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February 2, 2004 Alan Bullock, British Historian
February 2, 2002 Claude Brown, American Writer
February 2, 1997 Chico Science Francisco Franca, musician, dies at 40
February 2, 1997 Godfrey Baseley, British radio executive, dies at 92
February 2, 1996 Gene Kelly, actor/dancer (Singing in the Rain), dies at 83
February 2, 1996 Ray McIntire, chemical engineer, dies at 77
February 2, 1996 Shamus Culhane, animator, dies at 87
February 2, 1995 Alexis d'Anjou de Bourbon-Conde, French prince/Russian, dies at 47
February 2, 1995 Andre Frossard, French publicist (Defense of Pope), dies at 80
February 2, 1995 David Kindersley, alphabet Designer/Cutter, dies at 79
February 2, 1995 Donald Pleasance, English actor (Halloween), dies at 75
February 2, 1995 Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85
February 2, 1995 Phillip Borsos, Tasmanian/Canadian director (Mean Season), dies
February 2, 1995 Robert L Haller, coon Dog Trainer, dies at 32
February 2, 1994 John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 62
February 2, 1994 Stephen Barclay, actor (Pride of the Plains), dies at 75
February 2, 1994 Willie Mae Ford Smith, gospel Singer/Songwriter, dies at 89
February 2, 1994 Zilner T Randolph, jazz Trumpeter/ Arranger, dies at 95
February 2, 1993 Francois Reichenbach, Fren director (L'Amerique Insolite), dies at 70
February 2, 1992 Bert Parks, [Jacobson], TV host (Miss America), dies at 77
February 2, 1992 Jack [John T] Aitken, British anatomist, dies at 78
February 2, 1992 Maurice J Hill, writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at 89
February 2, 1992 Maurice L Kusell, dies
February 2, 1990 Joel Fluellen, actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at 79
February 2, 1990 Aaron Copland, American Composer
February 2, 1989 John Cassavetes, U.S. actor (Rosemary's Baby)/director, dies at 59
February 2, 1988 Clive Epstein, brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51
February 2, 1988 G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit
February 2, 1987 Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78
February 2, 1987 Patrick "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78
February 2, 1987 Alistair Maclean, Scottish Novelist
February 2, 1983 Roy Horb, Suriname sergeant/putschist, commits suicide
February 2, 1983 Sam Chatman, elder statesman of the blues, dies
February 2, 1982 Stringfellow Barr, U.S. educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at 85
February 2, 1981 Donald W. Douglas, U.S. aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at 88
February 2, 1981 Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at 89
February 2, 1981 Louise Lorraine, actress (Adventures of Tarzan), dies
February 2, 1980 William H Stein, U.S. biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies at 68
February 2, 1980 William Howard Stein, American Scientist
February 2, 1979 Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], bassist (Sex Pistols), OD's at 31
February 2, 1978 Wendy Barrie, TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65
February 2, 1976 Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies
February 2, 1976 Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 78
February 2, 1976 Maurice Jacobson, composer, dies at 80
February 2, 1974 Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Benedictions), dies at 80
February 2, 1973 Henry J Elias, Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at 70
February 2, 1972 Jessie Royce Landis, actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67
February 2, 1972 Natalie Clifford Barney, American Author
February 2, 1970 Bertrand Russell, philosopher, British MP, dies in Merioneth at 97
February 2, 1970 Jaroslav Vogel, composer, dies at 76
February 2, 1969 Boris Karloff, [Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), dies at 81
February 2, 1969 Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (New York Met), dies at 83
February 2, 1965 Richard P Blackmur, U.S., critic/publisher (Good European), dies at 61
February 2, 1965 Richard Wurz, composer, dies at 79
February 2, 1963 Herman Bouber, [Blom], actor and playwright (Bluejackets), dies at 77
February 2, 1961 Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87
February 2, 1961 Anna May Wong, actress (Thief of Baghdad), dies at about 56
February 2, 1960 Jeno Huszka, composer, dies at 84
February 2, 1957 Valery Larbaud, French author/novelist/writer (Amants), dies at 75
February 2, 1957 Julia Morgan, American Architect
February 2, 1956 Charley Grapewin, actor (Ellery Queen), dies at 86
February 2, 1954 Theodor Rogalski, composer, dies at 52
February 2, 1953 Gustav Strube, composer, dies at 85
February 2, 1952 Charles De Roche, actor (10 Commandments), dies at 72
February 2, 1952 Johann Babtist Thaller, composer, dies at 79
February 2, 1945 Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60
February 2, 1941 Johannes Schlaf, writer, dies at 78
February 2, 1934 Ernesto Nazareth, composer, dies at 70
February 2, 1931 Theodor Batthynyi, Hungarian contra-revolutionary, dies at 71
February 2, 1929 Albert Steinruck, German actor (Golem), dies at 56
February 2, 1925 Antti Aarne, Finnish sociologist, dies at 57
February 2, 1921 Luigi Mancinelli, composer, dies at 72
February 2, 1919 Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, composer, dies at 55
February 2, 1918 John L Sullivan, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59
February 2, 1909 Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73
February 2, 1907 Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72
February 2, 1902 Emanuil Mandlov, composer, dies at 42
February 2, 1882 Fabio Campana, composer, dies at 63
February 2, 1881 Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59
February 2, 1864 Adelaide Anne Procter, English Poet
February 2, 1852 Francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49
February 2, 1828 Frederik Sigismund earl of Bylandt, vice-admiral, dies at 78
February 2, 1827 Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer, dies at 62
February 2, 1822 Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer, dies at 79
February 2, 1804 Caesar Rodney, U.S. judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62
February 2, 1793 William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61
February 2, 1789 Armand-Louis Couperin, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63
February 2, 1779 Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59
February 2, 1769 Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75
February 2, 1750 Johann Graf, composer, dies at 65
February 2, 1723 Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist, dies at 66
February 2, 1704 Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62
February 2, 1685 Charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54
February 2, 1673 Kaspar Forster, composer, dies at 56
February 2, 1660 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45
February 2, 1660 Jean BG duke of Orleans, brother of French king Louis XIII, dies at 51
February 2, 1597 Lucas van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 61
February 2, 1594 Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer, dies at 68
February 2, 1563 Hans Neusiedler, Hungarian/German luitist/author, dies at approx 54
February 2, 1540 George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen
February 2, 1491 Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40
February 2, 1435 Johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61
February 2, 1032 Rudolf III, last independent king of Bourgundy, dies



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