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311 - Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr
992 - Mieszko I, Polish advisor to Pope John XV, dies
1034 - King Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 980)
1120 - Countess of Perche, bastard daughter of English king Henry I, drowns
1120 - William, English crown prince/son of Henry I, drowns at 17
1120 - William Adelin, son of Henry I of England (b. 1104)
1185 - Lucius III, [Ubaldo Allucingoli], Italian Pope (1181-85), dies
1326 - Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264)
1374 - Philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Costantinople (b. 1329)
1456 - Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle
1560 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (b. 1466)
1626 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. 1566)
1640 - Giles Farnaby, composer, dies
1686 - Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (b. 1638)
1694 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (b. 1605)
1700 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (b. 1643)
1748 - Isaac Watts, British hymnwriter (b. 1674)
1750 - Francesco Feroci, composer, dies at 77
1755 - Johann Georg Pisendel, German violist/composer, dies at 76
1773 - Carl Hockh, composer, dies at 66
1785 - Richard Glover, British poet (b. 1712)
1815 - Johann Peter Saloman, composer, dies at 70
1830 - Pierre Rode, composer, dies at 56
1854 - John G Lockhart, [scorpion], English biographer, dies at 60
1865 - Heinrich Barth, German historian/geographer (Central Africa), dies
1881 - Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794)
1883 - Ludwig Erk, composer, dies at 76
1885 - Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85), dies at 27
1885 - Thomas A Hendricks, 21st VP, dies at 66, 8 months after taking office
1887 - Johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71
1895 - Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68
1899 - Robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73
1901 - Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62
1913 - Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer (Ball Screw), dies
1914 - Davorin Jenko, composer, dies at 79
1920 - Gaston Chevrolet, French-born American race car driver and automobile pioneer (b. 1892)
1923 - Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Moon Atlas), dies at 83
1923 - Syd Callaway, cricket all-round (3 Tests for Australia 1891-95), dies
1935 - Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (After 30 Years), dies at 72
1941 - Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People's Front), dies
1944 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78
1947 - Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (b. 1876)
1948 - Charles D Brown, actor (Eve Knew Her Apples), dies at 61
1948 - Kanbun Uechi, karate master (b. 1877)
1949 - Luther "Bill" Robinson, "Bojangles" famed tap dancer, dies at 71
1950 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
1950 - Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873)
1951 - Raden Mas Noto Suroto, Indonesian poet (Wayang Songs), dies at 63
1952 - Antonio Guarnieri, composer, dies at 72
1952 - Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer, dies at 71
1958 - Charles F Kettering, invented auto self-starter, dies at 82
1961 - Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866)
1964 - Clarence Kolb, actor (Mr Honeywell-My Little Margie), dies at 90
1965 - Dame Myra Hess, British pianist (b. 1890)
1967 - Ossip Zadkine, [Zadkin], Russ sculptor (Destroyed City), dies at 77
1968 - Marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93
1968 - Phil Lord, actor (Stud's Place), dies at 89
1968 - Upton B Sinclair, US author (Jungle), dies at 90
1968 - Paul Siple, American explorer of the Antarctic. (b. 1908)
1970 - Yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies at 45
1971 - Hank Mann, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 84
1972 - Hans H B Scharoun, German architect (Berlin Philharmonic), dies at 79
1972 - Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b. 1886)
1973 - Laurence Harvey, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of cancer at 45
1974 - Nick Drake, rocker, dies of a drug overdose at 26
1974 - Rosemary Lane, actress (Chatterbox, 4 Wives), dies at 61
1974 - [Sithu] U Thant, UN Sec-General (1961-72), dies in NY of cancer at 65
1975 - Moyna MacGill, actress (Strange Affair of Uncle Harry), dies
1977 - Richard Carlson, actor (Col MacKenzie-MacKenzie's Raiders), dies at 65
1978 - Elaine Esposito, American woman who hold the record for longest coma (b. 1934)
1980 - George Raft, NYC, actor (Scarface), dies at 85
1981 - Jack Albertson, actor (Chico & the Man), dies at 74
1982 - Robert Coote, actor (MacBeth), dies in NYC of a heart attack at 73
1985 - Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (b. 1926)
1985 - Franz Hildebrandt, German Theologian(b. 1909)
1987 - Anton F Pieck, illustrator (1001 Nights), dies at 92
1987 - Harold Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87), dies at 65
1989 - Frank M Thomas, actor (Behind the Headlines, M'Liss), dies
1989 - Ratu Sir George Cakobau, Fiji cricketer/Gov-General, dies
1989 - Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (b. 1907)
1990 - Bill Vukovich, Indie 500 driver, dies in crash at 27
1991 - Eleanor Audley, voice (Wicked Stepmother-Cinderella), dies at 86
1993 - Anthony Burgess, novelist (Clockwork Orange), dies of cancer at 76
1993 - Claudia McNeil, actress (Raisin in the Sun), dies of diabetes at 77
1994 - Arthur Ballard, artist, dies at 79
1994 - Gerard John Toorenaar, Amsterdam police commissar, dies at 69
1995 - Ambrose Thibodeaux, cajun accordionist, dies at 92
1996 - Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer, dies at 79
1996 - Michael Economides, restaurateur, dies at 86
1996 - Richard Stubbs, publicity adviser, dies at 87
1997 - Charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter), dies of heart attack at 54
1997 - Fenton Robinson, US blues guitarist (Tennessee Woman), dies at 62
1997 - Hastings Kamuzu Band, PM/Pres of Malawi (1964-66/66-94), dies
1997 - Barbara, French singer (b. 1930)
1998 - Nelson Goodman, American philosopher (b. 1906)
1998 - Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
2000 - Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (b. 1917)
2001 - Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (b. 1941)
2002 - Karel Reisz, Czech theater director (b. 1926)
2005 - George Best, former footballer dies at age 59 after suffering multiple organ failures (Manchester United, Northern Ireland)
2005 - Richard Burns, English WRC champion (b. 1971)
2006 - Sean Bell, American shooting victim (b. 1983)
2006 - Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist (b. 1931)
2006 - Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (b. 1920)
2006 - Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer (b. 1979)
2006 - Kenneth M. Taylor, American pilot (b. 1919)
2006 - Phyllis Fraser, American actress and children's book publisher (b. 1916)