2001 Harvey R. Ball, graphic designer, invented the ubiquitous smiley face in 1963, dies at 79 2001 Harvey Ball, American Celebrity 2000 Christopher Pettiet, actor, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, dies at 24 1999 Boxcar Willie, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music, dies from leukemia, in Branson, Missouri, at age 67 1997 George Wald, scientist, dies at 90 1996 Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82 1996 William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63 1995 Chris Pyne, Norman Christopher Chris Pyne, musician, trombonist, played with Humphrey Lyttelton, recorded with Ronnie Scott, toured with Frank Sinatra's backing bands, Gordon Beck, Charlie Watt's big band, dies at 56 1994 Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81 1994 Jean Carmet, dies at 72 1994 Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60 1993 Isaac Rojas, Vice President of Argentina (1955-58), dies 1993 Patience Jarvis, dies of melanoma at 56 1992 Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61 1991 James Schuyler, U.S. poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies 1990 Henry Kendrick, dies 1989 Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52 1989 Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer 1988 Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies 1988 Alan Paton, South African Novelist 1987 Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90 1984 Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76 1983 Desmond Bagley, British Journalist 1981 Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78 1981 Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88 1981 Joe Louis, also known as the 'Brown bomber', U.S. heavyweight champ 1937 - 1949, dies at 66 1980 William R Tolbert, Jr., Liberian President and 27 others killed in coup 1977 Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner for the Chicago Cubs, dies at 82 1976 Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74 1975 Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68 1974 Carl Jaffe, dies at 72 1972 C. W. Ceram, Kurt Marek, German/U.S. writer (1st American), dies at 57 1972 Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89 1966 Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed 1965 Linda Darnell, U.S. actress (Dakota Incident), dies at 43 1961 Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer, dies at 50 1961 Philippine "Pine" Belder, Mary de Klerk, actress, dies at 93 1959 Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60 1959 James Gleason, dies at 76 1956 Jose Moscardo Ituarte, Spanish general (Alcazar 1936), dies at 77 1954 Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at 89 1951 Harold Vincent Milligan, composer, dies at 62 1947 Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies 1946 August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67 1946 F Guicciardi, writer, dies 1945 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President 1942 Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80 1938 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man and Mark), dies at 65 1938 Serafin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish playwright (Piropos), dies at 67 1922 Frantisek Ondricek, composer, dies at 64 1914 Josef Nesvera, composer, dies at 71 1912 Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90 1910 William G Sumner, U.S. sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69 1909 Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79 1909 Hilton Kramer, American Critic 1896 Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 1878 Boss Tweed, born in New York City, New York, American Politician, Democratic leader of Tammany Hall 1864 Thomas Green, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 50 1859 John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84 1850 Adoniram Judson, American Clergyman 1845 Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65 1828 Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 1817 Charles Messier, "comet ferret" and catalogs famous "M objects,", dies 1797 Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 1795 Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 1788 Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 1788 Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer, dies at 67 1777 Claude-Prosper J de Crebillon, French writer (Le sopha), dies at 70 1760 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 1748 William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies 1704 John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 1704 Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman 1690 Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71 1605 Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies 1555 Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 1550 Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 352 Julius I, pope (337-52), dies
