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1228 - Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
1386 - Leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)
1441 - Jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies
1553 - Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)
1639 - Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65
1654 - Ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies
1654 - Ferdinand IV of Germany (b. 1633)
1677 - Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies
1696 - Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies
1706 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French Canadian sailor and explorer (b. 1661)
1716 - Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63
1737 - de' Medici, last Medici-grand duke of Toscane, dies
1742 - John Oldmixon, English historian (b. 1673)
1746 - Philip V, French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62
1747 - Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian opera-composer, dies at 76
1755 - E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French & Indian War
1755 - Gottlob Harrer, composer, dies at 52
1755 - James Braddock, English general, dies in battle at Fort Duquesne
1756 - Pieter Langendijk, painter/etcher/playwright, dies at 72
1766 - Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b. 1720)
1795 - Henry Seymour Conway, British general and statesman (b. 1721)
1797 - Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68
1805 - Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76
1821 - Tommaso Sogner, composer, dies at 58
1843 - Washington Allston, US painter/author, dies at 63
1845 - Jacob earl of Rechteren/Appeltern, gov of Gelderland, dies at 57
1850 - Sajjid Ali Mohammed Bab, Persian founder of Babism
1850 - Zachary Taylor, 12th pres (1849-50), dies in White House at 65
1852 - Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (b. 1794)
1855 - Lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War
1856 - Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (b. 1776)
1856 - James Strang, Mormon splinter group leader (b. 1813)
1875 - Francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54
1880 - Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
1882 - Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero(b. 1848)
1883 - Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer, dies at 67
1893 - William Scotton, cricketer (wicket in 15 Tests for Eng), suicide
1903 - Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist (b. 1842)
1909 - Kasimir Felix Badeni, Premier of Polish/Austria (1895-97), dies at 62
1927 - John Drew Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
1932 - Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies
1932 - King C. Gillette, American inventor (b. 1885)
1934 - Otakar Zich, composer, dies at 55
1937 - Oliver Law, first African-American commander of U.S. troops (b. 1899)
1938 - Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (b. 1870)
1947 - Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish general (b. 1865)
1949 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75
1951 - Harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56
1951 - Jorgen Bentzon, composer, dies at 54
1955 - Don Beauman, British racing driver (b. 1928)
1957 - Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer, dies at 80
1957 - Manfred Julius Susskind, S African cricketer (1924 Test series), dies
1960 - Edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86
1960 - Vallance Jupp, cricketer (28 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1921-28), dies
1961 - Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52
1962 - Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74
1963 - Frank Mayo, actor (Santa Fe Trail), dies of heart attack at 74
1967 - Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77
1967 - Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (b. 1874)
1968 - Allyn Edwards, host (One Minute Please, Mr Citizen), dies at 53
1968 - John Indrisano, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 62
1968 - Vardis A Fisher, US writer (Passion Spin the Plot), dies at 73
1969 - Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies
1969 - Gladys Swarthout, US mezzo-soprano/alt (La Gioconda), dies at 64
1969 - Pierre Capdevielle, composer, dies at 63
1969 - Rob de Vries, actor/director (Ciske de Rat, Silent Raid), dies at 51
1972 - Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana
1972 - Robert Weede, American baritone (b. 1903)
1974 - Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70
1974 - Ted Bowley, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1929-30), dies
1977 - Loren C Eiseley, US anthropologist/writer (Animal Secrets), dies at 69
1978 - Abdul Razak al-Naif, premier of Iraq, murdered
1978 - Aladar Zoltan, composer, dies at 49
1979 - Betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53
1979 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, dies at 78
1979 - Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer (2 Tests for India), dies
1980 - Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and lyricist (b. 1913)
1981 - Allen Ludden, TV show host (Password), dies at 61
1981 - Oscar van Hemel, composer, dies at 88
1981 - Wilhelm H C Tenhaeff, para-psychologist, dies at 87
1983 - Keith Wickenden, British Politician (b. 1932)
1984 - Randall Thompson, US composer (Trip to Nahant), dies at 85
1985 - Rafael Campos, actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49
1985 - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1896)
1985 - Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b. 1911)
1986 - Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered
1986 - Le Duan, Vietnamese politician, dies at 78
1988 - Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60
1988 - Barbara Woodhouse, dog trainer, dies at 78 of a stroke
1990 - Brigitte D'Ortschy, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69
1990 - Howard Duff, actor (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 76 of a heart attack
1992 - Eric Savareid, News correspondent (CBS), dies at 79
1992 - Kelvin Coe, Australian ballerina (A'sch Ballet/Bolshoi Ballet), dies
1992 - Eric Sevareid, American reporter (b. 1912)
1993 - Cut Meijer, [Saul Messel], historian/rabbi to Paramaribo, dies at 80
1993 - Will Rogers Jr, (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), commits suicide at 81
1994 - Cornelius Boyson, bassist, dies at 57
1994 - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79
1994 - Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
1995 - Jacques Molicard, translator/Navigator, dies at 62
1995 - James Cameron Tudor, politician, dies at 66
1995 - John Eric Tieman, production Manager (Guardian), dies at 67
1995 - Julian Graham Theodore Hough, actor (Deathwatch, Shout), dies at 47
1995 - W Fenton Morley, preacher, dies at 83
1996 - Christopher Casson, actor (Educating Rita, Zardoz), dies at 84
1996 - Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician, dies at 76
1996 - Melvin Mouron Belli, attorney/actor (Star Trek), dies at 88
1996 - Peter Martini, British journalist, dies at 31
1996 - Susan Cowdy, British ornithologist, dies at 81
1999 - Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician (b. 1944)
2000 - Doug Fisher, English actor (b. 1941)
2002 - Laurence Janifer, American writer (b. 1933)
2002 - Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
2004 - Chuck Cadman, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
2004 - Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b. 1963)
2004 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
2005 - Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
2005 - Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
2005 - Kevin Hagen, American actor (b.1928)
2006 - Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (b. 1948)
2007 - Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
2008 - Séamus Brennan, Irish politicain (b. 1948)