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455 - Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)
1021 - Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III
1037 - Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen
1072 - Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies
1322 - Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)
1410 - John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)
1485 - Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)
1536 - Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45
1559 - Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)
1620 - St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing
1629 - Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59
1649 - St. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)
1679 - John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
1721 - James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)
1736 - Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26
1737 - Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)
1738 - Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72
1738 - George Bähr, German architect (b. 1666)
1747 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)
1804 - Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75
1806 - Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74
1819 - Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73
1838 - Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64
1841 - Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49
1843 - Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65
1867 - Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33
1878 - William Banting, English undertaker, dies
1881 - Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42
1887 - Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59
1888 - Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)
1890 - Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864)
1892 - Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)
1898 - Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23
1899 - Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
1903 - Roy Bean, American jurist
1909 - George Thorndike Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85
1914 - Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55
1914 - John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies
1914 - Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1843)
1919 - Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39
1926 - Sergeant Stubby, decorated World War I dog
1930 - Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60
1933 - Alfred Her, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 47
1935 - John J R Macleod, Scot/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58
1935 - Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-born chess player (b. 1886)
1936 - Marguerite Durand, French journalist and feminist (b. 1864)
1937 - J Austen Chamberlain, English Min of For affairs (Nobel), dies at 73
1938 - Egon Friedell, writer, dies
1940 - Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
1941 - John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73
1942 - Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69
1945 - Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52
1945 - Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
1946 - Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61
1955 - Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75
1955 - Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (b. 1914)
1956 - Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77
1957 - Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67
1957 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876)
1958 - Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65
1959 - John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111
1961 - Chen Geng, Chinese military leader (b. 1903)
1962 - John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85
1964 - Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80
1967 - James Friskin, composer, dies at 80
1968 - June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60
1968 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer, dies at 72
1970 - Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61
1970 - Tammi Terrell, singer (You're All I Need), dies of brain tumor at 24
1971 - Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70
1971 - Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, cricketer (Vict & Aust), dies
1971 - Thomas E Dewey, US president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies at 68
1972 - Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72
1973 - Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79
1973 - M Revis, [Willem Fisherman), author (People that Mutiny), dies at 68
1975 - T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64
1975 - Richard W. DeKorte, American politician (b. 1936)
1978 - Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists
1979 - Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90
1980 - Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (b. 1898)
1983 - Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79
1983 - Fred Rose, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
1984 - John Hoagland, American photographer (b. 1947)
1985 - Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88
1985 - Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1987 - Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71
1988 - Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88
1990 - Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91
1991 - 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash
1991 - Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85
1991 - Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies
1992 - Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies
1992 - Yves Rocard, French physicist (b. 1903)
1993 - Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86
1993 - Djilalli Lyabes, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered
1993 - Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87
1993 - Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Arialda), dies at 69
1993 - Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered
1995 - Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95
1995 - Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/Landowner, dies at 83
1995 - Lord Lovat, [Shimi], Scottish landowner, dies at 83
1995 - Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80
1996 - Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62
1996 - Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's bookshop), dies at 104
1996 - Peter Clemoes, Anglo-Saxon scholar, dies at 76
1996 - Charlie Barnett, American actor (b. 1954)
1998 - Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
1999 - Gratien Gélinas, Quebec playwright and director (b. 1909)
2000 - Thomas Ferebee, Hiroshima bombardier (b. 1918)
2001 - Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (b. 1921)
2001 - Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)
2003 - Rachel Corrie, American political activist (b. 1979)
2003 - Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York (b. 1931)
2004 - Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)
2005 - Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)
2005 - Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall) (b. 1914)
2005 - Anthony George, American TV actor (b. 1921)
2005 - Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (b. 1927)
2005 - Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937)
2006 - David Feintuch, American sci-fi author (b. 1944)
2007 - Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
2008 - Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (b. 1912)
2008 - Ola Brunkert, Swedish session drummer for ABBA (b. 1946)
2008 - Gary Hart, American professional wrestling manager and wrestler (b. 1942)
2008 - G. David Low, American astronaut (b. 1956)
2008 - John Hewer, Actor famous for portraying Captain Birdseye in British commercials. (b. 1922)