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1185   Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family
1449   Anti-pope Felix V resigns
1507   Geographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America
1541   -26) Liege flooded after heavy down pour
1604   Count Maurits' army lands at Cadzand
1607   Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet
1614   Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms
1626   Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld
1660   London Convention Parliament begins
1660   Parliament meets & votes to restore Charles II
1678   French troops conquer Ypres
1684   Patent granted for thimble
1707   Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese
1719   Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe"
1747   Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand
1792   Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier
1850   Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices
1859   Ground broken for Suez Canal
1861   7th NY arrives to reinforce Washington, DC
1861   Battle of Lavaca, TX
1862   Battle of New Orleans LA - US Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans
1864   Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
1867   Tokyo opens for foreign trade
1875   Latest date for measurable snow in NYC (3")
1876   Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout)
1881   250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany
1881   French troops occupy Algeria & Tunisia
1886   Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna
1891   Pres Benjamin Harrison visits SF
1896   Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado)
1896   Sidney Jones & Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London
1898   US declares war on Spain over Cuba
1901   Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run
1901   In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detro
1901   New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee)
1902   Erwin Harvey becomes 1st Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos) to have six hits in one game
1904   NY Yankee Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year
1905   Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW v Qld)
1905   Whites win right to vote in South Africa
1915   78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli
1925   Paul von Hindenburg elected president of Germany
1926   Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot," premieres in Milan
1926   Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi
1927   Spain routes 20,000 soldiers to Morocco (uprising Rifkabylen)
1928   Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for the blind
1932   Rose Franken's "Another Language," premieres in NYC
1933   NY Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0
1933   US & Canada drop Gold Standard
1938   1st use of seeing eye dog
1941   Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta
1942   Luftwaffe bombs Bath
1944   United Negro College Fund incorporates
1945   45 countries convene UN Conference on Intl Organization in SF
1945   Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java
1945   British troops reach Grebbe line Neth
1945   Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission
1945   Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany
1945   Red army completely surrounds Berlin
1945   US & Soviet forces meet at Torgau Germany on Elbe River
1946   "Exposition Flyer" rammed at Napierville Illinois, killing 48
1946   Christopher Fry's "Phoenix too Frequent," premieres in London
1947   Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
1947   Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vo–te begins
1949   Friedrich Drrenmatt's "Romulus der Grosse," premieres in Basel
1949   Michael Brown, rocker (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee)
1950   Ambon (proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan)
1950   Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA
1952   6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
1952   American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter
1952   German "Country" Bathe-Wrttemberg forms
1953   Scientists identify DNA
1954   Bell labs announces 1st solar battery (NYC)
1954   British raid Nairobi Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects arrested)
1954   US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island atmospher
1954   WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956   Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1
1956   No‰l Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London
1957   1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated
1957   Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian govt
1957   WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959   St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping
1960   1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed (Triton)
1961   "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 27 perfs
1961   France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
1961   Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin
1961   Premier Mo‹se Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo
1961   Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit
1961   Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad
1962   Cleve sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on
1962   June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland
1962   Lion & Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
1962   US Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon
1962   US resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island
1964   Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3
1965   19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
1965   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Pensacola Golf Invitational
1966   Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium
1967   Abortion legalized in Colorado
1967   Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland
1967   Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders," premieres in NYC
1968   "Half a Sixpence" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 512 performances
1969   BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th & last episode
1969   Last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBS
1970   "Park" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 performances
1970   Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold"
1970   Melanie releases "Lay Down"
1971   About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington
1971   Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1971   US canal rights in Nicaragua & rights to Corn Islands expire
1971   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972   Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12
1973   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974   Chancellor Willy Brandt sect Gnther Guillaume found to be a spy
1974   Leo Tindemans forms Belgium govt
1974   Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolution)
1974   NFL moves goal posts & adopts sudden-death playoff
1975   1st Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao
1975   Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election
1975   USSR performs underground nuclear test
1975   West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm Sweden
1976   Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues US flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire
1976   Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country
1976   India all out for 97 v West Indies
1976   Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1976   Portugal adopts constitution
1977   Cin Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9
1977   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978   Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance
1978   Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more
1979   "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres
1979   Peace treaty between Israel & Egypt goes into effect
1980   A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umps from attacking a fan
1980   Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran
1980   Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb
1980   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981   Mariners mgr Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot
1981   Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28)
1982   Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982   In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal
1982   Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orlando Lady Golf Classic
1982   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982   Yanks fire manager Bob Lemon & replaces him with Gene Michael
1983   "Nightline" expands from « hour to a full hour
1983   France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1983   Portugal's Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election
1983   Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to USSR
1984   Rock group Wings disbands
1984   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985   "Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 1005 performances
1985   Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
1985   For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game
1985   Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in NYC
1985   West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust
1986   ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5
1988   "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
1988   John Demjanjuk (Ivan the Terrible), sentenced to death in Jerusalem
1988   NASA launches space vehicle S-211
1989   Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
1989   Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period
1990   25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win
1990   Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
1990   Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's pres
1991   "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater NYC after 1018 performances
1991   Designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce of Kohie Yohannan (23)
1991   Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL NE Patriots for sexual harassment
1991   Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's musical premieres in NYC
1992   "Shimada" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
1992   Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell
1993   "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 839 performances
1993   Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader
1994   14" of snow in Southern Calif
1994   Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed
1994   Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed
1994   King Azlan Shah of Malaysia resigns
1994   Mexican businessman & billionaire Angel Losada kidnap
1994   Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan
1995   "Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater NYC for 79 perfs
1995   16th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1996   "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk," opens at Ambassador Theater NYC
1997   Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th HR

BIRTHS
1214   Louis IX, King of France (1226-70)
1228   Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54)
1284   Edward II, King of England (1307-27)
1567   Aurelio Signoretti, composer
1599   Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England (1653-58)
1608   Jean BG duke of Orl‚ans, brother of French King Louis XIII/general
1614   Hieronymus van Beverningk, chief Dutch treasurer/maecenas
1614   Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer
1666   Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer
1677   Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly)
1690   Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer
1710   James Ferguson, astronomer
1723   Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer
1730   Fedele Fenaroli, composer
1769   Mark Isambard Brunel, engineer/inventor
1792   John Keble, Anglican priest/founder (Oxford Movement)
1818   Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer
1824   Gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger, painter
1825   Charles Ferdinand Dowd, US, standardized time zones
1837   William Charles Levey, composer
1840   James Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1840   Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (1812 Overture) (5/7 NS)
1841   Pauline Lucca, soprano
1842   Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il santo/Leila)
1849   Felix Klein, German mathematician (Evanston Colloquium)
1862   Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs
1867   Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist
1869   Karl Prohaska, composer
1871   Sara Amsel, Indonesian/Dutch actress
1872   Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper
1874   Guglielmo Marconi, Bologna Italy, inventor (radio, Nobel 1909)
1876   Ruben Marcos Campos, composer
1881   Hans Windisch, German new testament expert
1883   Elsa Maxwell, Keokuk Iowa, writer (Jack Paar Show)
1889   Charles Kellaway, cricketer (great Australian all-rounder of 1920's)
1895   Stanley Rous, British soccer official
1897   Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer
1897   VAA Mary, English princess
1900   Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, diplomat
1900   Lord Gladwyn, MP (Liberal)
1900   Wolfgang Pauli, Swiss/Us physicist (Pauli inhibition, Nobel 1945)
1901   Ernst Gernot Klussmann, composer
1903   Camilla Horn, actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Polterabend, Matinee Idol)
1903   Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, composer
1905   Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant
1905   Walter Hassan, engineer
1906   Sally Salminen, writer
1906   William J Brennan Jr, NJ, 92nd Supreme Court judge (1956-90) [or 8/25]
1906   Zoltan Gardonyi, composer
1907   Paula Trueman, NYC, actress (Gran-Billy)
1907   Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer
1908   Edward R Murrow, Pole Creek NC, newscaster (Person to Person)
1909   Jaroslav Doubrava, composer
1912   Gladys L Presley, mother of Elvis
1913   Earl Bostic, Tulsa OK, alto sax player (Flamingo, Temptation)
1913   Russ Conway, Brandon Manitoba, actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye)
1914   Claude Mauriac, writer
1914   Marcos Perez Jimenez, president/dictator Venezuela
1915   A J A Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer
1915   William Goyen, writer
1918   Astrid Varnay, Stockholm Sweden, soprano (Met Opera 1941-56)
1918   Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News VA, jazz singer (Is it live or Memorex)
1918   [Ibolyka] Astridm Varnay, Hungarian/US singer (Walkre)
1919   Heinz Wunderlich, composer
1920   Jean Carmet, actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic)
1920   Marre, reformer of the bar
1921   Jean Mogin, Belgian poet
1921   Karel Appel, painter (Vragende Children)
1923   Aafje J R Bouber, [Blom], actress (Traveller Without Baggage)
1923   Albert King, Mississippi, blues singer/guitarist (Bad Look Blues)
1923   Anita Bjorak, actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People)
1923   Francis Graham-Smith, British astronomer
1923   Melissa Hayden, Toronto Canada, ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl)
1924   Erzsebet Szonyi, composer
1924   Franco Mannino, composer
1925   Anthony Christopher, British trade unionist
1926   Paul Walter Furst, composer
1927   Ernst Widmer, composer
1929   Jos‚ Angel Valente, Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza)
1929   Yvette Corlett, athlete
1929   Yvette Williams, NZ, long jumper (Oly-gold-52)
1930   Dotty Mack, Cincinnati Ohio, actress (Paul Dixon Show)
1930   Paul Mazursky, Brooklyn, writer/director (Moscow on the Hudson)
1930   Roy Marshall, cricket opener (prolific Hampshire only 4 Tests for WI)
1931   David Shepherd, painter
1932   Lia Manoliu, Romania, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1968)
1932   Meadowlark Lemmon, basketball star (Harlem Globetrotter) [or 0421]
1932   William Roache, England, actor (Ken Barlow-Coronation Street)
1933   Helen Paling, British circuit judge
1933   Jerry Leiber, songwriter (Leiber & Stoller)
1934   David de Peyer, cancer research campaigner
1934   Denny "Scott" Miller, Bloomington Ind, actor (Wagon Train)
1937   Bo Brundin, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Rhinemann Exchange)
1937   Thomas Faber, publisher
1939   Richard earl of Lichfield, English photographer
1939   Veronica Sutherland, British diplomat
1940   Al Pacino, NYC, actor (And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio)
1940   Marian Norrie
1940   O B McClinton, [Burnett], country singer (Keep your arms around me)
1941   Bertrand Tavernier, actor (Capt Conan, L627, Daddy Nostalgie)
1941   Chris Augustine, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
1941   Lawrence J Smith, (Rep-D-FL, 1983- )
1942   John Martin Dalby, composer
1942   Jon Kyl, (Rep-R-Arizona)
1944   John Bryant, editor (Europeans)
1945   Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist/guitarist (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen)
1945   Michael Kogel, rocker
1945   Stu Cook, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary)
1945   Walt Wesley, NBA star (Cleve Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers)
1946   ... Zhirinovsky, [Edelstein], Russian ultra nationalist/anti semite
1946   Digby Fairweather, jazz trumpeter
1946   Peter Sutherland, CEO (Allied Irish Banks)
1946   Ronnie Gilbert, rocker (Lifeline, Harp)
1946   Talia Shire, [Coppola], Lake Success NY, actress (Adrienne-Rocky)
1946   Vladimir Zhirinovsky, [Edelstein], Russian nationalist/anti-semite
1947   Bill Fontana, composer
1947   Jeffrey DeMunn, Buffalo NY, actor (Blaze, Frances, Windy City)
1947   Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player/coach (Ajax/Barcelona)
1948   Mike Selvey, cricketer (England pace bowler of late 70's)
1949   Michael Brown, NYC, keyboardist (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee)
1950   Steve Ferrone, Sussex, rock drummer (Average White Band)
1951   Ian McCartney, MP
1951   Linda Stone, pharmacist
1952   Cory Day, Bronx NY, rock vocalist
1952   Vladislav Tretiak, USSR hockey player (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
1953   Gary Cosier, cricketer (Australian batsman 1975-78, 109 on debut v WI)
1954   Rob Crosby, Sumter SC, country singer (She's a Natural)
1955   Buster Mottram, tennis player
1955   Joanne Abbott, Sarnia Ontario, yachter (Olympics-96)
1955   John Nunn, British chess player
1957   Eric Bristow, "Crafty Cockney", Engld, dart thrower (5 World Masters)
1958   Chris Johnson, Arcata CA, LPGA golfer (1990 Atlantic City Classic)
1958   Fish, [Derek William Dick], Scottish vocalist (Marillion-Sugar Mice)
1958   Flab, rocker
1959   Billy Rankin, Glasgow, Scotland, rocker
1959   Tony Phillips, Atlanta GA, baseballoutfielder: Chicago White Sox
1964   Andy Bell, rocker (Erasure-Oh L'Amour)
1964   Jackie Campbell, LA Cal, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-5th-1993)
1964   Jamie Siddons, cricketer (Victorian & SA batsman ODI for Aust 1988)
1965   Denis Perez, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
1965   Mark Bryant, NBA forward/center (Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets)
1966   Darren Holmes, Asheville NC, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
1966   Isabelle Pasco, France, actress (Ave Maria)/model (Elle, Vogue)
1967   Angel Martino, Americus GA, 50m/100m freestyle (Oly-gold/2 br-92, 96)
1969   Darren Woodson, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
1969   Gavin Bruk-Jackson, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993)
1969   Jon Olsen, US, 100m freestyle/400m/800m medley (Olymp-gold-1992, 96)
1969   Marisa Pedulla, Bellefonte PA, half-lightweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1969   Nir Shental, Israel, Men's 470 yachter (Oly-15th-1996)
1969   Sanjeeva Ranatunga, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test batsman 1994- )
1969   Travis Fryman, Lexington KY, infielder (Detroit Tigers)
1970   Corwin Brown, NFL safety (NY Jets, NE Patriots)
1970   Steve Tovar, NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals)
1971   Andrew Grigg, CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1971   Brad Clontz, Stuart VA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1971   Eric England, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
1971   Jo‰l Bourgeois, Moncton New Brunswick, 3000m Steeplechase (Olympic-96)
1971   Michelle Harris, Newark Delaware, Miss America-Delaware (1996)
1971   Pam Schaffrath, Chicago IL, female catcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
1972   Percell Gaskins, linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
1973   Alek Stojanov, Windsor, NHL right wing (Pitts Penguins)
1973   Barbara Rittner, Krefeld German FR, tennis star (1992 Schenectady)
1973   Paige Gordon, North Vancouver BC, diver (Olympics-16-92, 96)
1973   Wes Martin, Calgary Alta, golfer (1990 Alberta Jr Masters-2nd)
1974   Brad Hassell, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1974   Libor Prochazka, hockey defenseman (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998)
1974   Tricia Dunn, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
1974   Twan Russell, linebacker (Washington Redskins)
1975   Jacque Jones, San Diego CA, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975   Ruben Gomez, rocker (Menudo-Cannonball)
1976   Tim Duncan, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
1977   Jonathan Angel, SF Calif, actor (Tommy Delucca-Saved By The Bell)
1977   Marguerite Moreau, actress (Connie-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3)
1985   Jonathan Halyalkar, Ramsey NJ, actor (Billy-Who's the Boss)

DEATHS
974   Ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84
1295   Sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Le¢n, dies
1342   Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies
1472   Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies
1482   Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies
1566   Diane de Poitiers, lover of French King Henry II, dies
1595   Torquato Tasso, Italian poet/playwright, dies at 51
1607   Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle
1607   Jacob van Heemskerck, Dutch Admiral (Nova Zambia), dies in battle
1635   Alessandro Tassoni, Ital political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at 69
1647   Matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62
1663   Heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53
1690   David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79
1728   John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies
1744   Anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42
1792   Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54
1792   Nicolas J Pelletier, Frenchman, 1st guillotined
1800   William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68
1808   Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66
1813   Louis-S‚bastien Mercier, French poet (Le D‚serteur), dies at 73
1822   Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83
1828   John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64
1840   Sim‚on-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (Poisson verdeling), dies
1845   Thomas Duncan, painter, dies
1853   William Beaumont, physiologist, dies
1862   Charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55
1873   Walter de la Mare, Engl poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43
1882   Johann CF Z”llner, German astronomer (astro photography), dies
1905   Jacob Olie, Dutch photographer, dies at about 70
1906   John Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67
1915   Nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72
1925   George Stephanescu, composer, dies at 81
1926   Ellen K S Key, Swed author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at 76
1928   Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49
1931   A J Y (Bert) Hopkins, cricketer (20 Tests for Aust, 509 runs), dies
1937   Clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open
1942   Paul Kornfeld, writer, dies at 52
1943   Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko, playwright/director, dies
1946   Albert Knight, cricketer (3 Tests for England on 1903-04 tour), dies
1946   Joseph Vine, cricketer (batted in two Tests Eng v Aust 1911-12), dies
1951   Jerzy Fitelberg, composer, dies at 47
1954   Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies
1955   Constance Collier, actress (Perils of Pauline), dies at 77
1955   Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer, dies at 73
1960   Amanullah, emir/king of Afhanistan (1919-28), dies at 67
1960   Hope Emerson, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at 62
1960   Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn, composer, dies at 92
1961   Hans F Blunck, writer, dies
1966   Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70
1969   Margarita Xirgu, actress (Bloody Wedding), dies at 80
1970   Anita Louise, actress (Gorilla, Anthony Adverse), dies at about 55
1971   Max Drischner, composer, dies at 80
1972   George Sanders, actor (Mr Freeze-Batman, Ivanhoe), dies at 65
1976   Carol Reed, director (Agony & Ecstasy), dies
1976   Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at 79
1981   Dixie, a mouse who lived 6« years, dies
1982   Celia Johnson, actress (Brief Encounter, Happy Breed), dies at 73
1982   Don Wilson, TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at 81
1982   John Cody, US cardinal/archbishop of Chicago (1965-82), dies at 74
1982   Paul de Vree, Flemish writer/essayist (Round Table), dies
1982   William R Burnett, US, writer (Asphalt Jungle), dies at 82
1984   Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack
1985   Murray Matheson, actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72
1985   Richard Haydn, British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 80
1988   Boris Kremenliev, composer, dies at 76
1988   Carolyn Franklin, singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43
1988   Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83
1989   George Coulouris, actor (Papillon, Runaway Bus), dies at 85
1990   Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67
1991   Frank Hamilton, actor (Subterraneans), dies at 66
1991   Theo Laseroms, [Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies
1992   Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39
1992   Dany [Dani‰l S] Tuijnman, Dutch min of traffic & water, dies at 77
1992   Panos Christi, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 54
1992   Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese rock artist, dies at 26 of pulmonary edema
1993   Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85
1994   David Langton, British actor (Upstairs Downstairs), dies at 82
1994   George Gennimatas, Greek minister of National Economy, dies at 55
1994   Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant Moslem leader, shot dead at 32
1995   Art Fleming, game show host (Jeopardy), dies at 74
1995   Francis Henry Smith, librarian, dies at 85
1995   Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83
1995   Joseph Heifitz, film director, dies at 89
1996   John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian, dies at 87
1996   John Lorne Campbell, folklorist, dies at 90
1996   Saul Bass, designer, dies at 74

   
 
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