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December 1, 2003 Clark Kerr, American Economist December 1, 1997 Denis Gerald Barrington, artist, dies at 67 December 1, 1997 Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist, dies at 89 December 1, 1996 Barbak Karmal, politician, dies at 67 December 1, 1996 Irving Gordon, songwriter, dies at 81 December 1, 1994 Lionel Stander, actor (Max-Hart to Hart), dies at 86 December 1, 1991 Byron Webster, actor (That Man Bolt), dies of AIDS at 58 December 1, 1991 George Joseph Stigler, U.S. economist (Nobel 1982), dies at 80 December 1, 1990 Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies December 1, 1989 Alvin Ailey, U.S. choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at 58 December 1, 1987 Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57 December 1, 1987 James Arthur Baldwin, writer (Another Country), dies at 63 December 1, 1987 James A. Baldwin, American Author December 1, 1986 Horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85 December 1, 1986 Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 59 December 1, 1986 [Irving] Lee Dorsey, [Kid Chocolate], U.S. boxer/singer, dies at 59 December 1, 1983 Mirsky, mathematician, dies December 1, 1982 Dorothy James, composer, dies on 81st birthday December 1, 1980 Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75 December 1, 1977 Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69 December 1, 1975 Nick Kenny, U.S. columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80 December 1, 1974 Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83 December 1, 1974 Stephen Gill Spottswood, U.S. bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at 77 December 1, 1973 David Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87 December 1, 1972 Antonio Segni, Italian PM/president (1955-57, 59-60, 62-64), dies at 81 December 1, 1971 Arthur B Springarn, U.S. NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at 93 December 1, 1968 Hugo Haas, actor and director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66 December 1, 1960 Ion Vasilescu, composer, dies at 57 December 1, 1952 Victor E Orlando, Italian premier (1917-19), dies at 92 December 1, 1951 Felix Petyrek, composer, dies at 59 December 1, 1950 Ernest John Moeran, British composer, dies at 55 December 1, 1947 Aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, dies at 72 December 1, 1947 Hardy, mathematician, dies December 1, 1947 Aleister Crowley, English Critic December 1, 1947 G. 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Hardy, British Mathematician December 1, 1945 Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer, dies at 64 December 1, 1939 Max Fiedler, composer, dies at 79 December 1, 1935 Bernard Schmidt, inventor (Schmidt camera), dies December 1, 1934 Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad December 1, 1932 Amadeo Vives, composer, dies at 61 December 1, 1926 Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer, dies at 83 December 1, 1925 Vicente Arregui Garay, composer, dies at 54 December 1, 1916 Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer, dies at 58 December 1, 1893 Eduard Franck, composer, dies at 76 December 1, 1892 ? de Bruyne, Belgian sergeant in Congo, murdered December 1, 1892 Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered December 1, 1887 Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, dies at 78 December 1, 1865 Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, dies at 76 December 1, 1842 Philip Spencer, 1st U.S. naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged December 1, 1825 Aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47 December 1, 1817 Justin Heinrich Knechtl, composer, dies at 65 December 1, 1813 Ferdinando Bertoni, composer, dies at 88 December 1, 1808 Anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30 December 1, 1797 Oliver Wolcott, U.S. judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71 December 1, 1755 Maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59 December 1, 1750 Doppelmayr, mathematician December 1, 1736 Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72 December 1, 1729 Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer, dies at 59 December 1, 1727 Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer, dies at 61 December 1, 1709 A Sancta Clara, writer, dies December 1, 1709 Abraham a Santa Clara, [Johann Megerle], Germ court vicar, dies at 65 December 1, 1707 Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies December 1, 1700 Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53 December 1, 1651 Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65 December 1, 1635 Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51 December 1, 1633 Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67 December 1, 1623 Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47 December 1, 1580 Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42 December 1, 1580 Giovanni Morone, Italian theologian/diplomat/cardinal, dies at 71 December 1, 1530 Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51 December 1, 1521 Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45 December 1, 1515 Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, [el Gran Capitan], Span gen, dies at 62 December 1, 1455 Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 December 1, 1417 Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies December 1, 1374 Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies December 1, 1135 Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies December 1, 660 Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies |