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YEAR EVENTS
64   Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle)
1290   King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews
1330   Battle of Velbuzd
1536   Pope's authority declared void in England
1572   Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht
1588   Admiral Howard beats Spanish Armada
1630   Spanish troops occupy Mantua
1656   -20] Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir & occupies Warsaw
1696   Czar Peter I's fleet occupies Azov at mouth of Don River
1716   Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels
1737   Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians
1743   1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)
1753   Lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham Mass
1766   Society of the Dutch Literary forms
1768   Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song
1814   British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc)
1853   Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine & Montreal
1861   Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68 - Manassas -
1862   Battle of Newburgh, IN - captured by Union forces
1863   Battle of Fort Wagner, SC - Second assault US1500 CS174
1864   President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service
1870   Pontifical infalliability proclaimed
1872   Britain introduces secret ballot voting
1882   Louisville Tony Mullane is 1st to pitch righty then lefty
1893   Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord's
1896   2nd US Golf Open: James Foulis shoots a 152 at Shinnecock Hills NY
1896   George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket
1896   Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut v Aust, Old Trafford
1897   3rd US Golf Open: James Foulis wins
1897   Cap Anson, is 1st to get 3,000 hits
1907   Florenz Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1907," premieres in NYC
1907   French troops occupy Casablanca
1912   Chic Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Phila Phillies in 11 innings
1913   After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk
1914   US army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps
1915   2nd Battle of Isonzo begins & ends with loss of 280,000 men
1915   Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs
1918   US & French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I
1921   Black Sox trial begins in Chicago
1923   England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law
1924   KPD points out Rote Frontk„mpferbund against Nazi
1925   Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
1927   Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit
1930   SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland
1931   1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched
1932   Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands sign Unity treaty
1932   US & Canada sign a treaty to develop St Lawrence Seaway
1935   Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000
1936   Spanish Civil War begins, Gen Fran‡isco Franco led uprising
1938   Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left NY for Calif
1940   1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct
1940   British govt signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure
1940   Democratic Convention nominates FDR for a 3rd term
1941   SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia
1942   1st legal NJ horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens
1942   Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, 1st jet fighter, takes 1st flight
1943   British assault on Catania Sicily
1943   Giants & Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, NY wins, 10-6
1944   7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault east of Caen
1944   Allies air raid railways at Vaires Paris
1944   Arne Andersson runs world record 1 mile (4:01.6)
1944   British air raid on German convoy SW of Helgoland
1944   British Mosquito's attack Cologne & Berlin
1944   British troops occupy Bourqu‚bus hill range Normandy
1944   Polish troops under gen Anders occupy Ancona Italy
1944   US troop march into St-L“
1947   British seize "Exodus 1947" ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine
1947   King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill
1947   President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act
1947   Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game win streak
1947   US begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands
1948   "Marinka" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 168 performances
1948   Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 HRs in a game
1948   White Sox Fat Pat Seerey, hits 4 HRs in 11 inning game
1951   Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion
1951   Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 7 for hw boxing title
1951   Uruguay accepts its constitution
1952   KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting
1954   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament
1954   Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game
1955   1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially
1955   280 mm rain in Martinstown, Dorset (UK-record)
1956   Ern” Ger” succeeds Matyas R kosi as party leader of Hungary
1959   1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright)
1960   1st UN troops reach Congo
1960   Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises
1960   Premier Kishi of Japan, resigns
1961   Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games
1962   Minn is 1st AL team to hit 2 grand slams in an inning as Bob Allison
1962   Minn Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st in
1963   Failed military coup in Syria
1964   Race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln)
1965   Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open
1965   Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit
1966   Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
1966   Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
1967   Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY
1968   Intel incorporates
1969   Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL
1970   "Boy Friend" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 119 performances
1970   Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily
1970   Giants Willie Mays hits 3,000 homers
1970   Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time
1970   Willie Mays, is 10th to get 3,000 hits
1970   WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1971   Eddy Merckx wins his 3rd Tour de France
1972   200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns
1972   Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out
1972   Mike Procter 8-73 with hat-trick, plus 51 & 102, Gloucs v Essex
1974   US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1974   World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed
1975   Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play)
1976   "Something's Afoot" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 61 performances
1976   Judy Rankin wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
1976   Lucien van Impe wins Tour de France
1976   Stockhausens "Sirius," premieres in NYC
1976   Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut
1977   Hugh Leonard's "Da," premieres in London
1977   Vietnam becomes member of UN
1978   Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting
1978   Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks
1979   Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London
1979   USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980   Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts
1980   Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly France
1980   Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women
1980   Quett Masire installed as president of Botswana
1980   Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
1981   Part of Hyatt Regency Hotel KC caves in (113 killed)
1981   Poland communist party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek
1982   "Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 53 perfs
1982   111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon
1982   Sally Little wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1983   Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales
1984   James Huberty kills 21 McDonald's patrons in San Ysidro Calif
1984   Walter F Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in SF
1985   USSR performs underground nuclear Test
1986   115th British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 280 at Turnberry Scotld
1986   Royals announce manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor
1986   Videotapes released showing Titanic's sinksen remains
1987   Molly Yard elected new pres of Natl Org for Women
1987   NY Yanks Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 cons games
1988   Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on City of Poros cruise ship
1988   Shooting begins on "License to Kill"
1989   48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia (state record)
1991   Florida Marlins' logo unveiled
1991   Mike Tyson meets Miss Black America contestants
1992   Film critic Roger Ebert marries Chaz Hammel-Smith
1992   Helen Windsor (daughter of English prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylor
1992   Sharon Belden, of Fla, 25, crowned Miss World USA
1992   Singers Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown marry
1993   122nd British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St George
1993   Afghanistan president Ishaq Khan & premier Nawaz Sharif resign
1993   Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (51,596 K)
1993   Hiromi Kobayash wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1993   Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election
1994   Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed
1994   Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter
1994   Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
1994   Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan, 22, weds Don Burton, 32
1994   Crayola announces introduction of scented crayons
1994   Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12
1994   NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker
1995   DC3 crashes at Antananarivo Madagaskar, 34 die
1999   128th British Golf Open: at Camoustie Scot

BIRTHS
1340   Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders
1534   Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)
1552   Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612)
1634   Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91)
1635   Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)
1670   Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer
1711   Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer
1720   Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists"
1766   Friedrich Fleischmann, composer
1796   Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists
1810   Peter Singer, composer
1811   William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair)
1823   Leonard Fulton Ross, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
1827   Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal
1848   William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer
1853   Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902)
1862   Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to throne
1862   Nikolaj N Yudenitcch, Russian general/counter-revolutionary
1864   Ricarda Huch, writer
1865   Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright (Victoria Regina)
1870   Emil Mlynarski, composer
1871   Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope)
1872   Julius Fucik, composer
1880   Elisabeth of Saint Drie‰enheid, [Catez], French mystic (Souvenirs)
1880   Otto Vrieslander, composer
1882   Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet/historian (Paraguay)
1887   Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45)
1888   Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter
1888   Sydney Horler, English detective writer
1890   Charles Wilson, Pres of General Motors (1940-53)/Sec of Def (1953-57)
1891   Gene Lockhart, NYC, actor (Going My Way, Christmas Carol)
1893   Josef Huttel, composer
1893   Richard Dix, St Paul MN, actor (10 Commandments, Cimarron)
1894   Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for Chinese)
1895   Marie Ney, London England, actress (Brief Ecstasy, Simba, Witchcraft)
1898   Herbert Marcuse, Berlin, communist philosopher (Eros & Civilization)
1898   John Stuart, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Number 17)
1899   Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies (Islam & Woman)
1902   Charles W J Mengelberg, Dutch composer/conductor
1902   Nathalie Sarraute, [Cherniak], Russian/French playwright
1903   Bozidar Kunc, composer
1903   Chill Wills, Seagoville Texas, actor (Fronteir Circus, Rounders)
1906   Belle Stewart, singer
1906   Clifford Odets, US, dramatist (1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy)
1906   S I Hayakawa, (Sen-R-CA), educator (Language in Action)
1907   Yvonne Desportes, composer
1909   Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/5 OS]
1909   Harriet Hilliard Nelson, actress (Ozzie & Harriet)
1909   Lupe Velez, [Guadelupe Velez de Villabos], actress (Joe Palooka)
1911   Alexander Hyatt-King, scholar (Mozart)
1911   Hume Cronyn, London Ontario, actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon)
1912   Harry Levin, literary Scholar
1912   Henry L "Hank" Miller, US pilot/lt adm (WW II-Pacific)
1913   Jan Slot, Dutch mayor (Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede)
1913   Marvin Miller, St Louis Mo, actor (Space Patrol, Millionaire)
1913   Red Skelton, [Richard], Vincennes Ind, comedian (Red Skelton Show)
1914   Harriet Hilliard Nelson, Des Moines, singer/actress (Ozzie & Harriet)
1914   Herbert Collum, composer
1914   John G Bearer, writer (Metro, Drunken Canary, Fast Heartbeat)
1914   Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch premier (KVP, Mammoth Law)
1914   Mack Robinson, US, 200m dash (Olympic-silver-1932)
1915   Anthony Cox, English architect
1915   Isaack Stouten, resistance fighter
1916   Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education
1916   Kenneth Armitage, English sculptor
1918   Jane Frazee, Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah)
1918   Nelson Mandela, Qunu S Africa, political prisoner (ANC)/Pres (1994- )
1918   Pamela Brown, England, actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula)
1920   Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World)
1921   John H Glenn Jr, Cambridge OH, astronaut (Mer 7, sk:STS 95)/(Sen-D-Oh)
1923   Hector Tosar, composer
1924   Howard Roberts, Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show)
1924   Inge S”rensen, Denmark, 200m breaststroke (Olympic-bronze-1936)
1924   John Cruickshank, French scholar
1925   George Doggart, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1950)/MCC pres
1925   Jaime de Mora y Arag¢n, actor/publicist (Last Judgement)
1925   Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Austria, 100m dash (Oly-bronze-1948)
1926   Bryan Johnson, singer/actor
1926   Jane Hylton, London England, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot, Daybreak)
1926   Richard Pasco, English actor (Gorgon, Arch of Triumph)
1927   Kurt Masur, German actor (Hotel Deutschland)
1927   Ludwig Harig, writer
1927   Zin Harris, cricketer (father of Chris NZ batsman in 50's & 60's)
1928   Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch writer
1929   "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You)
1929   Dick Totten Button, Englewood NJ, figure skater (Olympic-gold-48, 52)
1929   Michael Medwin, English actor (Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint)
1930   Siegfried Kurz, composer
1931   "Papa" Dee Allen, Wilmington DE, percussionist (War-World is a Ghetto)
1933   Aad Nuis, Dutch writer/undersecretary of Education (D66)
1933   Raymund Murray Schafer, Sarnia Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria)
1933   Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Zima Russia, poet (Bratsk Station)
1934   Edward Bond, English playwright/director (Blow-up)
1935   Tenley Albright, Boston Mass, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
1938   Britt Leach, Gadsen Ala, actor (Mickey-Spencer's Pilots)
1938   Dudu Pukwana, [Mtutuzel], South African/British saxophonist/composer
1938   Paul Verhoeven, director (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)
1939   Brian Auger, London, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis)
1939   Dion DiMucci, Bronx, rocker (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love)
1939   Hunter Thompson, Louisville Ky, writer (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas)
1940   James Brolin, LA Calif, actor (Dr Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel)
1940   Joseph Torre, outfield/manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP)
1941   Jack Jersey, [de Nijs], Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer
1941   Lonnie Mack, Aurora Indiana, rocker (Baby What's Wrong)
1941   Marcia Jones Smoke, Okla, 500m kayak (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1941   Martha Reeves, Detroit Mich, singer (& Vandellas-Dancing in St)
1942   Alexander EHAML, prince of the Belgians/son of Leopold III
1943   Bobby Sherman, Santa Monica Calif, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Brides)
1943   Calvin Peete, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1979 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1943   Robin McDonald, Scotland, rock guitarist (Billy J Kramer & Dakotas)
1944   David Hemery, English 400m-hurdler (Oly-gold-1968) [or 1948]
1944   Jonelle Allen, NYC, actress (Bessie-Palmerstown USA, Berringers)
1945   Danny McCullock, London, rocker (Animals)
1946   Tim Lynch, rocker (Flaming Groovies)
1947   Ayn Rumen, Bkln NY, actress (Janet-McLean Stevenson Show)
1947   Kurt Mann, Roslyn NY, actor (Bad Penny)
1948   Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer (Golden Earring, Radar Love)
1948   Phil Harris, rocker (Ace)
1949   Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler (1971-84)
1950   Richard Branson, British music enterperneur (Virgin Atlantic)
1951   Bruce Alan Lietzke, Kansas City KS, PGA golfer (1978 Canadian Open)
1952   James Forbes, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972)
1953   Peter Greenall, English brewer (Greenall Witley)
1954   Imtiaz Ali, cricketer (brother of Inshan One Test WI v India 1976)
1954   Ricky Skaggs, Cordell Ky, country singer (Heartbroke, Toy Hearts)
1954   Robert Cameron, CFL punter (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1954   Tobias Picker, composer
1955   Teresa Ann Savoy, London England, actress (Caligula)
1955   Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician
1957   Nicholas Alexander Faldo, England, PGA golfer (1992 British Open)
1958   Margo [AM] Vliegenthart, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
1958   Nigel Twist, Manchester, rock drummer (Alarm-In the Summertime)
1959   Audrey Landers, Phila, actress (Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line)
1960   Anne-Marie Johnson, LA Calif, actress (In the Heat of the Night)
1961   Elizabeth McGovern, Evanston Ill, actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer)
1962   Engelbert Linder, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
1962   Jensen Buchanan, Montgomery AL, actress (Vicky/Marley-Another World)
1963   Lonnie Young, NFL safety/cornerback (NY Jets)
1964   Susan Marie Snyder, actress (Julie-As the World Turns)
1965   Robert Holland, CFL defensive back (BC Lions)
1965   Yugi Iga, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1966   Dan[iel Dion] O'Brien, Portland Oregon, decathelete (Olympic-gold-96)
1967   Jeff Lageman, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970   Dusty Imoo, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998)
1970   John Kalin, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
1970   Margaret Langford, Vancouver BC, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1970   Patrick Dancy, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
1971   Kristi Coats, LPGA golfer (1995 Ping/Welch-66th)
1972   Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Memphis, NBA guard (Orlando, Oly-gold-96)
1972   Bernard Williams, NFL tackle (Phila Eagles)
1972   Bruce Walker, NFL nose tackle (NE Patriots)
1974   Derek Anderson, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1979   Julie Gulbrandsen, Miss Arizona Teen USA (1997)
1994   Ricardo Dela Corte, Italy, test tube baby born to oldest (62) mother

DEATHS
640   Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58
1100   Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies
1374   Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69
1544   Ren‚ van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25
1591   Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40
1608   Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61
1639   Bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies
1642   Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies
1650   Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74
1695   Joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61
1710   Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36
1721   Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies
1735   Johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83
1817   Jane Austen, writer, dies
1831   Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72
1833   Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63
1854   Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41
1863   William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29
1872   Benito Ju rez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66
1892   Thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83
1894   Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75
1898   Emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62
1899   Horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies
1901   Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79
1902   John White, composer, dies at 47
1908   Jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83
1915   George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53
1938   Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35
1939   Witold Maliszewski, composer, dies at 65
1941   Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80
1944   George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60
1944   Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (Centaurs' Booty), dies at 74
1949   V¡tezslav Augustin R Nov k, Slovak composer (Profundis), dies at 78
1950   Carl Clinton Van Doren, US literary (The Nation), dies at 64
1956   Willem J A Kerncamp, Dut overseas minister (Islam & Woman), dies at 57
1958   Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker), dies at 84
1958   John Gobau, Flem/Dutch actor (Death of Business Traveller), dies at 67
1961   Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67
1963   A H C Cooper, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies
1965   Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64
1966   Bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22
1966   German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44
1967   Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 66
1969   Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57
1970   Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86
1973   Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62
1975   Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74
1980   Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), dies
1981   Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist, dies at 87
1984   James Oliver Huberty, shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds
1986   Stanley Rous, British soccer official, dies at 91
1987   Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer, dies at 87
1988   Nico, US model/pop singer (Velvet Underground), dies at 43
1989   Donnie Moore, pitcher (Angels), shoots himself at 35
1989   Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21
1990   Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies at 78
1990   Karl Menninger, psychatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer
1991   Andr‚ Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered at 63
1991   Harold Butler, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1947-48, 12 wkts), dies
1992   Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies
1992   Mollie Parnis, fashion designer (Mamie Eisenhower), dies
1992   Rudolf Ising, cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies), dies at 88
1992   Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies
1993   Jean Negulesco, director (3 Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93
1993   John Beck, US producer (Harvey, Singing Nun), dies at 83
1993   Robert Davis, dies of emphysema at 76
1993   Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35
1993   Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies
1994   Gottfried Reinhardt, [Goldmann], German/US director, dies at 83
1995   Fabio Casartelli, Italian olympian (Oly-gold-92), dies at 24
1996   Hans Fellner, bookseller, dies at 71
1997   Eugene Shoemaker, astronomer (Shoemaker-Levy comet), dies at 69

   
 
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