Welcome to Today in History for Saturday, September 6, 2008.
Famous Deaths for Tomorrow in History ...
0394 - Eugenius, linguistic/anti emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle 0972 - John XIII Crescentii, pope (965-72), dies 1635 - Adrian A Metius, mathematician/fort architect, dies at 63 1649 - Famiano Strada, Ital jesuit (bello belgico decades duae), dies at 77 1649 - Robert Dudley, English navigator/writer (Arcano del Mare), dies 1701 - James II [Stuart], king of England (1685-88), dies at 68 1811 - Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77 1819 - Georg Druschetzky, composer, dies at 74 1831 - Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer, dies at 49 1863 - Lucius March Walker, Confederate brig-general (in duel), dies at 33 1902 - Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet), dies at 75 1902 - Philip James Bailey, English poet (Universal hymn), dies at 86 1903 - Charles Ammi Cutter, US bibliographer, dies at 66 1919 - Worm Pander, sculptor 1937 - Henry Kimball Hadley, composer, dies at 65 1939 - Arthur Rackham, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales), dies at 71 1941 - Hugo Loudon, president-director (Royal Oil), dies at 81 1944 - Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer/resistance fighter, murdered 1945 - John S Mccain, US admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies 1947 - Paul Guthnick, German astronomer, dies at 76 1948 - Gerrit H Kersten, vicar/founder (Calvinist Party), dies at 66 1950 - Arthur Hill, cricketer (3 Tests), dies 1952 - Jose Forns y Cuadras, composer, dies at 54 1956 - Felix Borowski, composer, dies at 84 1959 - Edmund Gwenn, actor (Them, Java Head, Miracle on 34th St), dies at 83 1959 - Kay Kendall, British actress (Genevieve), dies of leukemia at 32 1960 - Jimmy Savo, comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at 65 1962 - Hanns Eisler, composer (N Vietnam/E German Natl Anthem), dies at 64 1963 - Margarita Sierra, actress (Surfside 6), dies after heart surgery at 26 1965 - Konstantin Mostras, composer, dies at 79 1966 - Margaret Sanger, US feminist/birth control pioneer, dies at 86 1966 - Luigi Perrachio, composer, dies at 83 1966 - Hendrik F Verwoerd, South African PM (1958-66), assassinated at 64 1968 - Karl Ranki, composer, dies at 69 1970 - Gerard Smithson, cricketer (Eng batsman against W Indies 1948), dies 1973 - William H Harris, composer, dies at 90 1974 - Olga Baclanova, actress (Freaks, Docks of NY), dies at 75 1974 - Otto Kruger, actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday 1975 - Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf), dies at 62 1977 - Paul Burkhard, composer, dies at 65 1977 - Guido Pannain, composer, dies at 85 1978 - Jan Berger, Dutch politician, dies at 59 1979 - Ronald Binge, composer, dies at 69 1981 - Joseph Yasser, composer, dies at 88 1981 - Maria Palmer, actress (Days of Glory, Web), dies 1984 - E J Andre, actor (Eugene Bullock-Dallas), dies at 74 1984 - Ernest Tubb, singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 70 1985 - Leon Orthel, composer, dies at 79 1985 - Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies of cancer at 65 1985 - Jane Frazee, singer/actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia 1986 - Blanche Sweet, US actress (DW Griffith movies), dies at 90 1990 - Leonard Hutton, cricketer (79 Tests for England, 6971 runs), dies 1990 - T Issan Dorsey, founder (Hartford St Zen Center SF), dies 1990 - Tom Fogerty, rocker (Creedence Clearwater), dies of tuberculosis at 48 1993 - Josephine Rich Corday, vaudevillian, dies of kidney failure at 79 1994 - Wolf Donner, Austrian movie historian/festival director, dies at 55 1994 - Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist (Rolling Stones), dies at 50 1994 - Max Kaminsky, trumpeter, dies at 85 1994 - James Clavell, author/director (King Rat, Shogun), dies at 69 1994 - Duccio Tessari, Italian director, dies of cancer at 67 1995 - Buster Mathis, heavyweight boxer, dies at 52 1995 - Joanne Gail Abbott, exec (MTV), dies at 36 1996 - William James Moyce, armaments scientist, dies at 82 1997 - Philippe Rossillon, administrator, dies at 66
