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482 - Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies
482 - Severinus, saint, dies
624 - Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle
1100 - Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)
1107 - Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)
1198 - Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies
1198 - Pope Celestine III (bc. 1106)
1324 - Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies
1336 - Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71
1455 - Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73
1456 - St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381)
1464 - Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (b. 1385)
1557 - Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522)
1567 - Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
1570 - Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510)
1598 - Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72
1642 - Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy
1651 - Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56
1696 - Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75
1707 - John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648)
1711 - Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66
1713 - Arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59
1775 - John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68
1789 - Jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703)
1790 - John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81
1794 - Justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720)
1796 - Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46
1808 - Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies
1811 - Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies
1811 - Samuel Story, Dutch rear admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58
1815 - Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle
1819 - Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55
1825 - Eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765)
1831 - Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71
1842 - Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71
1854 - William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)
1858 - Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48
1859 - Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50
1864 - Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83
1865 - Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779)
1874 - Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. 1814)
1880 - [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60
1891 - Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81
1892 - John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67
1894 - Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84
1896 - William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
1896 - Paul Verlaine, French poet (b. 1844)
1900 - Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies
1901 - John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873)
1907 - Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57
1916 - Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)
1916 - Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
1918 - Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73
1918 - Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (b. 1827)
1919 - Peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59
1921 - Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48
1922 - Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria
1926 - Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81
1928 - Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61
1932 - Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic (b. 1866)
1934 - Alexandre Stavisky, French swindler, dies
1934 - Andrei Bely, Russian writer (b. 1880)
1937 - John Felix August Korling, composer, dies at 72
1938 - Johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. 1880)
1941 - Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83
1942 - Arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44
1942 - Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American religious publisher (b. 1869)
1943 - Richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (b. 1919)
1944 - William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)
1945 - Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79
1945 - Karl Krafft, Swiss astrologer who was manipulated by the Nazi regime (b. 1900)
1948 - Kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60
1948 - Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (b. 1891)
1950 - George Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies
1950 - Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66
1950 - Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies
1952 - Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant & dwarf stars), dies
1952 - Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66
1953 - Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78
1953 - Admiral Sir Hugh Binney, British naval commander and Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883)
1956 - Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928)
1958 - Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883)
1963 - Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81
1963 - Kay Sage, American artist and poet (b. 1898)
1964 - Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71
1964 - Julius Raab, Austrian chancellor (1953-61), dies at 72
1965 - Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74
1967 - Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39
1969 - Albert Hill, British athlete (b. 1889)
1970 - Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891)
1971 - Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85
1972 - Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60
1975 - Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66
1975 - Gertrude Olmsted, actress (Cobra, Torrent), dies at 70
1975 - John Dierkes, actor (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 69
1975 - John Gregson, actor (Rooney, Assassin), dies at 55
1975 - Louis J H C A de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), dies at 66
1975 - Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], US tenor (La Gioconda), dies at 61
1976 - Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78
1976 - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
1976 - Robert Forgan, British fascist (b. 1891)
1978 - Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75
1980 - Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90
1980 - John Mauchly, American physicist (b. 1907)
1981 - Matthew Beard, entertainer, dies
1981 - Woody Chamblis, actor (Mr Lathrop-Gunsmoke), dies at 66
1982 - Gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack
1982 - Reta Shaw, actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of emphysema at 69
1983 - Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72
1983 - Lois Wilson, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
1983 - Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (b. 1913)
1983 - Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter pilot (b. 1919)
1983 - Ron Frazer, Australian actor (b. 1924)
1986 - Yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84
1986 - Pierre Fournier, French cellist (b. 1906)
1987 - P G Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), dies
1987 - Peter Adams, actor (Alternative, Blowing Hot & Cold), dies at 69
1988 - Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76
1989 - Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64
1989 - Ken McMillan, actr (Malone, Concrete Beat), dies of heart attack at 56
1989 - Kenneth McMillan, actor (Our Family Honor, Malone), dies at 67
1990 - Terry Thomas, Engl comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78
1991 - Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30
1992 - Abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972), dies
1992 - Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body & Soul), dies
1992 - Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack
1993 - Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies
1993 - Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered
1993 - Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63
1994 - Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40
1994 - Harvey Haddix, pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at 68
1994 - Jay Blackton, US conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
1994 - Lady Caithness, wife of Brit undersecretary, commits suicide
1994 - Pat Buttram, actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78
1994 - Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi, guru of Kanchi, dies at 99
1994 - Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Octopus), dies at 52
1995 - Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Arg medium weight boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52
1995 - Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner, dies at 68
1996 - Francois Mitterrand, Pres of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79
1996 - Kurt Schmucker, member (Union of Christian Democrats), dies
1996 - William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52
1996 - Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (b. 1907)
1997 - Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68
1997 - Jesse White, actor (Maytag repairman), dies at 77
1997 - Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician, dies at 76
1997 - Melvin Calvin, scientist, dies at 85
1997 - Phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor, dies at 90
1997 - Ronald William Eastman, cinematogrpaher, dies at 60
1998 - Michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93
1998 - Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), dies of heart failure at 93
2000 - Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
2000 - Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrianist (b. 1918)
2002 - Alexander Prochorow, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (b. 1916)
2002 - Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1932)
2003 - Ron Goodwin, British composer and conductor (b. 1925)
2004 - John A. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (b. 1930)
2005 - Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (b. 1952)
2005 - Warren Spears, American choreographer and dancer
2005 - Michel Thomas, Polish linguist (b. 1914)
2006 - Tony Banks, British politician (b. 1943)
2007 - Jane Bolin, first African American female judge (b. 1908)
2007 - Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (b. 1922)
2007 - Francis Cockfield, British politician (b. 1916)
2007 - David Ervine, Northern Irish politician (b. 1953)
2007 - Iwao Takamoto, American animator (b. 1925)
2008 - George Moore, Australian champion jockey (b. 1923)
2008 - Clyde Otis, American song writer and music producer (b. c. 1924)