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855 - Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)
1358 - Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies
1396 - William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)
1508 - Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)
1556 - Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65
1556 - St Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Society of Jesus, dies in Rome
1566 - Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92
1648 - Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60
1653 - Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)
1693 - Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73
1726 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695)
1750 - Johan V, King of Portugal, dies
1763 - James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies
1784 - Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies
1790 - Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer, dies at 48
1795 - Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54
1811 - Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish
1864 - Louis Hachette, French publisher, dies at 64
1875 - Andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66
1886 - Franz von Liszt, [Ferencz], Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74
1891 - Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian painter, dies at 77
1911 - Jack Edwards, cricketer (1888 Ashes tourist), dies
1914 - A J Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité/Les Preuves), murdered=
1917 - Charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies
1917 - Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (b. 1881)
1917 - Hedd Wyn, Welsh poet (b. 1887)
1919 - R G Barlow, cricketer (591 runs/34 wickets/17 Tests for England), dies
1932 - Francesco Paolo Neglia, composer, dies at 58
1940 - Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel
1942 - Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79
1943 - Hedley Verity, cricketer (144 wickets in 40 Tests), dies in POW camp
1948 - Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70
1951 - J of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies
1952 - N B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (S African slow lefty 1947-51), dies
1953 - Robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in NY at 63
1954 - Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (b. 1923)
1960 - Karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77
1964 - Jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39
1965 - James Rennie, actor (Wilson, Skylark, Illicit), dies at 75
1966 - Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87
1967 - Mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81
1967 - Richard Kuhn, German chemist, dies
1968 - Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66
1970 - Walter Briggs, Jr., American sports executive (b. 1912)
1972 - Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/sect-gen (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73
1977 - Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20
1978 - Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80
1978 - Enoch Light, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70
1979 - Beatrix Lehmann, actress (Psyche '59, Rat, Staircase), dies at 76
1980 - Bobby Van, actor/TV host (Make Me Laugh), dies of cancer at 49
1980 - Mohd. Rafi, Indian playback singer (b. 1924)
1981 - Gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash
1984 - Bill Raisch, one armed actor (Fred Johnson-Fugitive), dies at 79
1984 - Paul Le Flem, composer, dies at 103
1985 - Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78
1985 - Murray Chapple, cricketer (14 Tests for NZ, 497 runs), dies
1986 - Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73
1986 - Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
1988 - Trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38
1990 - Fernando Sancho, dies after operation for malignant tumor at 72
1990 - Albert Leduc, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1992 - G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72
1992 - Joseph L George, dies of cancer at 65
1992 - Ralph Strait, dies of heart attack at 56
1992 - Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrijzend Netherland), dies
1993 - Baudouin, king of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62 from heart problems
1993 - Elmar Klos, director (Obzalovany, Obchod na Korze), dies at 83
1993 - Paul Henry, US Republicans Congressional leader, dies at 51
1994 - Anne Shelton, British singer (Glenn Miller Band), dies at 66
1994 - Caitlin Thomas, dies
1994 - G de Ru, chairman of Dutch Reformed Synode, dies
1994 - Pieter C Buitendijk, co-founder (Free Netherlands), dies at 92
1995 - Genevieve Tobin Keighley, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83
1996 - Joan "Maudie" Warburton, painter, dies at 76
1996 - Michael Jinks, child care pioneer, dies at 59
1996 - Seagram Miller, American rapper (b. 1970)
1997 - Beam Dai, head of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies
1997 - Bo Dai, Last emporer of Vietnam, dies at 85
1997 - Edith Fore, pitchwoman (I've fallen and I can't get up!), dies at 81
1997 - Ulrich Ernst Simon, theologian, dies at 63
2001 - Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926)
2001 - Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (b. 1914)
2001 - Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)
2003 - Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist (b. 1933)
2004 - Virginia Grey, American actress (b. 1917)
2004 - Laura Betti, Italian actress (b. 1927)
2005 - Wim Duisenberg, Dutch banker (b. 1935)
2006 - Paul Eells, American sportscaster (b. 1935)