2004 Neal A. Maxwell, American Clergyman 2004 Edward B. Lewis, American Scientist 2003 Leon Uris, writer, Exodus, dies at 78 2001 Carroll O'Connor, actor, All in the Family, dies at 76 2001 John Lee Hooker, bluesman, dies at 83 2000 Alan Hovhaness, American Composer 1998 Alan Shepard, American Astronaut 1997 Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68 1995 Kenneth Henry Lowry Lamb, broadcaster, dies at 71 1995 Tristan Jones, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, dies at 71 1994 Mark Robert Isfeld, combat Engineer, dies at 31 1993 Frank Moro, entertainer, dies 1993 Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61 1992 Li Xiannian, Chinese President (1983-88), dies 1992 Thomas Whitfield, gospel vocalist, dies of heart attack at 38 1990 Cedric Belfrage, American Sociologist 1989 Lee Quencey Calhoun, hurdler, Gold Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics, dies at 56 1989 Simon van Collem, Dutch journalist/TV host, dies at 70 1988 Robert Lee "Bobby" Dodd, U.S. football coach 1988 John Duncan, Sr., Representative-R-Tennessee 1965 - 1988 1983 Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer and director (Tijl), dies at 87 1980 Bert Kaempfert, orchestra leader, songwriter, composed jazz-oriented, easy-listening records including Strangers in the Night and hit Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen for Wayne Newton and L-O-V-E for Nat King Cole 1979 Julian Orchard, actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49 1973 Frank Leahy, football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64 1972 Seth Bingham, composer, dies at 90 1970 Achmed Sukarno, 1st president of Indonesia (1945-67), dies at 68 1969 Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, 1st woman grand slam (1953), dies at 34 1968 Ruth St. Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91 1965 Bernard M Baruch, President advisor (termed "Cold War"), dies at 94 1964 Andrew Goodman, U.S. civil rights activist, murdered at 20 1964 James Chaney, U.S. civil rights activist, murdered at 21 1964 Michael Schwerner, U.S. civil rights activist, murder at 21 1957 Don McBride, actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Flicka), dies at 68 1957 Frantisek Kupka, Czechoslovakian writer, dies at 85 1946 Heinrich Kaminski, composer, dies at 59 1945 Josef Hora, Czechoslovakian writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53 1944 Jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies 1940 Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies 1940 Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic, drowns at 40 1940 Jean-Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies at 71 1940 W Hasenclever, writer, dies at 49 1940 Smedley Butler, American Soldier 1935 Alice Brown Davis, American Statesman 1934 [James] Thorne Smith, U.S., sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout) 1925 Jan H. Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60 1917 Antonio JdC Feijo, Port diplomat/poet (Cancioneiro Chinas), dies at 55 1914 Glauco Velasquez, composer, dies at 30 1913 Stefan O Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37 1908 Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 1900 Polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69 1887 Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 1884 Alexander, prince/last male descendent of Johan W. Friso, dies 1876 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79 1874 Anders J engstrom, Swedish astronomer/physicist (e-unit), dies at 59 1788 Johann Georg Hamann, born in Konigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia, writer, philosopher, supported the Sturm und Drang movement, dies 1591 Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies 1573 Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle 1529 John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 1527 Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 1377 Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies 1208 Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies 524 Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28
