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2005 Andre Norton, American Writer
2004 J. J. Jackson, DJ/VJ, first VJ on MTV, dies at 62
2002 Rosetta LeNoire, actress, Family Matters, dies at 90
2001 Anthony Storr, English author and psychiatrist, wrote 'Art of Psychotherapy' and 'Human Aggression', dies
1999 Dave Longaberger, businessman, Basket company entrprenuer, dies at 64
1997 Jermaine Stewart, singer, soul, pop, funk-rock genres, known for Billboard hit 'The Word is Out', dies liver cancer in Homewood, Illinois, at age 39
1996 Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist, dies at 83
1996 Kenneth Jameson, art educationalist, dies at 83
1996 Rene Clement, film director, dies at 83
1995 Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48
1995 Donald Baverstock, television Producer, dies at 71
1995 Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56
1995 Rick Aviles, U.S. comic/actor (Ghost), dies of AIDS
1995 Ronnie Kray, English gangster (The Firm), dies at 61
1995 Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87
1994 Harold Myers, film journalist, dies at 81
1994 Mai Zetterling, actress (Night is My Future), dies of cancer at 68
1994 Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79
1993 Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92
1993 Laadi Flici, Algerian MP, murdered
1993 Skip Young, actor (Smokey and Hotwire Gang), dies at 62
1992 Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69
1992 George Lovi, U.S. columnist (Sky and Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies
1992 Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87
1992 Jack Arnold, actor/dir (Sid Caeser Special, Emmy 1967), dies at 75
1990 Capucine, actress (Lion, Red Sun, Fellini Satyricon), dies at 55
1990 Germaine Capucine, actress (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 57
1990 Mari Mejia, Guatemalian feminist, murdered
1990 Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44
1989 Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29
1986 Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49
1983 Haldan Keffer Hartline, American Scientist
1982 Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador
1982 Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
1982 Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador
1982 Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
1980 Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68
1976 Luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69
1974 Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at 72
1974 Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73
1973 Geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81
1971 Ernst Bachmeister, writer, dies
1970 Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83
1967 Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67
1967 Richard Reeves, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel), dies at 54
1966 Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69
1965 Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (University of Chicago), dies in California at 102
1965 Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62
1963 William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91
1962 Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82
1961 Suzanna Salter, 1st U.S. female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101
1959 Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday
1956 Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61
1954 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88
1953 Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73
1949 Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54
1941 Isaak E Babel, writer, dies at 46
1941 Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Rus writer (Crvena Konjica), executed at 46
1941 Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle
1933 Ferdinand Von Alten, actor (Champagne), dies at 48
1927 James Scott Skinner, composer, dies at 83
1915 Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69
1910 Joaquin Valverde, composer, dies at 64
1906 Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82
1902 George William Warren, composer, dies at 73
1901 Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69
1898 Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington
1891 Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, French prince/member National Convention, dies at 68
1889 Joseph A Alberdingk Thijm, Pauwels Foreestier, poet, dies at 68
1871 Robert Chambers, Scottish Writer
1864 Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53
1863 John Pelham, U.S. Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24
1862 Fromental Halevy, Elie Levy, French opera composer, dies at 62
1861 Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56
1860 Anna Jameson, British Writer
1857 Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42
1855 Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65
1853 Christian Doppler, physicist, dies
1849 Willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56
1846 F. W. Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies
1846 Friedrich W. Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61
1806 David Dale, industrialist and philanthropist, dies
1803 Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42
1801 Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64
1796 Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41
1782 Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch Mathematician
1764 George Parker, English astronomer, dies
1704 Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63
1680 Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies
1680 Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer
1653 Johan van Galen, Admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48
1649 Gerardus Johannis Vossius, Gerrit Vos, Dutch regent, dies at 71
1640 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies
1605 Pieter Bast, Bastius, Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34
1588 Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies
1565 Alexander Alesius, Aless/Alane, theologist/physician, dies at 64
1516 Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37
1040 Harold, British King (1035-40), dies
659 Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32
461 St. Patrick, patron St. of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)
180 Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, dies at 58
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