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988 - Arnulf II, count of Flanders (965-988), dies
1202 - Joachim Van Fiore, Italian religious founder (Joachimism), dies
1486 - Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
1526 - Konrad Mutian, German humanist (b. 1471)
1540 - Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469)
1547 - Francois I of Valois-Angouleme, King of France (1515-47), dies at 52
1559 - Adam Ries, German mathematician (b. 1492)
1587 - Ralph Sadler, English statesman (b. 1507)
1662 - François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (b. 1592)
1707 - Vauban, French architect (b. 1633)
1764 - Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer, dies at 68
1783 - William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (b. 1718)
1804 - Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (b. 1718)
1840 - George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies
1842 - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter (b. 1755)
1864 - Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer, dies 52
1871 - W F A A Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at 42
1872 - Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76
1873 - Benedict Augustin Morel, psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at 63
1875 - Marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63
1879 - David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74
1879 - Thomas Couture, French painter/author, dies at 63
1884 - Hans Hampel, composer, dies at 61
1886 - Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, French Canadian politician (b. 1838)
1896 - Charilaos Trikoupis, seven times prime-minister of Greece (b. 1832)
1906 - Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73
1912 - Karl May, German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at 70
1925 - Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at 64
1926 - Feliks E Dzerzjinski, Lithuanian organizer (KGB), dies at 48
1935 - Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan, composer, dies at 51
1936 - Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer (b. 1895)
1942 - Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81
1943 - Jan Bytnar, Polish activist (b. 1921)
1943 - Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish activist (b. 1920)
1945 - Karel Moor, composer, dies at 71
1946 - John S S P V Gort, viscount of Limerick/Hamsterley, dies at 59
1949 - Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
1949 - Friedrich C R Bergius, chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies at 64
1950 - Leon Blum, French premier (People's Front Govt), dies at 77
1953 - Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer, dies at 75
1959 - Daniil Andreev, Russian writer and mystic (b. 1906)
1959 - Riccardo Zanella, president of Free State of Fiume (b. 1875)
1960 - Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter, dies at 90
1960 - Joseph Haas, German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81
1961 - P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies
1963 - Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer, dies at 69
1964 - Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76
1965 - Philip Showalter Hench, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1896)
1966 - Erwin Piscator, German director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies at 72
1966 - Maxfield Parrish, US painter, dies at 95
1966 - Newbold Morris, American politician (b. 1902)
1967 - Jean Toomer, American writer (b. 1894)
1968 - Bobby Driscoll, American actor (b. 1937)
1969 - Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer, dies at 34
1970 - Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)
1971 - Selmer Jackson, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82
1972 - Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at 81
1972 - Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55
1972 - Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (b. 1890)
1974 - Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Reborn in Freedom), dies at 79
1975 - Peter Bamm, writer, dies
1976 - Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 99
1977 - Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer, dies at 88
1977 - Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (b. 1929)
1978 - George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in WI 1935), dies
1978 - Harold Gimblett, cricketer (Batted in 3 Tests for England), suicide
1979 - Airey Neave, British MP (Conservatives), killed by terrorist bomb
1981 - Dewitt Wallace, US founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91
1981 - Noel Harford, cricketer (8 Tests for NZ 1955-58), dies
1984 - Peter Yarrall, strongest Englishman/weighed 826 lb (374.7 kg), dies
1985 - Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76
1986 - James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies in NY at 86
1986 - John Ciardi, US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at 69
1988 - Edgar Faure, French politician (b. 1908)
1989 - Dort Clark, actor (In Harm's Way), dies
1991 - Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies
1992 - Art Hannes, announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72
1992 - Luigi De Laurentiis, Italian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies
1992 - Manolis Andronikos, Greek archeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (b. 1919)
1993 - Jeremy Siegrist, actor (Adv of Darly & Samy), dies hiking at 20
1993 - Richard C Diebenkorn Jr, US painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at 70
1994 - Albert Goldman, rock biographer (Elvis, John Lennon), dies at 66
1994 - Sid Weiss, bassist, dies at 79
1995 - Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer, dies at 65
1995 - Paul A Rothchild, record producer, dies at 59
1995 - Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger, dies at 82
1995 - Tony Lock, cricketer (174 wickets for England), dies
1996 - Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78
1996 - Ryoei Saito, businessman, dies at 79
1999 - Gary Morton, American film and television producer (b. 1924)
2002 - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (b. 1900)
2003 - Michael Jeter, American actor (b. 1952)
2003 - Valentin Pavlov, Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (b. 1937)
2004 - Alistair Cooke, English-born journalist (b. 1908)
2004 - Hubert Gregg, British broadcaster (b. 1914)
2004 - Michael King, New Zealand historian (b. 1945)
2004 - Timi Yuro, American singer (b. 1940)
2005 - Emil Dimitrov, Bulgarian singer (b. 1940)
2005 - Robert Creeley, American poet (b. 1926)
2005 - Milton Green, American athlete (b. 1913)
2005 - Fred Korematsu, American civil rights activist (b. 1919)
2005 - O. V. Vijayan, Indian author and cartoonist (b. 1930)
2005 - Derrick Plourde, American drummer (b. 1971)
2006 - Red Hickey, American football coach (b. 1917)
2008 - Dith Pran, The Killing Fields Photographer (b. 1942)
2008 - David Leslie, Touring Car Driver (b. 1953)
2008 - Richard Lloyd, Racing Car Driver (b. 1945)