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521 - Magnus Felix Ennodius, bishop and Latin poet (b. 474)
656 - Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated.
924 - Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies
924 - King Edward the Elder of England
1025 - Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies
1070 - Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies
1345 - Jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched
1453 - John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader
1510 - Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies
1510 - Tree of Commonwealth, beheaded at about 48
1531 - Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)
1571 - Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)
1588 - Sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489)
1627 - Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67
1645 - Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician
1682 - Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer, dies at 29
1704 - Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer
1709 - Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60
1709 - Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (b. 1646)
1746 - Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53
1753 - Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies
1762 - Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34
1763 - Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45
1764 - Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82
1790 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
1791 - Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (b. 1717)
1793 - Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined
1794 - Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45
1794 - John Roebuck, British inventor (b. 1718)
1826 - Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65
1838 - John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82
1845 - Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)
1851 - Beni Egressy, composer, dies at 37
1863 - James Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35
1864 - Daniel McCook Jr, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 29
1864 - Dirk Dark Curtius, attorney/liberal minister of Justice, dies at 71
1871 - Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29
1875 - Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77
1878 - Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65
1879 - Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian painter (b. 1856)
1881 - Jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804)
1885 - Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian politician (b. 1811)
1887 - Dorothea Dix, french social activist (b. 1802)
1893 - Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (b. 1833)
1894 - Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (b. 1810)
1901 - John Farmer, composer, dies at 64
1903 - James A McNeill Whistler, US/Brit writer (Bride Tomorrow), dies at 69
1912 - J-Henri Poincaré, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58
1915 - Francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday
1918 - Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13
1918 - Alexandra Fjodorova, wife of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death at 46
1918 - Anastasia N Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicholas, executed at 17
1918 - Botkin, personal physician of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1918 - Charitonov, cook of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1918 - Demidova, lady in waiting of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1918 - Maria Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1918 - Nicolas II Aleksandrovitch, last tsar of Russia, executed at 50
1918 - Olga Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1918 - Tatyana Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1918 - Trupp, lackey of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1922 - Heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57
1928 - Alvaro Obregon, general/pres of Mexico, assassinated
1928 - Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921), dies
1935 - George William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist (b. 1867)
1937 - Henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierne, composer, dies at 73
1944 - Hugh Rigby, English portrait painter (King George V 1928-32), dies
1944 - William James Sidis, gifted mathematician and child prodigy (b. 1898)
1946 - Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslav gen (Nazi), executed at 53
1947 - Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34
1950 - Evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)
1953 - Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65
1953 - Maude K Adams, US actress (Little Minister), dies
1954 - Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85
1955 - Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer, dies at 73
1957 - John Coltrane, rocker, dies of cancer at 30
1959 - Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44
1959 - Henri Pourrat, French writer (Le chasseur de la nuit), dies
1959 - Eugene Meyer, American businessman and newspaper publisher (b. 1875)
1961 - Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74
1965 - Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57
1966 - August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71
1967 - Cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74
1967 - Gertrude McCoy, silent screen actress (Blue Bird), dies at 77
1967 - John Coltrane, US jazz sax/composer (Round Midnight), dies at 40
1970 - Juano Hernandez, actor (St Louis Blues, Two Loves), dies at 74
1971 - Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76
1974 - Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63
1975 - Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)
1975 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (b. 1893)
1978 - Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51
1979 - Doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies
1980 - Donald Barry, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak), dies at 68
1980 - Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician (b. 1890)
1984 - J Delos Jewkes, singer/actor (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 89
1985 - Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93
1985 - Margo, actress (Rumba, Viva Zapata), dies at 68 of a brain tumor
1987 - Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
1988 - Bruiser Brody, wrestler, stabbed to death
1988 - Frank Goodish, professional wrestler (b. 1946)
1990 - Bernard Cowan, TV announcer, dies of kidney disease at 68
1993 - Ineke Shutter, choreography (Black Girl Goes to School), dies at 61
1993 - Scott Salmon, US choreographer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 51
1993 - Vladimir Barmyn, Russian inventor (Stalinorgel), dies at 84
1994 - Jean Borotra, [Flying Basque], Fr tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95
1995 - Herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56
1995 - Joe Hutton, northumbrian piper/shepherd, dies at 71
1996 - Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer (NSW 1933-37) and radio commentator (1935-85), dies at 85
1996 - Amancio D'Silva, musician, dies at 60
1996 - Bryan Chas Chandler, musician/manager, dies at 57
1996 - Chris Komar, dancer, dies at 48
1996 - Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect, dies at 95
1996 - John William Fozard, aircraft designer, dies at 68
1996 - Paul Touvier, French WW II criminal, dies at 81
1996 - Sid Sussman, beauty pageant organizer, dies of heart attack
2001 - Katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917)
2003 - David Kelly, Welsh UN weapons inspector (b. 1944)
2003 - Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist (b. 1914)
2004 - Pat Roach, British professional wrestler and actor (b. 1937)
2005 - Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (b. 1927)
2005 - Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-born actress (b. 1913)
2005 - Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
2005 - Gavin Lambert, British-born screenwriter (b. 1924)
2005 - Joe Vialls, Australian writer (b. 1944)
2006 - Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (b. 1936)
2006 - Mickey Spillane, American author (b. 1918)
2007 - Júlio Redecker, Brazilian Politician (b. 1956)
2008 - Larry Haines, American actor (b. 1918)
2009 - Walter Cronkite, American broadcast journalist (b. 1916)
2009 - Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher (b. 1927)