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YEAR EVENTS
953   Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights
1420   Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike
1453   Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople
1477   Maximilian of Habsburg marries Maria of Bourgondi‰ at proxy
1509   Henry the VIII becomes King of England
1521   Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards
1526   Battle at Panipat: Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi
1572   France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant
1600   1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun (OS)
1649   Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship
1654   England & Sweden sign trade agreement
1689   William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England
1739   Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord
1785   Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges
1789   John Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington)
1794   NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect NYC from British
1818   Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna
1828   Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary
1836   Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from M‚xico
1855   1st train crosses Miss River's 1st bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia
1857   Alexander Douglas patents the bustle
1862   Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Co
1862   Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston
1863   Declaration of Bah 'u'll h; Bah '¡ Feast of Ridv n (Jalƒl 13, 20)
1865   Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington
1878   NY installs 1st firehouse pole
1878   Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Inscrutabili
1878   Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
1884   Potters Field reopened as Madison Park
1892   Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St Louis Mo
1894   George Bernard Shaw's "Arms & the Man," premieres in London
1898   Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat
1898   Spanish-American War begins
1904   Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
1908   Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't)
1910   Cleve Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0
1913   German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
1913   Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper
1914   US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
1920   John Galsworthy's "Skin Game," premieres in London
1921   Ottawa Senators beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup [or 4/4]
1925   Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR
1925   No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral
1925   No‰l Coward's "Fallen Angels," premieres in London
1930   Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322
1930   Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Moskva Golid," premieres in Moscow
1934   Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays AL record 117th cons errorless game
1935   King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties
1940   1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio
1940   Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer
1941   Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany
1944   NFL Chic Cardinals & Pitts Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3)
1945   Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
1945   He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
1945   Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream," premieres in London
1945   Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin
1945   US 7th Army occupies Neurenberg
1946   SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany
1948   1st Polaroid camera was sold in US
1948   2nd NBA Championship: Balt Bullets beat Phila Warriors, 4 games to 2
1951   5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
1951   Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1
1952   BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
1954   Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of USSR
1954   USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
1955   Bkln Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
1955   J Lawrence & R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in NYC
1955   Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
1956   Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1
1957   Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1957   Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum
1959   1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
1959   Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark
1960   Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil
1961   Dirk U Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO
1961   French army revolts in Algeria
1961   USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,000 m
1962   Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington
1963   Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
1963   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open
1964   Pirates & Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5
1965   New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd & final season
1966   Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica
1967   Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
1967   EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands
1967   Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to US
1967   Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier
1967   Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC
1968   22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz & Guilderstern & Hallelujah Baby! win
1968   Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1969   73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49
1970   Reds clout 7 HRs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team & 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set re
1971   Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
1972   John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
1972   Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched
1974   28th Tony Awards: River Niger & Raisin win
1974   3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice
1975   4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24
1975   79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55
1975   Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
1975   Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24)
1976   Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing
1976   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977   "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
1977   Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
1977   Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
1977   C Strouse & M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in NYC
1977   Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh
1979   "Carmelina" closes at St James Theater NYC after 17 performances
1980   84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11
1980   9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Can in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run
1980   Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit Mich
1981   US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
1982   Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
1982   Dr Michael E Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
1982   Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress
1983   Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?]
1983   œ1 coin introduced in United Kingdom
1984   "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to « hour
1984   After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
1984   Centers for Disease Cont says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
1984   Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
1984   Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game
1985   Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
1985   Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
1985   Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06
1985   Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1986   15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55
1986   90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51
1986   Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz)
1986   Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing
1987   Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games
1987   Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history
1987   Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
1987   Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
1987   Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed
1988   1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
1988   Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
1989   George W Bush & Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
1989   Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom
1990   "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks
1990   National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards
1990   Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history
1991   52nd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus
1991   Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pitts scores 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Cub lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of
1991   Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17)
1991   Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14)
1992   "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway
1992   Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill
1993   "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" opens at Circle in Sq NYC for 30 perfs
1993   Brazil votes against a monarchy
1993   Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria
1994   "Picnic" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1994   Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRS in a games (11 times)
1994   Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed
1995   Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, NY Knicks win 98-92
1995   FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh & charge him with Okla City bombing
1996   "Delicate Balance," opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
1996   57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin
1996   Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship
1996   Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8)
1996   Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup
1996   Wayne James scores 99 & 99 & ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final
1997   101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34
1997   26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23
1997   Ashes of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit

BIRTHS
1488   Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot
1546   Arcangelo Crivelli, composer
1619   John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)
1672   Johann Philipp Kafer, composer
1713   Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France
1729   Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia (1762-96)
1730   Antonin Kammel, composer
1749   Johann Michael Malzat, composer
1774   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)
1775   Alexander Anderson, US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare)
1779   William Knyvett, composer
1782   Friedrich W A Fr”bel, German educator (founded kindergarten)
1795   Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint
1803   Levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885
1806   Peter van Schendel, Dutch painter
1809   Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secy State (Confederacy)
1814   Beni Egressy, composer
1816   Charlotte Bront‰, Tornton England, novelist (Jane Eyre)
1816   Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Confederate Army, died in 1874
1824   Anselmo Clave, composer
1828   Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian (Voyage in Italy)
1834   William Rufus Terrill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1837   Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)
1838   John Muir, US, naturalist/discoverer (glaciers in High Seirras)
1838   Nat Thompson, cricketer (1st batsman dismissed in a Test match)
1840   Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis)
1849   Oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization
1853   Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer
1854   Eusapia Palladino, Napolitanse with parergische phenomenons
1854   Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer
1864   Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian (Ancient Judaism)
1867   Benjamin A Jesurun, Antillian literary
1871   Leo Blech, composer
1871   Vojtech Rihovsky, composer
1872   GW Bitzer, [Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer], Roxbury MA
1878   Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist
1881   Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist (Rocks of Oran)
1886   Charlie Naughton, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Frozen Limits)
1887   Lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer
1892   ?, 1st buffalo born in Golden Gate Park
1892   Jaroslav Kvapil, composer
1896   Attila H”rbiger, Austrian actor (Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika)
1896   H de Montherlant, writer
1896   Henry M de Montherlant, French stage author (La Reine Morte)
1898   Steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach (NY Giants)
1899   Clement D'Hooghe, composer
1899   Randall Thompson, NYC, composer (Trip to Nahant)
1901   Julian Bautista, composer
1902   Bernard J H "Ben" Stroman, recensent/writer (Jomtof & Blue Beard)
1903   Hans Hedtoft, premier Denmark (1947..55)
1904   Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67)
1904   Jean H‚lion, artist/author (They Shall Not Have Me)
1905   Edmund G "Pat" Brown, (Gov-D-Calif)
1906   Tom Burns, editor
1907   Antoni Szalowski, composer
1907   Beatrice Kay, NYC, singer/actress, Sister Sue-Calvin & Col)
1908   Louis Hostin, France, Light Heavyweight, Olympic-gold-1932, 36)
1909   Rollo May, US, psychologist, Love & Will)
1911   Leonard Warren, NYC, baritone, Met 1939-60) died on stage
1912   Feike P Asma, Dutch organist
1912   Marcel Camus, French director, Orfeu negro)
1912   Nell [Petronella GS] Koppen, actress, Kniertje-Op Hoop van Zegen)
1913   Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor, isolated growth hormones)
1913   Kai-Uwe von Hassel, German politician
1913   Norman Parkinson, England, fashion photographer, Harper's Bazaar)
1915   Andor Kovach, composer
1915   Anthony Quinn, M‚xico, actor, Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia)
1915   Frick, [W Groebli], Swiss clown, Frick & Frack)
1916   Sidney Clute, Brooklyn NY, actor, Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey)
1917   Emanuel Vardi, Jerusalem Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82)
1919   Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper)
1919   John Goddard, cricketer, West Indian all-rounder 1948-57)
1920   Bruno Maderna, Venice Italy, conductor/composer, Hyperion) [or Mar 21]
1920   Christopher Dark, NY, actor, Suddenly, Tenderfoot)
1921   Jack Fletcher, Forest Hills NY, actor, Grady, Bob Crane Show)
1922   Allan Watkins, cricketer, England batsman late 40s early 50s)
1923   Andrea Domburg, Dutch actress, (Theo d'Or Prize, Keetje Tippel)
1924   Daniel Melnick, NYC, producer, Get Smart)
1924   Ira Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer, Louvin Brothers)
1926   Elizabeth, Alexandra Mary Windsor II, Queen of England, 1952- )
1927   Robert Brustein, NYC, dean, Yale School of Drama)
1930   Don Tyson, founder, Tyson Foods)
1930   Margaret Rose, London England, Princess of York [or Aug 21]
1930   Silvana Mangano, Rome Italy, actress (Death in Venice, Barabbas)
1932   Angela Mortimer, English tennis player, Wimbledon)
1932   Elaine May, Phila Pa, comedienne/writer/actress, New Leaf)
1933   Easley Blackwood, Indianapolis In, composer, Un Voyage   Cythere)
1934   Martin Horton, cricketer, England off-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 1959)
1935   Charles Grodin, Pitt, actor, Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid)
1935   Robin Dixon, England, 2 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1960)
1936   Anthony Joseph Gnazzo, composer
1936   Bob Cleary, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
1937   Charles Lee Herron, Ky, FBI most wanted fugitive (Jan 1 1986)
1939   Ernie Maresca, singer/songwriter (Runaround Sue, Wanderer)
1939   John McCabe, composer
1940   Souleymane Cisse, director (Waati, Yeelen, Finye, Baara)
1942   Bobby McClure, US gospel singer (Don't Mess Up a Good Thing)
1946   S Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test ump, ICC referee)
1947   Alan Warner, rocker (Foundations)
1947   Iggy Pop, [James Osterberg], Mich, rocker (Zombie Birdhouse)
1947   John Weider, bassist (Family-Family Entertainment)
1948   Claire Denis, Paris France, actress (Boom Boom, Chocolat)
1948   Gary A Condit, (Rep-D-California)
1948   Lord Egremont, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1948   Paul Davis, Meridian Mi, country/rock vocalist (I Go Crazy)
1949   Patti LuPone, Northport NY, actress/singer (Evita, Life Goes On)
1951   Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-2)
1951   Nicoel Barclay, rocker
1951   Paul Carrack, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Squeeze/Ace-How Long)
1951   Tony Danza, Brooklyn, (Tony Banta-Taxi, Tony Micelli-Who's the Boss)
1953   Edward Ray Fiori, Lynwood CA, PGA golfer (1979 Southern Open)
1954   Dale Eggeling, Statesboro GA, LPGA golfer (1995 Oldsmobile Classic)
1956   Rick DeMont, US, 400m swimmer, drug disqualification (1972 Olympics)
1957   Jesse Orosco, Santa Barbara CA, pitcher (NY Mets, Orioles, Dodgers)
1958   Andie MacDowell, [Rosali Anderson], SC, actress (Green Card) [or 2/12]
1958   Kyle Stevens, LPGA golfer
1959   Robert Smith, Sussex, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cure-Hell's Kitchen)
1960   Julius Korir, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-gold-1984)
1962   Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, Russia, major/cosmonaut
1963   John Cameron Mitchell, El Paso TX, actor (Misplaced, Band of the Hand)
1963   Ken Caminiti, Hanford CA, infielder (San Diego Padres)
1964   Louise Mullard, Kurri Kurri NSW, golfer (1990 T3 Coca Cola Classic)
1965   Ed Belfour, Carman, NHL goalie (Chicago Blackhawks)
1965   Gary Grant, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
1965   Karen Foster, Lufkin Tx, playmate (Oct, 1989)
1966   Judy Diduck, ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Oly-98)
1968   Peter van Foxes, soccer player (Ajax)
1969   Conrad Clarks, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
1969   Dwight Hollier, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1970   Israel Stanley, NFL/WLAF defensive end (NO Saints, Rhein Fire)
1970   Stewart Malgunas, Prince George, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1971   Jennifer Reed, Miss USA-Michigan (1997)
1971   Samantha Druce, youngest woman to swim English Channel
1971   Tom Cavallo, NFL/WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy, SF 49ers)
1971   Tony Mcgee, NFL tight end (Cin Bengals)
1972   David Williams, Bedford PA, outfielder (SF Giants)
1972   Lori Flick, Boston Massachusetts, Miss America-Massachusetts (1997)
1972   Tia Jackson, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
1974   Brice Hunter, wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1975   Angela Michelle Hughes, Anderson SC, Miss America-SC (1997)
1975   Danyon Joseph Loader, Dunedin NZ, 200m/400m swimmer (Olymp-2 gold-96)
1977   Karen Ann Peterson, Miss Aruba Universe (1997)
1978   Aimee Delatte, Miss Arkansas Teen USA (1996)
1978   Avi Phillips, Ontario, actor (Maniac Mansion)
1978   Melissa Coish, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA (1996)
1984   Ashley Peldon, Staten Is NY, actress (Marsha-Guilding Light, Deceived)

DEATHS
1073   Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies
1109   Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1142   Pierre Ab‚lard, French philosopher (Sic et Non, H‚lo‹se), dies at 62
1509   Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52
1552   Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50
1574   Cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54
1652   Pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66
1696   Andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61
1699   Jean Racine, French playwright (PhŠdre), dies at 59
1730   Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79
1736   Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72
1780   Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60
1871   Elisabeth Grube, writer, dies
1878   Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62
1898   Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78
1899   Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80
1900   Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55
1910   Mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74
1918   "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25
1924   Eleanora Duse, Ital actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64
1930   Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79
1930   Robert S Bridges, poet laureate (Testament of beauty), dies at 85
1938   Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65
1939   Herman Finck, composer, dies at 66
1945   John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25
1946   John M Keynes, English economist (How to pay for the war?), dies at 62
1946   Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
1948   Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66
1952   Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61
1952   [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing, dies at 62
1961   James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57
1962   Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies
1965   Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72
1967   Andr‚ L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77
1968   Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69
1968   Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt
1971   Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81
1971   Fran‡ois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti, dies at 64
1973   Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66
1975   Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70
1977   Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84
1978   Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37
1981   Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies
1982   Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80
1985   Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62
1985   Tancredo Neves, president-elect of Brazil, dies at 75
1987   Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77
1989   James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64
1990   Ert‚, art deco stylist, dies at 97
1990   Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies
1991   Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74
1991   Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81
1992   Robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39
1992   Vladimir K Romanov, Grand Duke/Rus pretender to the throne, dies at 74
1993   Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82
1994   Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93
1995   Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93
1995   Stafford Heginbotham, toymaker/Football Club Chairman, dies at 61
1996   A H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies
1996   Dzhojar Dudaev, president of Republic of Chechenia (1991), dies
1996   Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader, dies at 52
1996   Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at 76
1996   Robert Hersant, press baron, dies at 76
1996   Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter, dies at 93
1996   Zora Arkus-Duntov, engineer, dies at 86
1997   Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies
1997   Diosdado Macapagal, Philippine president (1961-65), dies

   
 
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