2004 Paula Danziger, writer, Amber Brown books, dies at 59 2002 William Anthony Swithin Sarjeant, paleontologist/fantasy writer, dies at 66 1999 Pete Conrad, "astronaut, businessman", third man to walk on the moon, dies at 69 1997 Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack 1996 Amschel Rothschild, banker, dies at 41 1996 Ernest Armstrong, miner/politician, dies at 81 1996 James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80 1996 Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer, dies at 90 1996 Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, banker, joined family banking firm N M Rothschild & Sons, chief executive of Rothschild Asset Management dies 1994 Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies 1994 Dick Sargent, actor (Darren-Bewitched), dies of cancer at 64 1994 Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer 1994 Kim Il Sung, president of North-Korea (1948-94), dies at 82 1994 Robert E Lee, dies of cancer at 75 1993 Henry Hazlitt, American Philosopher 1991 James Franciscus, actor (Mr Novak), dies at of emphysema 57 1991 Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz), dies 1990 Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72 1990 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies 1985 Gardner Cowles, Jr., U.S. publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82 1985 Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne and Shirley), dies at 72 1985 Simon Kuznets, U.S. economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84 1984 Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges), dies at 73 1982 Isa Miranda, model/actress (Summertime), dies of infected bone at 77 1981 Loring Smith, actor (Hartmans), dies at 86 1979 John Reed King, TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64 1979 Michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies 1973 Arthur Calwell, Australian Politician 1969 Gladys Swarthout, opera singer and actress (Ambush), dies at 64 1961 Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60 1959 Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War 1957 Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78 1957 Henry Fevrier, composer, dies at 81 1957 William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89 1956 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice (Nobel 54), dies 1956 Giovanni Papini, Italian author and poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75 1950 Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71 1949 Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon 1949 Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer, dies at 66 1946 Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor, dies at 63 1943 Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered 1943 Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed 1942 Catherinus Elling, composer, dies at 83 1942 Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90 1941 Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62 1939 [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man and Woman), dies at 80 1932 Florenz Ziegfeld, U.S. theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies 1928 Crystal Eastman, American Lawyer 1919 Johan A Der Mouw, Dutch philosopher/poet, dies at 56 1909 Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, French Minister of War (1899-1900), dies at 79 1894 Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies 1885 Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39 1885 Henry Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies 1882 Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne], English artist (David Cupperfield), dies 1876 Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78 1870 John D Zocher, Jr., architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79 1863 Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65 1859 F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60 1826 Luther Martin, American Politician 1822 Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29 1695 Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66 1681 Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60 1679 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies 1656 Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64 1623 Gregory XV, Alessandro Ludovisi, bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69 1538 Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63 1531 Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71 1496 Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies 1253 Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies 1249 Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51 1153 Eugene III, Bernardo, Italian Pope (1145-53), dies 1115 Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies 975 Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies 810 Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)
