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2007 Molly Ivins, died in Austin, Texas, of inflammatory breast cancer, at 62
2001 Gordon R. Dickson, writer, The Dragon and the George, dies at 77
2000 Gil Kane, American Artist
1997 Eve Lister, actress and singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84
1996 Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65
1995 George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at 105
1995 James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86
1994 Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81
1992 Mel Hein, NFLer (New York Giants), dies at 82
1992 Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63
1989 Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80
1989 Yasushi Akutagawa, composer, dies at 63
1989 William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier
1987 Yves Allegret, French director (Such a lovely tiny beach), dies at 79
1980 J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 and 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies
1974 Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at 61
1974 Harry Baum, actor (Crime and Punishment), dies at 58
1974 Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at 72
1974 Roger Pryor, actor (Lady by Choice), dies at 72
1974 Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91
1973 Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77
1972 Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51
1972 Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79
1972 Istvan Szelenyi, composer, dies at 67
1970 Slim Harpo, James Moore, rocker, dies at 28
1969 Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer, dies at 77
1967 Chief Thundercloud, actor (Ambush, Colt 45, Typhoon), dies at 100
1967 Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86
1966 Elizabeth Patterson, actress (Tall Story), dies at 90
1960 Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53
1956 A. A. Milne, English Author
1955 John R Mott, U.S. theologist/founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89
1954 Edwin H Armstrong, U.S. radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63
1954 Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65
1949 Henri de Vries, Hendricus Walterop, actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84
1945 Eddie Slovik, 1st U.S. executed for desertion since Civil War at 25
1944 Jean Giraudoux, French Dramatist
1940 Rene "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56
1933 John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65
1925 George Washington Cable, American Novelist
1922 Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56
1919 Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79
1892 Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman
1891 Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75
1864 Hamilton Rowan Gamble, U.S. judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies
1861 Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53
1828 Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35
1788 Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67
1788 Francesco Zannetti, composer, dies at 50
1788 [Bonnie Prince] Charles E Stuart, English pretender, dies at 67
1606 Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35
1580 Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies
1561 Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies
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