1999 Lester Bowie, American Musician 1996 Edward Albert Radice, economist, dies at 89 1996 Peter Fowler, physicist, dies at 73 1995 Country Dan Dick Montana McLain, singer, dies at 40 1995 Neil Blaney, politician, dies at 73 1994 Garson Romalis, abortion doctor, killed (no arrests) 1994 Marianne Straub, weaver, dies at 85 1994 Michael O'Donoghue, comedy writer (SNL), dies at 54 1992 Alexander Dubcek, President of Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies 1992 Hans Zullig, Swiss/German dancer (Green Table), dies 1992 Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, speed skater 1952 Olympics silver, dies 1992 Keith "Red" Mitchell, US/Swedish jazz bassist, dies 1991 Christine Felsmann, dies 1991 Frances Faye, singer and actress (Pretty Baby), dies after strokes 1991 John Kirckpatrick, U.S. musicologist (Charles Ives Archives), dies 1991 Patrick Hamilton, author (Gaslight, Rope, Angel Street), dies at 45 1990 Anya Seton, U.S. author, dies 1990 Grampy Davis, dies of heart attack at 87 1989 Andre Kloos, Dut trade union leader (NVV)/chairman (VARA), dies at 67 1986 Beatrice Kay, singer and actress (Sister Sue-Calvin and the Col), dies at 78 1984 Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, composer, dies at 81 1983 Robert Agnew, director, dies at 84 of kidney failure 1979 Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63 1978 Norman Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84 1974 Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker, dies at 60 1970 Napoleon Hill, American Writer 1970 Napolean Hill, American Author 1969 Kam Tong, actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Mr. Garlund), dies at 62 1968 Wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54 1966 Bernhard Zondek, German/Israeli gynaecologist, dies at 75 1965 Dorothy Kilgallen, columnist (What's My Line?), dies at 52 1963 Simon Jurovsky, composer, dies at 51 1953 Iwan Bunin, writer, dies at 83 1953 John van Melle, South African writer (Bart Nel), dies at 66 1944 Walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies 1941 Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Elite Circle), dies at 83 1940 Alfonso Hernandez Cata, Cuban author (El parage), dies 1937 James Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister (Lab, 1924, 29-35), dies at 71 1935 Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche, German author, dies at 89 1933 Mohammed Nadir Shah, king of Afghanistan, assassin by Abdul Khallig 1928 Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor and director (Streets of sin), dies at 45 1924 Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer, dies at 64 1920 Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83 1920 Salomon Anski, Russian/Polish yiddish author (Dibboek), dies at 57 1909 Charles Bordes, composer, dies at 46 1909 Eduard de Hartog, composer, dies at 80 1908 Victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77 1890 Cesar-Auguste Franck, Belgian organist/composer, dies at 67 1886 Frederick J "Fred" Archer, English jockey, commits suicide at 29 1885 Johannes Kneppelhout, Klikspaan, Dutch humorist/author, dies at 71 1880 Jacob Edvard Gille, composer, dies at 66 1873 Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Span poet/comic playwright, dies at 76 1833 Maximilian Stadler, composer, dies at 85 1817 Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter of Napoleon, dies at 63 1816 Gouverneur Morris, American Statesman 1811 Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47 1805 Francois-Thomas de Baculard d'Arnaud, French writer, dies at 87 1757 Pierre Prowo, composer, dies at 60 1694 Ulrik Huber, Frisian lawyer/law historian/polemist, dies at 58 1674 John Milton, English poet (Paradise Lost), dies at 65 1658 Pieter Florisz, Dutch admiral, dies in battle at about 50 1658 Witte de With, Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies in battle at 59 1638 Johann H Alsted, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 50 1595 Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist, dies at 69 1590 Joost Jansz Bilhamer, master builder/cartographer, dies at about 49 1578 Johann Walter, composer, dies at 51 1517 Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros, cardinal/Chancellor of Castilia, dies 1494 Melozzo da Forli, Italian painter, dies at about 56 1308 Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce), dies at 42 1228 Dirk I, ruler of Heinsberg/Valkenburg, dies 1226 Louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (1223-26), dies at 39 618 Deusdedit/Adeodatus I, Italian Pope (615-18), dies 397 Martin of Tours, St. Martin, bishop of Tours, dies
