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2005 James H. Scheuer, Representative-D-New York 1965 - 1973, 1975 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993, died of natural causes at age 85
2003 Charles Bronson, tough actor, Death Wish, dies at 81
2002 J. Lee Thompson, British Director
1996 Christine Pascal, actress/director (Smile, Elsa), dies at 43
1996 Jose Toribio Merino, admiral/military junta of Chile 1973 - 1980, dies at 80
1996 Louise Brown, dancer/teacher, dies at 89
1995 Dame Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian, dies at 96
1995 Fischer S Black, Jr., financial Theorist, dies at 57
1995 Frank Perry, film director, dies at 65
1995 Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician, dies at 53
1995 Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster, dies at 82
1994 Lindsay Anderson, British director/critic (If ...), dies at 71
1994 Michael Gribble, film animator (Mike and Spike Festival), dies at 42
1993 Richard Jordan, U.S. actor (Hunt for Red October, Posse), dies at 55
1991 Alan Wheatley
1991 Hans Koetsier, sculptor artist (KLM-Schiphol), dies
1991 Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (moving objects), dies
1989 Joe De Santis, dies at 80
1986 Otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79
1982 Leo Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86
1981 Mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb
1981 Mohammad Javad Bahonar, prime minister of Iran, assassinated by a bomb
1981 Vera-Ellen, actress (Big Leaguer, On the Town), dies of cancer at 55
1974 Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87
1970 Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41
1970 Del Moore, actor/announcer (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53
1970 Abraham Zapruder, Ukrainian Businessman
1968 William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53
1967 Ad Reinhardt, American Artist
1964 Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43
1963 Axel Stordahl, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50
1961 Charles Coburn, actor (Heaven Can Wait, Idiot's Delight), dies at 84
1956 Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70
1953 Dimiter Nenov, composer, dies at 51
1952 Arky Vaughn, infielder (Pirates and Dodgers), drowns
1949 Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies
1944 Morten Nielsen, Danish resistance fighter, dies
1943 A[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58
1939 Wilhelm Bolsche, writer, dies at 78
1935 Henri Barbusse, French writer (Le feu), dies at 62
1934 Earnest L Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79
1932 Willem M van Rossum, cardinal/prefect of Propaganda Fide, dies at 77
1930 William H Taft, 27th U.S. President (1909-13), dies
1928 Wilhelm Wien, Germany physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies at 64
1919 Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr. Rung), dies
1917 Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czechoslovakia, dies
1914 Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26
1914 Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide
1910 Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57
1904 Kate Fanny Loder, composer, dies at 79
1903 Vincente F Lopez, historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87
1879 John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48
1879 John B. Hood, American Soldier
1844 Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies
1826 Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67
1809 Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies
1808 Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83
1745 Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer, dies at 57
1666 Benedictus Carpzovius, Benedikt Carpzov, German lawyer, dies
1580 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies
1529 Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61
1483 Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60
1482 Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies
1181 Alexander III, Orlando Bandinelli, Italian Pope (1159-81), dies
526 Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten
524 Chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29
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