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2005 William Lehman, Representative-D-Florida 1973 - 1993
2004 William H. Pickering, rocket scientist, manager of the Mariner missions to Venus and Mars in the 1960s, dies at 93
2003 Rachel Corrie, American Activist
1998 Derek Harold Richard Barton, British Scientist
1996 Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62
1996 Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's bookshop), dies at 104
1996 Peter Clemoes, Anglo-Saxon scholar, dies at 76
1995 Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95
1995 Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/Landowner, dies at 83
1995 Lord Lovat, Scottish landowner, dies at 83
1995 Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80
1993 Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86
1993 Djilalli Lyabes, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered
1993 Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87
1993 Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Arialda), dies at 69
1993 Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered
1992 Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies
1991 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash
1991 Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85
1991 Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies
1990 Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91
1988 Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88
1987 Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71
1985 B V A Roling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78
1985 Roger Huntington Sessions, U.S. composer (Black Masks), dies at 88
1983 Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79
1979 Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90
1978 Aldo Moro, 5 times Prime Minister of Italy, assassinated by terrorists
1975 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64
1973 Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79
1973 M Revis, Willem Fisherman, author 'People that Mutiny', dies at 68
1972 Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72
1971 Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70
1971 Thomas E Dewey, U.S. president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies at 68
1970 Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61
1970 Tammi Terrell, singer (You're All I Need), dies of brain tumor at 24
1968 June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60
1968 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer, dies at 72
1967 James Friskin, composer, dies at 80
1964 Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80
1963 William Beveridge, English Economist
1962 John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85
1959 John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111
1958 Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65
1957 Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67
1956 Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77
1955 Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75
1946 Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61
1945 Borries von Munchhausen, writer, dies
1945 Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52
1942 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69
1941 John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73
1940 Selma O Lagerlof, Swed author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel-09), dies at 81
1938 Egon Friedell, writer, dies
1937 J Austen Chamberlain, English Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nobel), dies at 73
1935 John J R Macleod, Scot/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58
1935 Aaron Nimzovich, Latvian Celebrity
1933 Alfred Her, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 47
1930 Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60
1919 Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39
1914 Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55
1914 John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies
1910 Eduard FW Pfluger, German physiologist, dies at 80
1909 George Thorndike Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85
1898 Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23
1887 Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59
1881 Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42
1878 William Banting, English undertaker, dies
1868 David Wilmot, American Activist
1867 Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33
1843 Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65
1841 Felix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49
1838 Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64
1819 Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73
1806 Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74
1804 Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75
1738 Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72
1736 Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26
1629 Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59
1536 Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45
1072 Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies
37 Tiberius Claudius Nero, emperor of Rome (14-37), dies at 77
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