jan P Veth, Dutch painter/lithographer/art historian, dies at 61
1939 - Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies
1943 - Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed
1943 - C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - C L Barentsen, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Coos Hartogh, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Cor Roos, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Henri Halberstadt, Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed
1943 - Johan Brouwer, hispanist/writer/Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1943 - Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Willem Brouwer, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1944 - Carl Mayer, actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise), dies at 49
1947 - Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80
1949 - Louis Davids, [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65
1950 - Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77
1950 - Eliel Saarinen, Fins/US architect (Chicago Trib building), dies at 76
1950 - Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (b. 1865)
1953 - Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered
1953 - Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies
1958 - Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies
1958 - Harry Nicholls Holmes, Dr (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78
1958 - Rudolf von Laban, Czech/Ger choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78
1961 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (b. 1894)
1963 - Camille Chautemps, premier France, dies
1964 - Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89
1965 - Claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55
1965 - Wally Hammond, S African cricketer (7,249 runs for England), dies
1968 - Dick Young, cricketer (England wicketkeeper v Aust 1907-08), dies
1968 - Virginia Weidler, actress (All This & Heaven Too), dies at 42
1971 - Lord Learie Constantine, WI cricketer (all-rounder & fielder), dies
1973 - Mario La Broca, composer, dies at 76
1974 - Juan D Peron, president of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies at 78
1976 - Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)
1978 - Kurt Student, German Luftwaffe general (b. 1890)
1979 - Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64
1980 - Charles Percy Snow, British writer (Friends & Associates), dies at 75
1981 - George Voskovec, actor (Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag), dies at 76
1981 - Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese writer (b. 1921)
1981 - Rushton Moreve, American bass player (b. 1948)
1982 - John Everett Watts, composer, dies at 51
1982 - Vera [A Veronica] Bondam, actress, dies at 86
1983 - R Buckminster Fuller, inventor/philosopher, dies in LA at 87
1984 - Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born educator (b. 1904)
1986 - Roy Poole, actor (Winds of War), dies at 62
1987 - Snakefinger, British-born musician (b. 1949)
1988 - Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82
1988 - Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer, dies at 68
1989 - William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies
1990 - Anna Palk, actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies of cancer at 48
1990 - Jurriaan Schrofer, graphic designer, dies
1991 - Joost Baljeu, painter/founder-editor Structure, dies
1991 - Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza, Hwy to Heaven), dies of cancer at 54
1992 - Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer (Amarcord), dies
1992 - Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissauan politician (b. 1933)
1994 - Johanna Ader-Appels, resistance fighter/author, dies
1995 - Bruce Mitchell, S Afr cricketer (leading Test scorer with 3471), dies
1995 - Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest, dies at 49
1995 - Wolfman Jack, disc jockey (Midnight Special), dies at 57
1996 - Alfred Marks, actor (Fanny Hill, Desert Mice), dies at 75
1996 - Margaux Hemmingway, actress (Lipstick), dies at 41
1996 - Richard Michael Fraser, political administrator, dies at 80
1996 - Steve Tesich, screenwriter/playwright, dies at 53
1997 - Joshua Hassan, head of Gibraltar (1964-69, 72-87), dies
1997 - Robert Mitchum, actor (Winds of War), dies at 79
1999 - Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-born film director (b. 1908)
1999 - Guy Mitchell, American popular singer (b. 1927)
1999 - Forrest Mars Sr., American candy magnate (b. 1904)
1999 - Sylvia Sidney, American actress (b. 1910)
2000 - Sarah Payne, British murder victim (b. 1992)
2000 - Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920)
2001 - Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
2003 - Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (b. 1930)
2003 - Wesley Mouzon, American boxer (b. 1927)
2003 - N!xau, Namibian actor (b. 1944)
2004 - Marlon Brando, actor ("The Godfather", "A Street Cart Named Desire" and "On the Water Front") dies at 80
2004 - Peter Barnes, English writer (b. 1931)
2004 - Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (b. 1909)
2005 - Luther Vandross, American singer (b. 1951)
2005 - Obie Benson, American musician (b. 1936)
2006 - Fred Trueman, English cricketer (b. 1931)
2008 - Mel Galley, English guitarist (b. 1948)
2009 - Karl Malden, American actor (b. 1912)
2009 - Onni Palaste, Finnish writer (b. 1917)
2009 - Mollie Sugden, English actress (b. 1922)
2009 - Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan professional boxer (b. 1952)
2009 - Marwa El-Sherbini, Egyptian housewife (b. 1977 or 1976)