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1115 - Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)
1240 - Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
1345 - Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered
1568 - Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)
1594 - John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)
1652 - Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32
1712 - Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies
1739 - Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday
1756 - George Vertue, engraver, dies
1758 - John Dyer, poet, dies
1768 - Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)
1809 - Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74
1812 - Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63
1819 - Sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43
1826 - Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65
1831 - Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41
1837 - Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter
1842 - John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies
1846 - Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81
1846 - Louis Napoleon, French king of the Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 67
1862 - Martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 79
1865 - Johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30
1868 - George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies
1876 - Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66
1883 - Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls
1900 - Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59
1908 - Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. the same day 1867)
1910 - Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
1927 - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)
1931 - Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75
1933 - Max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65
1936 - James Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52
1944 - Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49
1947 - Ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72
1954 - Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90
1957 - Sacha Guitry, actor/playwright/director (Lovers & Thieves), dies at 72
1960 - Carl Deis, composer, dies at 77
1960 - Hans Albers, German actor (Blue Angel), dies at 68
1962 - Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86
1964 - Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, dies
1965 - Constance Bennett, actress (Madame X, Topper), dies at 59
1965 - Irene Browne, actress (Peg O' My Heart), dies of cancer at 69
1966 - Tony Lema, US golfer, dies at 32
1967 - Little Billy Rhodes, dies of stroke at 72
1969 - Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Dziennik), dies at 64
1970 - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman (b. 1897)
1971 - Alan Rawsthorne, composer, dies at 66
1972 - Bobby Ramirez, drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl
1973 - Mary Frasca, singer/actress, dies in NYC
1974 - Chris Chubbock, newscaster, shoots self on air
1974 - Ernest Milton, actor (Julius Caesar, Cat Girl), dies at 84
1974 - James Chadwick, English physicist (Nobel 1935), dies at 82
1979 - Archie Duncan, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65
1980 - Peter Sellers, actor (Pink Panther, Mouse that Roared), dies at 54
1980 - Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
1986 - Fritz A Lipman, discoverer (co-enzymes, Nobel 1953), dies at 87
1986 - Laurie Nash, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1932-36), dies
1989 - Ernest Morrison, actor (Peggy Does Her Darndest), dies
1990 - Alan Clarke, director (Elephant, Road, Scum, Firm), dies at 54
1991 - Freddie Brown, cricketer (English Test captain 1950-51), dies
1991 - Isaac B Singer, Polish/US writer (Yentl, Nobel 1978), dies at 87
1991 - Karl Ellis, dies at 41
1992 - Arlette-Leonie Arletty, dies at 94
1992 - Khaled Mahmoud Saeed, asst to Palestine terrorist Abu Nidal, murdered
1992 - Lillian Oppenheimer, orgamist, dies of a heart attack at 93
1992 - Sam Berger, Canadian football owner (b. 1900)
1993 - Ben[jamin S] Polak, Dutch physician/resistance fighter, dies
1993 - Francis Bouygues, French entrepreneur/billionaire, dies at 70
1993 - Lonnie D'Orsa, dies at 96
1993 - Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (b. 1957)
1994 - Grete Schickedanz, German head mistress, dies at 82
1994 - Wangila Napunyi, welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1988), dies at 26
1995 - Don Richard Carpenter, novelist, dies at 64
1995 - Jeremiah Jerry Patrick Lordam, songwriter/compser, dies at 61
1995 - Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, film maker/teacher, dies at 94
1995 - Werner Grusch, film director, dies at 51
1996 - "Jock" John Wallace, soccer player/manager, dies at 60
1996 - Howard Vernon, actor (Faceless, Delicatessen), dies at 82
1996 - Jock Wallace, football player/manager, dies at 60
1996 - Virginia Christine, actress (Mrs Olson), dies at 76
1997 - Saw Maung, general/president of Myanmar (Burma) (1988-92), dies
1997 - William J Brennan, supreme court justice (1956-90), dies at 91
2000 - Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (b. 1925)
2001 - Georges Dor, Canadian author, composer, singer and playwright (b. 1931)
2005 - Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (b. 1912)
2007 - Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913)
2007 - Chaney Kley, American Actor (b. 1972)
2008 - Norman Dello Joio, American composer (b. 1913)
2009 - E. Lynn Harris, American Author (b. 1955)
