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987 - Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies
1254 - Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26
1254 - Conrad IV of Germany (b. 1228)
1481 - Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1512 - Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena
1524 - Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80
1542 - Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R
1607 - John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)
1639 - Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70
1647 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65
1650 - James G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged
1664 - Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman
1670 - Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586)
1686 - (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602)
1690 - John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85
1703 - Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle
1719 - Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646)
1725 - Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63
1742 - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)
1771 - Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722)
1786 - Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43
1790 - Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies
1810 - Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81
1812 - Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38
1815 - Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73
1817 - Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64
1844 - Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68
1860 - Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53
1862 - John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827)
1879 - Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848)
1885 - Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73
1894 - August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54
1894 - Emile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
1895 - Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76
1897 - Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77
1911 - Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857)
1915 - Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (b. 1875)
1919 - Victor A D Segalen, [Max Anely], French ship's doctor/writer, dies
1919 - Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1853)
1924 - Bobby Franks, killed by Leopold & Loeb, at 14
1926 - Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65
1926 - Ronald Arthur A Firbank, British writer (Prancing Nigger), dies at 40
1929 - V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies
1933 - John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69
1935 - Hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87
1935 - Jane Addams, a founder of ACLU (Nobel 1973), dies at 65
1949 - Klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42
1952 - John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39
1954 - Janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68
1957 - Edwin St Hill, cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies
1957 - Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer (b. 1889)
1964 - James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1882)
1965 - Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (b. 1882)
1966 - Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75
1968 - Doris Lloyd, actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71
1970 - Vinton Hayworth, actor (Gen Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 63
1970 - E. L. Grant Watson, Australian biologist (b. 1885)
1971 - Dennis King, actor (Devil's Brother), dies of heart ailment at 73
1973 - Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (War Diary), dies at 79
1973 - George Breakstone, actor/director (Great Expectations), dies at 53
1973 - Vaughn Monroe, singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61
1976 - Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer, dies at 77
1978 - Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77
1980 - Ida Kaminska, actress (Shop on Main Street), dies
1981 - Yuki Shimoda, actor (Farewell to Manzanar), dies
1981 - Patsy O'Hara, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957)
1981 - Raymond Mccreesh, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957)
1983 - Finn Einar Mortensen, composer, dies at 61
1983 - Kenneth Clark, English art historian (b. 1903)
1984 - Andrea Leeds, actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at 70
1984 - Ann Little, actress (Roaring Road), dies
1984 - Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
1985 - Julie Vega, Philippine Actress (b. 1968)
1987 - Alejandro Rey, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun), dies at 57
1988 - Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92
1990 - Franklyn Seales, actor (Silver Spoon, Onion Field), dies of AIDS at 37
1990 - Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies
1990 - Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered
1991 - Bobby Dale, dies at 92
1991 - Jean Van Joutte, PM of Belgium (1952-54), dies
1991 - Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated at 46
1992 - Brendan Nulholland, Daily Mail reporter, dies at 59
1992 - Elizabeth David, British cookbook writer, dies
1992 - Mrithi, gorilla (Gorilla in the Mist), dies at 24
1992 - Skip Stephenson, TV host (Real People), dies
1993 - John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80
1993 - John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65
1994 - Cliff Wilson, snooker player, dies at 60
1994 - Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer, dies at 84
1994 - Giovanni Goria, PM of Italy (1987-88), dies
1994 - John Henry Weidner, Dutch/US resistance fighter, dies at 81
1994 - John Weidner, war hero, dies at 71
1995 - Kieron Walsh, academic, dies at 46
1995 - Les Aspin, US sec of Defense (1993-95), dies of stroke at 56
1995 - Patrick Bowles, writer/translator, dies at 68
1996 - Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at 78
1996 - Bobby Tulloch, ornithologist, dies at 67
1996 - Eric Stuart Woord, archaeologist, dies at 83
1996 - Laurence Dowdall, lawyer, dies at 91
1996 - Mary Perot Nichols, journalist, dies at 79
1996 - Peter Fletcher, music teacher, dies at 60
1999 - Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper (D12) (b. 1979)
2000 - Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901)
2000 - Sir John Gielgud, British actor (b. 1904)
2000 - Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (b. 1956)
2002 - Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist (b. 1930)
2003 - Frank D. White, American politician (b. 1933)
2003 - Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer (b. 1928)
2005 - Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (b. 1919)
2006 - Spencer Clark, American racecar driver (b. 1987)
2006 - Katherine Dunham, American dancer (b. 1909)
2006 - Cherd Songsri, Thai film director (b. 1931)
2006 - Billy Walker, American singer (b. 1929)