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June 1, 2004 William Manchester, biographer, Douglas McArthur, dies at 82 June 1, 2001 Hank Ketcham, cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace, dies at 81 June 1, 1997 Nikolai Tikhonov, politician, Soviet prime minister 1980-85, dies at 92 June 1, 1996 Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48 June 1, 1996 Fernand Schokweiler, judge, dies at 60 June 1, 1996 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India, dies at 83 June 1, 1996 Ray Combs, TV host (Family Feud), commits suicide at 40 June 1, 1996 Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon, dies at 85 June 1, 1996 Stephen Jones, art historian, dies at 41 June 1, 1995 Prudence Hyman, dancer, dies at 80 June 1, 1995 Ronald Anthony "Tony" Clegg, property trader, dies at 58 June 1, 1994 Frances Heflin, actress (Mona Tyler-All My Children), dies at 70 June 1, 1994 Juan J H Rovira, Spanish general, murdered June 1, 1994 Willem C L "Wim" van der Grinten, lawyer/KVP-politician, dies at 80 June 1, 1992 Howard Ralston, actor (Pollyana), dies June 1, 1992 Louise Hoff, entertainer, dies at 69 June 1, 1992 Michael King, actor (Lonely are the Brave), dies at 69 June 1, 1991 David Ruffin, rock vocalist (Temptations), dies of drug overdose at 50 June 1, 1990 Eric Barker, actor and writer (Carry on Sergeant, Roommates), dies June 1, 1987 Errol W. Barrow, PM of Barbados (1961-76), dies at 67 June 1, 1987 Rashid Karame, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65 June 1, 1985 Richard Greene, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 67 June 1, 1984 Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88 June 1, 1983 Anna Seghers, writer, dies at 82 June 1, 1983 Charles Tham, of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha, count of Flanders/Prince, dies June 1, 1982 Hendrik Algra, Newspaper publisher/Dutch MP (ARP), dies June 1, 1981 Carl Vinson, (Rep-D-Ga, 1914-64), dies at 97 June 1, 1981 Naim Chadir, PLO-representative in Brussels, murdered June 1, 1981 Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman June 1, 1980 [Richard] Rube Marquard, U.S. baseball pitcher, dies at 90 June 1, 1979 Jack Mulhall, actor (Buck Rogers, Held for Ransom), dies at 91 June 1, 1979 Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956), dies June 1, 1976 Pieter Balledux, actor/stage manager/resistance fighter, dies at 89 June 1, 1975 Steve Prefontaine, 5K (Olympics-4-1972), dies at 25 June 1, 1973 Harvey S Firestone Jr, U.S. tire manufacturer, dies at 75 June 1, 1973 Mary Kornman, actress (Desert Trail, Swing it Professor), dies at 57 June 1, 1973 Walter Greaza, actor (Leonard-Martin Kane, Treasury Men), dies at 76 June 1, 1971 Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologist (Nature and Destiny of Man), dies at 78 June 1, 1970 G Ungaretti, writer, dies at 82 June 1, 1968 Helen Keller, blind and deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87 June 1, 1968 [Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/interpreter, dies at 57 June 1, 1964 Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66 June 1, 1962 Adolf Eichmann, German Criminal June 1, 1960 Lester Patrick, NHL coach/star, dies at 76 June 1, 1955 F Melius Christiansen, composer, dies at 84 June 1, 1955 Theo Frenkel, actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy), dies June 1, 1954 Martin Anderson Nexo, Danish poet and writer (Pelle Erobreren), dies at 84 June 1, 1952 John Dewey, U.S. philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92 June 1, 1951 Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian, dies at 85 June 1, 1950 Valere-Gille, Belgian playwright (Lesson Tombeaux), dies at 83 June 1, 1948 Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues player, dies at 34 June 1, 1947 Emil Hacha, lawyer/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 74 June 1, 1946 Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed June 1, 1946 Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Mein Lebensmarchen), dies at 72 June 1, 1943 Leslie Howard, actor (Romeo and Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at 50 June 1, 1942 Ernest Pingoud, composer, dies at 53 June 1, 1942 Vladislav Vancura, Czech physician/resistance fighter, executed at 50 June 1, 1941 Hugh S Walpole, British writer (Killer and the Slain), dies June 1, 1941 Hans Berger, German Scientist June 1, 1940 Alfred Loisy, French Clergyman June 1, 1938 Odon, [Edmund] von Horvath, Hungarian/Austrian writer, dies at 36 June 1, 1935 Alberto Cametti, composer, dies at 64 June 1, 1926 Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer, dies at 64 June 1, 1925 Lucien G Guitry, French actor/theater director (l'odeon), dies at 64 June 1, 1925 Thomas R. Marshall, American Politician June 1, 1918 Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer, dies at 83 June 1, 1918 Jaroslav Novotny, composer, dies at 32 June 1, 1910 Francis S Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist, dies at 91 June 1, 1909 Giuseppe Martucci, composer, dies at 53 June 1, 1876 Christo Botew, writer, dies June 1, 1873 Joseph Howe, Canadian Politician June 1, 1868 James Buchanan, 15th U.S. president (1857-61), dies at 77 June 1, 1864 Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of blacks, assassinated in his home by white terrorists in SC June 1, 1861 John Q Marr, U.S. Confederate captain, dies in battle at Fairfax Courthouse June 1, 1846 Gregory XVI, [Bartolomeo A Cappellari]/Mauro, Pope dies at 80 June 1, 1823 Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal, dies at 53 June 1, 1811 William Eaton, American Soldier June 1, 1810 Johann Paul Wessely, composer, dies at 47 June 1, 1763 Johann Caspar Vogler, composer, dies at 67 June 1, 1729 Matthaeus de Cock, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1725-29), dies at about 65 June 1, 1713 Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim), dies at 34 June 1, 1676 Creutz, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle June 1, 1676 Uggla, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle June 1, 1625 Honore d'urfe, French writer (L'astree), dies at 67 June 1, 1616 Ieyasu Tokugawa, Japanese Statesman June 1, 1568 Duke of Alva, and 18 nobles, beheaded June 1, 1568 Gijsbert van Bronkhorst-Batenburg, calvinist leader, beheaded June 1, 1557 Joao III, King of Portugal (1521-57), dies at 54 June 1, 1434 Jagiello, King of Lithuania/Poland, dies June 1, 1340 Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies June 1, 1191 Philips van de Elzas, count of Vlanderen, dies June 1, 193 Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61 |