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February 9, 2002 Princess Margaret of England, royalty, dies at 71 February 9, 2002 Princess Margaret, British Royalty February 9, 2001 "Herbert A. Simon, Ph.D", economist, "Nobel Prize winner for economics, 1978", dies at 84 February 9, 2001 Herbert Simon, American Scientist February 9, 1998 Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95 February 9, 1997 Barry Evans, actor (Dr. Upton-Dr. in the House), dies at 53 February 9, 1996 Adolf Galland, general (Luftwaffe), dies at 83 February 9, 1996 Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science, dies at 80 February 9, 1996 Barry Troyna, teacher/educational sociologist, dies at 44 February 9, 1996 Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist, dies at 80 February 9, 1996 Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (3 Weeks), dies at 86 February 9, 1996 Neil Franklin, soccer star, dies at 74 February 9, 1995 David Wayne, [Wayne Mcmeekan], U.S. actor (Dallas), dies at 81 February 9, 1995 J William Fulbright, (Sen-D-Ark)/anti-Vietnam War, dies at 89 February 9, 1995 J. William Fulbright, American Politician February 9, 1994 Arnold Smith, British 1st sec-gen of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79 February 9, 1994 Jarmila Novotna, Czech/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 86 February 9, 1994 Louis Kaufman, U.S. violinist and conductor (Gone with the Wind), dies at 88 February 9, 1993 David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54 February 9, 1993 Kate Wilkinson, actress (Clara-Another World), dies of cancer at 76 February 9, 1993 Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies February 9, 1991 John Sloan Dickey, American Diplomat February 9, 1984 Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras February 9, 1984 Yuri Andropov, Gen Sec of Soviet Communist Party (1982-84), dies at 69 February 9, 1981 Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55 February 9, 1980 Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106 February 9, 1979 C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies February 9, 1978 Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Florida at 12 February 9, 1977 Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92 February 9, 1977 Gaus, an orangautan who lived to be 59 February 9, 1977 Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at 82 February 9, 1975 Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at 82 February 9, 1974 Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier, dies at 60 February 9, 1973 Max Yasgur, owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53 February 9, 1969 Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Oly-gold 1928), dies at 68 February 9, 1969 [George] Gabby Hayes, actor (Albuquerque, Colorado), dies at 83 February 9, 1968 Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77 February 9, 1968 Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78 February 9, 1966 Sophie Tucker, Russ/US singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79 February 9, 1964 Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55 February 9, 1961 Grigory Levenfish, International chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 February 9, 1960 Ernst von Dohnanyi, U.S. composer, dies at 82 February 9, 1957 Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hung admiral/regent (1920-44), dies at 88 February 9, 1952 Norman Douglas, essayist/novelist, dies February 9, 1949 Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60 February 9, 1948 Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65 February 9, 1945 George J L Maduro, resistance fighter (Madurodam), dies in Dachau February 9, 1945 Jan Bakker, resistance fighter, executed at 26 February 9, 1943 ... Reydons, wife of General Reydons, shot to death by resistance February 9, 1938 Truby King, pioneer of mothercraft, dies February 9, 1936 Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57 February 9, 1935 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61 February 9, 1932 Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered February 9, 1924 Nils Kj'r, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at 53 February 9, 1918 Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30 February 9, 1917 Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies February 9, 1916 Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer, dies at 90 February 9, 1906 Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio February 9, 1891 Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71 February 9, 1881 Feodor M Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Crime and Punishment), dies at 59 February 9, 1881 Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist February 9, 1874 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75 February 9, 1860 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63 February 9, 1849 Corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76 February 9, 1846 Henry Gally Knight, architect/writer, dies February 9, 1824 Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet, dies at 49 February 9, 1817 Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54 February 9, 1812 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57 February 9, 1811 Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies February 9, 1765 Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer, dies at 33 February 9, 1751 Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82 February 9, 1740 Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85 February 9, 1675 Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, buried February 9, 1670 Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60 February 9, 1640 Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27 February 9, 1617 Hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44 February 9, 1588 Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies February 9, 1583 Jeseph Sanalbo, Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake February 9, 1567 Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered February 9, 1555 John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy |
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