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YEAR EVENTS
1380   King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12
1524   Pizarro's begins 1st great expedition, near Colombia
1550   Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente
1666   Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
1675   Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine
1677   Prince Willem III Henry marries English princess Mary Stuart
1698   Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
1732   1st US professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Phila
1755   Henry Fox appointed English Secretary of State
1775   -15] Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces
1792   Capt George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter SF Bay
1832   1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12«› rode on 4th Avenue between Prince & 14th Sts
1833   Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo
1834   William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 yrs 4 months
1851   "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published
1863   Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee
1863   Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi
1881   Charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination
1881   L‚on Gambetta forms French govt
1888   St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes
1888   USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game
1889   New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Philea
1889   NY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip
1893   Gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt," premieres in Berlin
1894   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)
1896   Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
1905   David Belasco's "Girl of Golden West," premieres in NYC
1906   Roosevelt becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country (Panama)
1908   Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light
1908   Oscar Strauss' musical "Der tapfere Soldat," premieres in Vienna
1910   1st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Va
1914   Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
1915   Thomas Masaryk demands independence for Czechoslovakia
1918   Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as president
1919   Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia
1920   American Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards
1922   BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House
1922   German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth term ends
1927   Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die
1931   Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in England
1935   FDR proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth
1935   Nazi's deprive German Jews of their citizenship
1936   Bradman scores 192 for S A v Vic before a MCG crowd of 21000
1938   Dutch DC3 crashes at Schiphol, 6 die
1939   Oil refinery fire kills 500 & destroys Lagunillas Venezuela
1940   During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England
1941   Gov-Gen Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refugees
1942   -Nov 15th) Japanese/US sea battle at Savo-Island in Guadalcanal)
1942   Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender
1943   Chic Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Giants (56-7)
1943   J Postma, C Schalker, D Goulooze arrested for leading illegal CPN
1945   H Lindsay & R Crouse's "State of the Union," premieres in NYC
1945   Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming govt
1946   Dutch Dakota flight to Schiphol crashes, kills 11
1952   Greek general Papagos wins elections
1953   WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954   Egyptian pres Naguib fired/state of emergency declared
1956   Hungarian revolt put down
1957   Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
1957   Henry Aaron wins NL MVP
1959   "Girls against the Boys" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 perfs
1959   Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)
1960   2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech)
1960   Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on it's Congo-policy
1960   OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), forms
1960   Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1
1960   Riot due to school integration in New Orleans
1964   "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 199 perfs
1964   "Follies Bergere" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 perfs
1964   "Oliver!" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 774 performances
1964   Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal
1965   "Baker Street" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 313 performances
1965   George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) at 152 W 54th NYC, demolished
1965   KCST TV channel 39 in San Diego, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1965   Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Alamo Golf Open
1965   US govt sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam
1966   Muhammad Ali TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title
1968   "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning
1968   1st European lung transplant
1968   Yale University announces it is going co-educational
1969   2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US
1969   Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
1970   DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed
1970   Marshall U football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova WV
1972   Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16)
1973   "Good Evening" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 438 performances
1973   Britain's Princess Anne marries commoner, Capt Mark Phillips
1973   Canada begins production of Olympic coins
1973   Jim Palmer is named AL Cy Young winner
1973   Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP Award unanimously
1975   Spain, Morocco & Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara
1976   "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" closes at Playhouse NYC after 16 perfs
1976   Cleveland Browns' Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks
1976   War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing
1977   Egypt Pres Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite
1979   California's Don Baylor, wins AL MVP
1980   Guinee-Bissau premier Vieira fires president Luis Cabral
1980   Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World
1980   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981   2nd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 2-returns to Earth
1981   Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired & working again
1981   Pakistan all out 62 v Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18
1981   Paul 'Bear' Bryant ties Amos Alonzo Stagg with 314 football wins
1982   Polish Solidarity chairman Lech Walesa freed
1983   1st cruise missile placed (Greenham Common England)
1984   Astronauts aboard "Discovery" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit
1984   NASA launches NATO-3D
1985   Brewers release 39-year-old pitcher Rollie Fingers
1985   Holmfriour Karlsottir of Iceland, 22, crowned 35th Miss World
1985   Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Colombia erupts, 1000s killed
1986   Doubleday Publishing sells NY Mets to Nelson Doubleday & Fred Wilpon
1986   FCC issues Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP Phila
1986   SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky
1987   "La Cage aux Folles" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 1761 perfs
1987   Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett
1989   Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award
1990   Doug Drabek (22-6) wins NL Cy Young Award
1990   France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1990   Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990   Michael Heseltine contests Thatcher's leadership of party
1990   Philippines hit by typhoon, 110 die
1991   Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV
1991   Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long loses his steroids appeal & is suspended without pay by NFL for 4 weeks
1992   Actress Peg Phillips (Northern Exposure), falls & breaks 3 fingers
1993   "Kentucky Cycle" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 34 performances
1993   "Twilight of the Golds" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 29 perfs
1993   23rd NYC Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig in 2:26:24
1993   24th NYC Marathon won by Andres Espinosa in 2:10:04
1993   Don Shula becomes winningest coach in NFL history
1993   Puerto Rico votes against becoming the 51st US state
1994   1st trains for public run in Channel Tunnel under English Channel
1994   Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), lands
1996   "Chicago," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC
1996   Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP
1997   Colo Rockie Larry Walker wins NL MVP
1997   Disney's "Lion King" sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale

BIRTHS
1511   Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia)
1650   Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702)
1663   Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer
1679   Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius
1719   Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer
1765   Robert Fulton, built 1st coml steamboat (or 0819)
1774   Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer
1776   Henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis
1778   Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer
1779   Adam Gottlob Oehlenschl„ger, Denmark, poet (Natl Poet 1849)
1796   Carlo Conti, composer
1797   Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist (Principles of Geology)
1800   Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer
1802   August F Pott, German philologist (Etymology Forschungen)
1805   Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer
1814   Michael Kelly Lawler, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), dies in 1882
1816   John Curwen, composer
1822   William Harrow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
1823   Robert J Fruin, historian (80 year war)
1825   August Reissmann, composer
1827   Isaac Wistar, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1828   James Birdseye MacPherson, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1829   Giulio Roberti, composer
1833   Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian/chess player
1838   August Senoa, Croatian author (Zlatarevo zlato)
1840   Claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies)
1842   Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959)
1845   Allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket)
1845   Johann Ernst Perabo, composer
1861   Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)
1863   Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite)
1875   Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater
1877   Ren‚ de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn)
1879   Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer
1880   Eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)
1883   Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52)
1887   Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer
1887   Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor/director (Willem van Oranje)
1889   Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)
1892   James Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912)
1893   Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi)
1893   Evert S J Kruythoff, Ned Antillean author (conservation flora)
1893   Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champ cyclist (1921-24, 26)
1894   Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist
1894   Seena Owen, Spokane WA, silent screen actress (Queen Kelly)
1896   Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61)
1897   John Steuart Curry, US painter/lithographer (Baptism in Kansas)
1900   Aaron Copeland, Brooklyn, composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring)
1900   Clara Fasano, sculptor
1901   Morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family)
1904   Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer
1904   Dick Powell, Mt View Ark, actor (Cry Danger, Dick Powell Theater)
1904   Harold Larwood, cricketer (England bodyline bowler)
1904   Marya Mannes, NYC, author (The Reporter)
1905   L H Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reformed of Netherlands)
1905   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian author
1906   Louise Brooks, silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box)
1907   Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author (Pipi Longstocking)
1907   Howard William Hunter, Mormon Church Leader
1907   Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit
1908   Harrison E Salisbury, journalist/author (50th Anniv of Soviet Union)
1909   Joseph R McCarthy, (Sen-R-Wisc), anti-communist lunatic
1910   Eric Lawson Malpass, writer
1910   Norman MacCaig, poet
1910   Rosemary DeCamp, Prescott Az, actress (Love That Bob, That Girl)
1912   Barbara Hutton, heiress (Woolworth)
1914   Eric John Crozier, producer/librettist
1914   Florentine Rost van Tonningen-Heubel, Dutch black widow/Nazi
1914   Ken Carson, Coalgate Okla, singer (Garry Moore Show)
1915   Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist
1916   Sherwood Schwartz, Passaic NJ, TV creator (Brady Bunch, Gilligan Is)
1919   Veronica Lake, [Constance Ockleman], actress (I Married a Witch)
1920   Johnny Desmond, Detroit Mich, singer (Your Hit Parade)
1921   Brian Keith, Bayonne NJ, actor (Bill-Family Affair, Loneliest Runner)
1922   Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian secretary-general of UN (1992- )
1922   Johan R Kjell‚n, Swedish sociologist
1922   Marina Candael, Flemish dancer/choreography (Rhapsody in Blue)
1923   Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One)
1924   Arthur Frank "Peter" Shore, egyptologist
1924   Billy Jim Layton, composer
1924   Kenneth J Gray, (Rep-D-IL, 1955-75, 85- )
1924   Leonid B Kogan, Dnepropetrovsk Russia, violinist (Lenin Prize-1952)
1924   Phyllis Avery, NYC, actress (Alice-George Gobel Show, Ruth-Mr Novak)
1927   Narciso Yepes, Lorca Spain, guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947)
1928   Kathleen Hughes, Hollywood Calif, actress (It Came From Outer Space)
1928   Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano (Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54)
1929   Horst Janssen, graphic Artist
1929   McLean Stevenson, Normal Ill, actor (M*A*S*H, Hello Larry)
1930   Alan Moss, cricket pace bowler (England during 50's)
1930   Edward H White II, San Antonio Texas, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4)
1930   Ornelio Martina, Antillian author/governor of Cura‡ao
1931   Claudia Jane Archibald, parapsychologist
1932   Henk Mochel, Dutch TV host (Rondom tien)
1932   Ramon Zupko, composer
1933   Fred W Haise Jr, Biloxi Miss, astronaut (Apollo 13 STS T-1, T-3, T-5)
1934   Ellis Marsalis, jazz musician
1934   Roman A Gulyayev, cosmonaut
1935   Don Stewart, actor (Guiding Light)
1935   Donald Edwin White, advertising copywriter/opera administrator
1935   Gennadi Aleksandrovich Dolgopolov, cosmonaut
1935   Hussein ibn Talal I, king of Jordan (1953- )
1935   Jakusho Kwong, Santa Rosa Calif, head of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center
1936   Cornell Gunther, LA Calif, musician (Coasters-Poison Ivy)
1939   Wendy (Walter) Carlos, Pawtucket RI, composer (Switched on Bach)
1940   Freddie Garrity, rocker (Freddie & the Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now)
1941   Hermanus J Kriel, South African minister of Planning (1989- )
1942   John Du Preez, cricketer (S Afr leg-spin all-rounder v Aust 1966-67)
1944   Aditya Biria, industrialist
1944   Scherrie Payne, US singer (Supremes-Incredible)
1947   P J O'Rourke, writer (Easy Money)
1947   Syanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr, US accordionist (On Track)
1948   Charles PAG, prince of Wales/duke of Cornwall
1948   Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (D66, 1994-)
1948   James Young, Chicago IL, rock guitarist (Styx)
1948   Robert Ginty, Bkln NY, actor (Paper Chase, White Fire)
1949   Terry Lee Johnson, Alabama, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1951   Barry Brandt, Wash DC, rock drummer (Angel)
1951   Sandahl Bergman, KC Missouri, actress (Conan, All that Jazz)
1951   Stephen Bishop, rocker vocalist
1952   Alec John Such, rocker
1952   Ray Sharkey, Brooklyn NY, actor (Wise Guys, Wired, Caged Fear)
1953   Alexander O'Neal, Minneapolis, rocker (James Hearsky Harris III)
1954   Bernard Hinault, French bicylist (Tour de France)
1954   Yanni, new age musician (Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance)
1955   Jack Sikma, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks)
1955   Willie Hernandez, pitcher (Cy Young Award)
1956   Alec John Such, US pop bassist (Bon Jovi-Wanted Dead or Alive)
1956   Kenneth D Bowersox, Portsmouth Va, USN/astro (STS 50, 61, 73, 82)
1957   Frank Affolter, pianist/writer/composer (If Nobody Does)
1958   Lynda Lehmann, Karoonda Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1959   Annie Schilder, Dutch singer (BZN)
1961   D B Sweeney, actor (Cutting Edge, Fire in the Sky, Day in October)
1962   Laura San Giacoma, Danville NJ, actress (Pretty Woman, Vital Signs)
1962   Morgan Reeser, Fort Lauderdale Fla, 470 yachter (Olymp-8th-1992, 96)
1963   Mike Prior, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1964   Andrew, rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train)
1964   Joseph "Run" Simmons, rapper (RUN DMC)
1964   Silken Laumann, Mississauga Ontario, rower (Oly-bronze, silver-92, 96)
1966   Carl Coulter, CFL corner (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1966   Curt Schilling, Anchorage AK, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
1966   Eric Hill, NFL middle linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1966   Rod Harris, CFL slot back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1967   Letitia Dean, actress (Sharon Watts-EastEnders)
1967   Matthew King, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
1968   Bob Christian, NFL running back (Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons)
1968   Claudia Porwik, Coburg Ger, tennis star (1995 Futures-Valladolid)
1968   Kent Bottenfield, Portland Oregon, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
1968   Lionel Simmons, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1969   Butch Walker, Rome Ga, heavy metal guitarist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)
1969   David Webb, WLAF defensive end (Scottish Claymores)
1969   Mark Henderson, US, 4X100m butterfly (Olympics-gold-96)
1969   Sue Stewart, Toronto Ontario, basketball guard (Olympics-96)
1970   Dana Stubblefield, NFL defensive tackle (SF 49ers)
1970   Darrien Gordon, NFL cornerback (SD Chargers, Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1970   David Wesley, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets, Boston Celtics)
1970   Derrick Hoskins, NFL safety (Oakland Raiders)
1970   Dexter Nottage, NFL defensive end (Wash Redskins, KC Chiefs)
1971   Adam Gilchrist, cricket wicket-keeper (hard-hit Australian ODI 1996)
1972   Aaron Taylor, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972   Ed Patterson, Delta, NHL right wing (Pitts Penguins)
1972   Lori Dupuis, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1973   Caroline Hall, Bristol England, golfer (Curtis Cup 1992)
1973   DeRon Jenkins, cornerback (Baltimore Ravens)
1973   Lawyer Milloy, strong safety (New England Patriots)
1974   David Moscow, actor (Big)
1976   Chris Demetral, Royal Oaks MI, actor (Dolly Dearest)
1977   Heather Gray, Miss West Virginia Teen USA (1996)
1980   Margot Contois, Marquette Mich, dance skater (& Robert Peal)
1983   C E Gadda, writer

DEATHS
563   Justinianus, co-emperor of Byzantium (527-563), dies at 82
784   Alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies
976   T'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies
1263   Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian ruler (1252-63), dies at 43
1359   Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies
1522   Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of French king Louis XI, dies at 61
1589   Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German geographer, dies at 58
1625   Giulio C Procaccini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
1673   Michael Wisniowieki, King of Poland, dies
1682   R˜cklof Volckertsz of Goens, gov-gen of Ned's-Indies, dies at 63
1687   Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn, English mistress of King Charles II, dies at 37
1692   Christoph Bernhard, German composer, dies at 64
1716   Gottfried W Leibniz, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 70
1734   Louise de Keroualle, English duchess/mistress of king Charles II, dies
1780   Jacobus Houbraken, engraver/illustrator, dies at 81
1794   Pieter Nieuwland, prodigy/"Dutch Newton", dies at 30
1804   Agatha "Aagje" Blanket, literary (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 62
1825   Jean Paul, writer, dies at 62
1831   Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74
1832   Charles Carroll, large landowner/signed Decl of Ind, dies at 95
1832   Rasmus Rask, Danish language scholar, dies at 44
1841   Thomas Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat, dies
1842   Henry de Cock, reform vicar, dies at 41
1844   Flora Tristan, writer, dies at 41
1860   Feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58
1902   Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies
1906   Hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies
1908   Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies
1914   Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
1915   Booker T Washington, educator/organizier, dies at 59 in Tuskegee Ala
1915   Theodor Leschetizky, composer, dies at 85
1917   William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20
1922   Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer, dies at 79
1925   Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer, dies at 78
1929   Joseph McGinnity, baseball pitcher (NY Giants), dies at 58
1935   J Wouter[us] van Dieren, biologist (Terschelling), dies
1946   Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], author/Radio Orange, dies
1946   Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (Vita Breve, Atl ntida), dies at 69
1955   Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59
1956   Juan Negr¡n, Spanish anatomy/socialist premier (1937-39), dies at 67
1959   Thomas Ross, actor (Without Limit), dies at 84
1960   Walter Catlett, actor (Climax), dies of a stroke at 71
1962   Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet (Hombres & Soledad), dies at 80
1964   Hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director KNMI, dies at 85
1965   George Bissett, cricketer (25 wickets in 4 Tests for S Africa), dies
1965   Russell Collins, actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68
1967   Colonel C K Nayudu, cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), dies
1972   Martin Dies, (Rep)/1st chairman of House Un-American, dies
1974   Johnny Mack Brown, actor (Lawman is Born, Back Trail), dies at 70
1975   Max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter, dies at 88
1977   Richard Addinsell, English composer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 73
1979   Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies
1982   Joachim Stutschewsky, composer, dies at 91
1984   George Matthews, Bkln NY, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73
1987   Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, dies at 88
1990   K L Poll, journalist/author, dies
1990   Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at 87
1990   Robert Mariano, entertainer, dies at 21
1991   Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDs at 63
1992   Clem Beauchamp, US stuntman/director (Tarzan, Superman), dies
1992   Earnest FH Happel, East German soccer/trainer/coach, dies
1992   George Adams, US tenor saxophonist/flautist (Changes One), dies
1992   Joop Van Nellen, soccer/trainer (DHC/"We go to Rome!"), dies
1992   Robert Reese, producer, dies of natural causes at 66
1993   Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies
1994   Ferdinand J Kranenburg, director of queen (North Holland), dies at 83
1994   Jake Dengel, US actor (Ragtime, Ironweed), dies at 61
1994   John F Hampe, pathologist (Fabric & Stoflongen), dies at 83
1994   John I M Stewart, detective writer (A Comedy of Terrors), dies at 88
1994   Michael Grierson Jarrett, archaeologist, dies at 60
1995   Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies of pneumonia at 84
1995   Jack Walter Braden Finney, writer, dies at 84
1995   John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer, dies at 83
1995   John Lee Admiral-Barber, , dies at 90
1996   Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson, lloyd's underwriter, dies at 77
1996   Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68
1996   Liz Knights, publisher, dies at 41
1996   Vera von der Heydt, psychoanalyst, dies at 96
1996   Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights), dies at 88
1997   Eddie Arcaro, jockey (won 2 Triple Crowns), dies at 81
1997   Stefan Lorant, writer/actor, dies at 96

   
 
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