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535 - John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies
685 - Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies
1192 - Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163)
1278 - Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)
1319 - Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies
1473 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)
1538 - Edward Fox, English bishop
1577 - Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies
1672 - Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)
1684 - Henri Dumont, composer, dies
1725 - John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle
1766 - Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693)
1773 - Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies
1773 - Ali Bey Al-Kabir, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1728)
1781 - Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)
1785 - Pietro Longhi, painter, dies
1785 - Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (b. 1719)
1788 - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)
1794 - Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined
1809 - Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78
1818 - Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78
1819 - Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii
1829 - Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47
1837 - Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770)
1842 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)
1844 - Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies
1846 - Giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59
1853 - Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67
1864 - James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56
1873 - John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66
1876 - Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies
1880 - Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
1885 - Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65
1887 - Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar
1891 - Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies
1894 - Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79
1903 - Eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies
1904 - Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies
1909 - Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies
1915 - Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82
1924 - Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23
1930 - Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 61
1932 - Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
1936 - Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies
1941 - Heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86
1943 - Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed
1945 - Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (b. 1883)
1947 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858)
1948 - Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81
1948 - U Saw, Burmese politician (b. 1900)
1950 - Franklin Dyall, dies at 76
1950 - Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician (b. 1865)
1951 - Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40
1952 - William Fox, Austrian-born film producer (b. 1879)
1957 - Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75
1958 - Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered
1959 - Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55
1960 - Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88
1960 - J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (b. 1904)
1961 - James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63
1965 - H T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for Engld), dies
1967 - Barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39
1967 - Elmer Rice, NY playwright/director/novelist, dies at 74
1967 - Laverne Andrews, singer (Andrews Sisters), dies at 51
1969 - Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (b. 1892)
1973 - Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies
1974 - Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train
1975 - Avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87
1976 - Alan Baxter, dies at 67
1976 - Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies
1979 - Talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76
1981 - Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies
1981 - Maurice Fernandes, cricket capt (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 v Eng), dies
1982 - Colin Blunstone, rocker (Zombies), dies of cancer at 36
1982 - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident
1982 - Neil Bogart, American record executive (b. 1943)
1984 - Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916)
1985 - Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74
1985 - Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies of Alzheimer's at 69
1985 - Karl Marx, German composer/conductor, dies at 87
1987 - Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
1987 - Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (b. 1920)
1988 - Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80
1990 - Tomas O'Fiach, [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies
1991 - Jean Langlais, composer, dies at 84
1991 - Lloyd Ford, stuntman, dies at 79
1991 - Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse), dies at 72
1992 - Addeke H Boerma, dir-gen (FAO), dies at 80
1992 - Brian Moore, writer (Catholics), dies of heart failure at 59
1992 - Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), dies
1992 - Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java), dies
1992 - Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer
1993 - Kees Deenik, singer/conductor
1993 - Avram Davidson, American writer (b. 1923)
1994 - Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, peace activist, dies at 88
1994 - George Peppard, actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, A-Team), dies at 65
1994 - Rupert Haselden, journalist/screenwriter, dies at 36
1994 - Steven Keats, actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at 48
1995 - Carroll Best, bluegrass banjo, dies at 63
1995 - Jerry Zipkin, socialite, dies at 80
1995 - Prem Bhatia, journalist, dies at 83
1995 - Teresa Teng, singer, dies at 41
1996 - Jane Cowan, cello teacher, dies at 80
1996 - Luis Miguel Domiguin, bullfighter, dies at 69
1996 - Serge Chermayeff, architect/designer, dies at 95
1996 - Garth Williams, American illustrator (b. 1912)
1997 - Kai-Uwe Von Hassel, German Pres of Bundestag (CDU 1969-72), dies
1998 - Bebe Rebozo, American banker and Watergate figure (b. 1912)
1999 - Dirk Bogarde, British actor (b. 1921)
1999 - Ed Gilbert, American actor (b. 1931)
1999 - Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964)
2000 - Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (b. 1918)
2000 - Alexander Chislenko, Russian-American transhumanist (b. 1959)
2000 - Henry Nicols, AIDS activist (b. 1973)
2005 - Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (b. 1981)
2006 - Iain Macmillan, Abbey Road photographer (b. 1938)
2008 - Eddy Arnold, Country music star (b. 1918)
2008 - François Sterchele, Belgian football player (b. 1982)
2009 - Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1917)
2009 - Bud Shrake, American writer (b. 1931)