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526 - John I, Pope (523-26), dies
1160 - Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies
1401 - Władysław Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 - 1378, count palatine of Poland
1410 - Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies
1450 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397)
1550 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)
1551 - Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)
1584 - Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559)
1587 - Felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies
1625 - Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies
1653 - Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at 48
1675 - Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37
1675 - Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (b. 1623)
1692 - Elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies
1724 - Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54
1733 - Georg Bohm, German organist/composer, dies at 71
1767 - Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer, dies at 28
1780 - Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland
1781 - Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742)
1799 - Pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies
1800 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
1807 - John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (b. 1721)
1808 - Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49
1808 - Elijah Craig, American minister and inventor (b. 1738?)
1829 - Bernardo Bittoni, composer, dies at 72
1829 - Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (b. 1803)
1832 - Bonafacio Asioli, composer, dies at 62
1839 - Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57
1844 - Richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1780)
1848 - William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF
1862 - William H Keim, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 48
1864 - James Byron Gordon, Confederate brig-gen, dies at 41
1889 - Isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (b. 1823)
1900 - Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813)
1909 - George Meredith, English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81
1910 - Flor van Duyse, composer, dies at 66
1910 - Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (b.1841)
1911 - Gustav Mahler, Austr composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50
1913 - Otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70
1918 - Toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34
1922 - Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1845)
1927 - Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (b. 1872)
1930 - Joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68
1936 - Alick Maclean, composer, dies at 63
1949 - James T Adams, US historian (Pulitzer 1921)
1952 - Rossetter Gleason Cole, composer, dies at 86
1953 - Tom Killick, cricketer (at the crease 2 Tests for Eng 1929), dies
1955 - Mary McLeod Bethune, educator & civil rights leader, dies at 79
1956 - Maurice Tate, cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies
1961 - Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies
1963 - Ernie Davis, American football player (b. 1939)
1965 - Eduard J Dijksterhuis, mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72
1966 - Paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78
1967 - Andy Clyde, Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75
1967 - Richard Ainley, actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at 56
1972 - Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer, dies at 53
1973 - Jeannette Rankin, 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43), dies at 92
1974 - Daniel R Topping, US owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61
1975 - Leroy Anderson, composer, dies at 66
1980 - Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23
1980 - Reid Blackburn, a photojournalist for National Geographic was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1952)
1980 - Harry Truman, victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1896)
1980 - David A. Johnston, a U.S. Volcanoligist was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1949)
1981 - Arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73
1981 - William Saroyan, US stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72
1985 - Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82
1986 - John Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black & Bubbles), dies at 84
1987 - Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73
1988 - Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71
1990 - Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54
1991 - Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86
1992 - Lawrence Welk, bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89
1992 - Marshall Thompson, actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at 65
1992 - Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 52
1993 - Heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78
1993 - Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/writer, dies at 67
1995 - Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45
1995 - Elisha Cook Jr, actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane), dies at 91
1995 - Elizabeth Montgomery, actress (Bewitched), dies of cancer at 62
1995 - Gordon Reynolds, musician, dies at 74
1995 - Robert Harris, actor (Werewolf of London), dies at 95
1996 - Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at 76
1996 - Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner, dies at 44
1997 - Bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975)
1999 - Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (b. 1954)
1999 - Betty Robinson, American runner (b. 1911)
2000 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician and arranger (b. 1946)
2000 - Maulana Yousuf Ludhianvi, Muslim scholar
2002 - Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (b. 1962)
2003 - Anna Santisteban, Puerto Rican beauty contest organizer (b. 1914)
2003 - Barb Tarbox, Canadian anti-smoking crusader (b. 1961)
2004 - Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (b. 1927)
2004 - Serge Turgeon, Quebec actor and union leader (b. 1946)
2006 - Andrew Martinez, U.C. Berkeley's "Naked Guy" (b. 1972)
2007 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist (b. 1932)
2007 - Yoyoy Villame, Philippine novelty singer and movie actor (b. 1932)
2008 - Joseph Pevney, American television director
2009 - Velupillai Prabhakaran,Sri Lankan founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (b. 1954)
2009 - Dolla American Rapper a.k.a. Roderick Anthony Burton II (b.1987)
2009 - Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (b.1947)