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YEAR EVENTS
951   Paris is founded
1497   Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
1551   Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren
1654   1st Jewish colonist arrive in US (Jacob Barsimson in Manhattan)
1663   King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
1672   Willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general
1693   NYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies
1709   Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes
1758   English & Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, NY
1776   Col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Dec of Independence (Phila)
1777   Vt becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage
1778   George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army
1792   France declares war on Prussia
1796   US State Dept issues 1st American passport
1797   1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
1800   Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox
1805   American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England
1816   Frost in Waltham, MA
1833   Russia & Turkey sign defense treaty
1835   Liberty Bell cracks (again)
1836   HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena
1838   Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed
1849   St Paul's Place in the Bronx named
1853   Commodore Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay
1861   CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory
1861   Skirmish at Florida, MI - A rebel encampment is attacked & dispersed
1862   Odore R Timby patents revolving gun turret
1870   Congress authorizes registration of trademarks
1870   Gov Holden of NC declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection
1876   White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg SC, killing 5
1889   John L Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout)
1889   Wall Street Journal begins publishing
1891   61øF, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore & Phila
1891   Future president Harding marries Florence K DeWolfe in Marion Ohio
1892   American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Mass
1895   Delagoa Bay Railway opens in South-Africa
1896   William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Dem convention
1897   Harbor Hospital formally opens
1898   Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
1898   US battle fleet under adm Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila
1900   1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids)
1902   John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck Baltimore & Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles
1905   Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center
1907   Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st `Follies' on NY Theater roof
1909   1st pro baseball game (minor league) played under lights
1911   Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcont trip by horse
1912   G E V Crutchley (Oxford) 99 retired measles v Cambridge
1912   Giants Rube Marquard loses after winning 21 straight
1918   Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleve, prevailing rules reduce Babe's H
1919   Pres Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference
1922   35th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats M Mallory (62 60)
1923   Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla)
1923   Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland
1928   Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader
1932   Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22
1932   Herbert Sutcliffe scores his 100th 100, Yorkshire v Gloucs
1933   46th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats D Round (64 68 63)
1933   Public Works Administration becomes effective
1935   3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1938   Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
1939   59th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (26 86 36 63 62)
1941   9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
1941   All Jews living in Baltic States are obligated to wear a Jewish Star
1943   4th day of battle at Kursk: Gen Model uses last tank reserve
1943   British air raid sinks U-232
1943   NSB-leader A Mussert meets with Heinrich Himmler
1943   US invasion fleet passes Bizerta Tunisia
1944   British troops march into Caen
1944   Japanese kamakize attacks on US lines at Saipan
1946   "Tidbits of 1946" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 8 performances
1946   Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary
1947   14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
1947   Demolition begins for UN HQ in NYC
1948   500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow
1949   Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants
1950   33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
1950   57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61)
1950   Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, UN forces in Korea
1950   Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea
1951   Yankee Joe DiMaggio & mgr Casey Stengel feud
1952   19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Phila
1953   US stops aid to Persia
1954   KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast
1954   Military junta selects colonel Armas president of Guatemala
1956   Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Syracuse Golf Open
1956   US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1957   Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick
1957   CDC incorporates
1957   Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrests Sinn-Fein leaders
1958   25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt
1960   Fidel Castro ends Havana's Intl League team, Sugar Kings move to NJ
1961   Fred Trueman takes 5-0 in 24 balls to rip through Aussies
1961   Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die
1962   Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kelly Girls Golf Open
1963   Reports of Charlie Finley's intention to move KC A's to Oakland
1963   US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba
1965   Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game
1966   US airline strike (until Aug 19th)
1967   74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64)
1967   Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games
1968   Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal
1969   Thor Heyerdahl & reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco
1969   US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam
1970   SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
1971   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972   English prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen)
1972   US sells grain to USSR for $750 million
1973   Mary Lou Crocker wins LPGA MARC Equity Golf Classic Crocker
1973   NY Mets are 12« games back in NL, & go on to win pennant
1974   USSR performs underground nuclear test
1974   Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inn game
1975   Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin visits West-Germany
1975   Pres Ford announced he'll seek Republican nomination for pres
1975   Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated
1976   Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break
1977   Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
1978   92nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bj”rn B”rg beats Jimmy Connors (62 62 63)
1978   Alessandro Pertini elected pres of Italy
1978   Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus
1979   Congo adopts constitution
1979   Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles
1979   Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1979   Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)
1980   51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, LA
1980   All star MVP: Ken Griffey (Cin Reds)
1981   France performs nuclear test
1981   PM Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France
1981   Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0)
1982   "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 5 perfs
1982   Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager
1982   Porn star John Homes convicted of receiving stolen property
1983   Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
1984   98th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats J Connors (61 61 62)
1984   Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1985   99th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats K Curren (63 67 76 64)
1985   Marge Schott becomes CEO of Cincinnati Red
1986   Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257')
1986   NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain & Quality Assurance
1986   Zimbabwe beats Netherlands by 25 runs to win ICC Trophy
1987   Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
1988   Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3)
1988   Miami Arena opens
1988   Rockers Jonathan "Chico" & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking
1988   Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992
1989   Carlos Sa£l Menum becomes pres of Argentina
1989   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1990   12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)
1990   Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
1990   Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome
1990   Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph)
1990   Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game
1990   Tina Purtzer wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1990   Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
1991   Major league umpire Steve Palermo & former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being
1991   Pitts Pirate Pres Carl Barger becomes 1st pres of Fla Marlins
1992   Florida Marlins unveil their uniform
1992   Thomas Klestil installed as president of Austria
1994   Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try OJ Simpson
1994   Sonia O'Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36)
1994   Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches
1994   St Maarten "Godfather" Claude Wathey sentenced to 1« years
1994   Whitney Houston suffers a miscarriage
1995   102nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Graf beats Arantxa S Vicario (46 61 75)
1995   1st CFL game between 2 US teams, Las Vegas Posse vs Sacramento Gold
1997   68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
1997   NATO invites Poland, Hungary & Czech Republic to join

BIRTHS
1528   Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland
1545   Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II
1574   Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
1604   Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)
1621   Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)
1637   Johann Georg Ebeling, composer
1638   Matteo Coferati, composer
1757   Richard Wainwright, composer
1809   Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)
1819   Alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1819   Vatroslav Lisinski, composer
1821   William Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1824   Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1826   Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General (Union volunteers)
1826   Robert Kingston Scott, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1829   Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer
1836   Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies
1838   Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, inventor (rigid dirigibles)
1839   John D Rockefeller, US capitalist/founder (Standard Oil)
1844   Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School)
1851   Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist (Crete)
1857   Rudolf Dellinger, composer
1867   K„the Kollwitz, Germany, print maker/sculptor (Bauernkrieg)
1869   William V Moody, US poet (Death of Eve, Faith Healer)
1870   Marie C of Zeggelen, Dutch novelist (Koloniaaltje)
1871   Clement Harris, composer
1871   Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam)
1882   Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs)
1882   Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal
1885   Ann Jemima Flower, oldest resident of Netherlands
1885   Emil Bloch, German philosopher
1889   Eugene Pallette, Winfield KS, actor (Adv of Robin Hood, Mark of Zorro)
1890   W Hasenvlever, writer
1891   Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Poor Part, Bruidstijd)
1891   Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Working Day)
1892   Richard Aldington, writer
1893   Fritz Perls, father of Gestalt therapy
1894   Clemens VI Trefois, Flemish architect/sociologist
1895   Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer/director (God & the Worms)
1898   Alec Waugh, London, novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn
1898   Melville Ruick, Boise Idaho, actor (Barton-City Hospital)
1899   David Eli Lilienthal, US govt organizer (Wisconsin)
1900   George Antheil, Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata)
1901   Donald Benjamin Harden, archaeologist
1904   Bill Challis, arranger/pianist
1906   Philip Johnson, Cleveland Ohio, Cortalyou architect
1907   George W Romney, (Gov-R-Mich)/US Secretary of HUD (1969-73)
1907   Kishio Hirao, composer
1908   Louis Jordan, Ark, alto saxman (Caldonia)
1908   Nelson A Rockefeller, (Gov-R-NY) 41st VP (1974-77)
1909   Petar Segedin, Croatian novelist (Holy Devil)
1910   Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader (ANC/SACP)
1911   Gertrude Niesen, NY, actress (Start Cheering)
1911   Ken Farnes, cricket bowler (fast England in pre-WW II years)
1912   Jacques Stehman, composer
1913   Walter Kerr, NY drama critic (Sad Clowns)
1914   Billy Eckstine, Pittsburgh PA, jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love)
1915   Charles Hard Townes, Greenville SC, physicist (developed lasers)
1917   Faye Emerson, Elizabeth La, actress (I've Got a Secret)
1917   Glenn Langan, Denver Colo, actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie)
1917   Pamela Brown, London England, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett)
1918   Craig Stevens, Liberty Mo, actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn)
1919   Walter Scheel, German Foreign minister/president
1920   Dolph Sweet, NYC, actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up)
1923   Harrison Dillard, Cleve, 100m runner (Oly-4 gold-1948, 52)
1926   Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, author/physician/educator
1926   John D Dingell, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1955- )
1927   Carlo Franci, composer
1928   Carol Henry, Newark NJ, choreographer (Garry Moore Show)
1928   Norma Donaldson, singer/actress (Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats)
1929   Shirley Ann Grau, author (Keepers of the House)
1930   Valeri Aleksandrovich Yazdovsky, Russian cosmonaut
1931   Jerry Vale, [Genaro Louis Vitaliano], NYC, singer (Arriverderci Roma)
1931   Louis Ballard, composer
1931   Roone Arledge, Forest Hills NY, head of sports broadcasting (ABC)
1933   Marty Feldman, London England, comedian (Young Frankenstein)
1935   John David Crow, football player (Heisman Trophy 1957)
1935   Steve Lawrence, Bkln, singer/actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy)
1935   Vitali Ivanovich Sevastiyanov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 9, 18B)
1936   Rudolf W de Korte, Dutch Unilever-director/minister EA (L)
1937   Barbara Ann Loden, actress (Ernie Kovac's Show)
1938   Marian Ackerman, women's rights advocacy administrator
1940   Marcia Rodd, actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins)
1942   Chuck Negron, Bronx NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1942   Janice Pennington, Kansas, playmate (May 1971)/model (Price is Right)
1942   Phil Gramm, (Sen-R Texas, 1985- )
1943   Faye Wattleton, St Louis Mo, sociologist/pres (Planned Parenthood)
1944   Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, US rock drummer (Allman Brothers)
1944   Jeffrey Tambor, SF Calif, actor (Jeffrey-Ropers, Larry Sanders)
1946   Cynthia Gregory, LA, ballerina (NY Ballet Co)
1948   Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actr (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man)
1948   Raffi, children's singer (Baby Beluga)
1951   Andy Fletcher, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough)
1951   Anjelica Huston, LA Calif, actress (Prizzi's Honor, Alien)
1951   Greg T Walker, rock bassist (Blackfoot)
1951   Pleas Ned Sublette, composer
1952   Ulrich Wehling, German DR, cross country (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1953   Jonathan Segal, NYC, actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase)
1956   Millard Frank Hampton, Fresno Cal, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956   Russell Christian, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World)
1957   Clyde Butts, cricketer (West Indies off-spinner late eighties)
1958   Carlos Cavazo, rocker (Quiet Riot-We're Not Gonna Take It)
1958   Fred Young, Glasgow Ky, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
1958   Kevin Bacon, Phila Pa, actor (Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby)
1960   Jeff Stork, Longview Wash, volleyball setter (Olympics-G-88,B-92, 96)
1960   Valarie Pettiford, actress (Courtney Walker-Another World)
1960   Valerie Pettiford, NYC, actress (Sheila Price-One Life to Live)
1961   Graham Jones, rock guitarist (Haircut 100)
1962   Martin Pavlu, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1962   Rob Burnett, North Caldwell NJ, head writer (David Letterman)
1963   Bob Ctvrtlik, Long Beach Cal, volleyball outsider (Oly-G-88,B-92, 96)
1963   Mike Ridley, Winnipeg, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks)
1963   Pablo Magallon, jockey
1964   Alexei Gusarov, Moscow Rus, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
1964   Maryalice Demler, N Tonawanda NY, Miss NY-America (1991)
1965   Corey Parker, NYC, actor (How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd)
1967   Mikhail Borodulin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998)
1968   C B Washington, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1968   Glen Featherstone, Toronto, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1968   Michael Weatherly, NYC, actor (Cooper Alden-The City/Loving)
1968   Michel Langerak, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1969   Bobby Ayala, Oxnard CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1969   Dana Hall, NFL safety (Cleve Browns)
1969   Ernie Young, Chicago IL, outfielder (Oakland A's)
1969   Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach CA, WPVA volleyballer (National-4th-1995)
1969   Lori Hallier, Victoria BC Canada, actress (Shannon-Santa Barbara)
1970   Lisa Powell, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
1970   Marlies Askamp, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
1970   Todd Martin, Hinsdale Ill, tennis star (1988 USTA Boys' 18)
1971   Jeff Kopp, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1971   John Achterberg, soccer player (NAC)
1971   Wendy Benson, NYC, actress (Meredith-As the World Turns)
1972   Brandon Rock, Las Vegas Nevada, 800m runner
1972   Jay Bellamy, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks)
1972   Karl Dykhuis, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
1972   Saurav Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996)
1972   Tom Hutton, NFL punter/kicker (Phila Eagles)
1973   Kathleen Robertson, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
1974   Demetrius Allen, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1976   Michael Renfurm, Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1976   Staci Wilson, Livingston NJ, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1992   Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks

DEATHS
810   Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)
975   Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies
1115   Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies
1153   Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies
1249   Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51
1253   Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies
1496   Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies
1531   Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71
1538   Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63
1623   Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69
1656   Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64
1679   Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
1681   Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60
1695   Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66
1822   Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29
1859   F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60
1863   Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65
1870   John D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79
1876   Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78
1882   Phiz [Habl“t Knight Browne], English artist (David Cupperfield), dies
1885   Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39
1885   Henry Waelput, Flemish composer/conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies
1894   Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies
1909   Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, Fren min of War (1899-1900), dies at 79
1919   Johan A DŠr Mouw, Dutch philosopher/poet, dies at 56
1932   Florenz Ziegfeld, US theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies
1939   [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man & Woman), dies at 80
1941   Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62
1942   Catherinus Elling, composer, dies at 83
1942   Louis FMF Franchet d'EspŠrey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90
1943   Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered
1943   Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed
1946   Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor, dies at 63
1948   Dave Nourse, cricketer (45 Tests for South Africa 1902-24), dies
1949   Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon
1949   Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer, dies at 66
1950   Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71
1956   Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies
1956   Giovanni Papini, Italian author/poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75
1957   Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78
1957   Henry Fevrier, composer, dies at 81
1957   William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89
1959   Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War
1961   Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60
1969   Gladys Swarthout, opera singer/actress (Ambush), dies at 64
1973   Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (4187 1st-class wickets, most ever), dies
1979   John Reed King, TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64
1979   Michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies
1981   Loring Smith, actor (Hartmans), dies at 86
1982   Isa Miranda, model/actress (Summertime), dies of infected bone at 77
1984   Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges), dies at 73
1984   Franz Fhmann, writer, dies at 62
1985   Gardner Cowles Jr, US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82
1985   Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley), dies at 72
1985   Simon Kuznets, US economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84
1990   Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72
1990   Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies
1991   James Franciscus, actor (Mr Novak), dies at of emphysema 57
1991   Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz), dies
1994   Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies
1994   Dick Sargent, actor (Darren-Bewitched), dies of cancer at 64
1994   Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer
1994   Kim Il Sung, president of North-Korea (1948-94), dies at 82
1994   Robert E Lee, dies of cancer at 75
1995   Elizabeth Adams, madam, dies at 65
1996   Amschel Rothschild, banker, dies at 41
1996   Ernest Armstrong, miner/politician, dies at 81
1996   James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80
1996   Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer, dies at 90
1997   Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack at 92

   
 
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