| 2007 | Gian Carlo Menotti, dies at 95, in Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| 2003 | David Brown, astronaut, mission specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, |
| 2003 | Ilan Ramon, astronaut, first Israeli in space, mission specialist on Columbia, STS-107, dies at 48 |
| 2003 | Kalpana Chawla, astronaut, first Asian Indian woman in space, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 |
| 2003 | Laurel Clark, astronaut, physician on the Columbia mission, STS-107, dies at 41 |
| 2003 | Michael Anderson, astronaut, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 42 |
| 2003 | Rick Husband, astronaut, commander of Columbia, STS-107 |
| 2003 | William McCool, astronaut, pilot of Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 |
| 2003 | Michael P. Anderson, American Astronaut |
| 2002 | Hildegard Knef, "actress, singer", Snows of Kilamanjaro, dies at 76 |
| 2000 | Kenneth Waller, actor, Are You Being Served?, dies at 72 |
| 2000 | Peter Levi, poet, writer, professor of poetry, University of Oxford, Catholic, spent time in the priesthood, dies |
| 1999 | Paul Mellon, art patron/horse owner, dies at 91 |
| 1997 | Herb Caen, columnist, Lung cancer, dies at 80 |
| 1997 | Mitchell Goodman, writer, dies at 71 |
| 1997 | Peter Morris, historian of France, dies at 50 |
| 1997 | Thelma Moss, psychologist, dies at 78 |
| 1996 | Clive Burton, neuropathologist, dies at 54 |
| 1995 | George Abbot, director (Damn Yankees), dies at 107 |
| 1995 | John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at 74 |
| 1995 | Michael Caesar, pope of pot, dies of liver cancer at 52 |
| 1994 | Fouad Fram al-Boustani, Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa), dies at 88 |
| 1994 | Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83 |
| 1992 | George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Captains and Kings), dies at 70 |
| 1992 | Irving R Kaufman, federal judge (Rosenberg Case), dies at 81 |
| 1992 | Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge |
| 1991 | Carol Dempster, actress (Sally of Sawdust, America), dies at 89 |
| 1991 | H J van Ommeren-Averink, Dutch MP (CPN), dies |
| 1991 | James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at 84 |
| 1991 | Phil Watson, NHL coach (New York Rangers), dies |
| 1988 | Heather O'Rourke, (Poltergeist) star, dies of intestinal ailment at 12 |
| 1988 | Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75 |
| 1987 | Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at 82 |
| 1987 | Sala Burton, Representative-D-California 1983 - 1987, died of colon cancer |
| 1986 | Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84 |
| 1986 | Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58 |
| 1983 | Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies |
| 1981 | Donald W. Douglas, U.S. aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88 |
| 1981 | Ernst Pepping, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1981 | Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1981 | Wanda Hendrix, actress (Sierra, Ride the Pink Horse), dies |
| 1980 | Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72 |
| 1980 | Romolo Valli, actor (Boom, La Viaccia), dies at 54 |
| 1979 | Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60 |
| 1977 | Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, U.S., sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72 |
| 1976 | Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 |
| 1976 | Werner C Heisenberg, physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies at 74 |
| 1976 | Werner Heisenberg, German Physicist |
| 1975 | Richard Wattis, actor (Dick and Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62 |
| 1971 | Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies |
| 1970 | Blaz Arnic, Slovenian composer, best known for his nine symphonies, The Society of Slovene Composers consider him the great Slovenian symphonic master of the 20th century, dies at 69 |
| 1968 | Lawson Little, amateur golfer (U.S./British Opens 1934,35), dies at 57 |
| 1967 | Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th birthday |
| 1966 | Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis, U.S. comic (General), dies at 69 |
| 1966 | Hedda Hopper, Elda Furry, U.S. gossip columnist, dies at 75 |
| 1966 | Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record and dies in descent |
| 1966 | William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at 71 |
| 1959 | Madame Sul-To-Wan, Conley, actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85 |
| 1958 | Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies |
| 1957 | Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66 |
| 1954 | Julius P Hoste, Belgian minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69 |
| 1950 | Harry Blomberg, Swedish author (Jacobs Drom), dies at 56 |
| 1949 | Herbert Stothart, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1946 | Hans Betghe, writer, dies at 70 |
| 1945 | Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72 |
| 1944 | Martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1944 | Piet Mondrian, abstract painter (Composition in Blue), dies at 71 |
| 1937 | Marguerite Audoux, writer, dies |
| 1929 | August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59 |
| 1922 | William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49 |
| 1916 | Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1910 | Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44 |
| 1908 | Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44 |
| 1905 | Oswald Aschenbach, German painter, dies at 77 |
| 1904 | Peter Prime Minister Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76 |
| 1903 | George G Stokes, British physicist/president Royal Society, dies at 83 |
| 1902 | Salomon Jaoassohn, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1889 | Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78 |
| 1883 | Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies |
| 1878 | George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 |
| 1877 | Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1875 | William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1873 | Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies |
| 1871 | Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51 |
| 1869 | Frederik W. Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 |
| 1851 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53 |
| 1839 | Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 |
| 1838 | Abraham de Veer, Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71 |
| 1832 | Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71 |
| 1824 | Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1818 | Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74 |
| 1795 | Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66 |
| 1747 | Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies |
| 1743 | Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85 |
| 1733 | August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 |
| 1694 | John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73 |
| 1691 | Alexander VIII, Pietro Ottoboni, Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80 |
| 1691 | George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56 |
| 1669 | Abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31 |
| 1666 | Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies |
| 1650 | Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking |
| 1542 | Hieronymus Aleander, Girolamo Aleandro, Italian diplomat, dies at 61 |
| 1502 | Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies |
| 1328 | Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies |
| 1294 | Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies |
| 1248 | Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies |
| 1204 | Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered |
| 656 | Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 |
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