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2007 Lloyd Alexander, dies in Pennsylvania, at 83

1999 Alexander Liberman, American Designer

1998 Alice Faye, actress/singer, Alexander's Ragtime Band, dies at 83

1997 Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician, dies at 94

1997 Les Alexander, owner of Houston Rockets buys NHL's Edmonton Oilers

1997 Alexander Salkind, producer (Superman), dies at 75

1997 Alexander Salkind, producer, Superman, dies at 75

1997 Callum Alexander MacDonald, historian, dies at 49

1996 Alexander d'Arbeloff, entrepreneur, dies at 101

1996 Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67

1996 Alexander Lanusse, military president of Argentina (1971-73), dies

1996 Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh, actor/lawyer, dies at 64

1996 James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80

1996 Alexander George Ogston, biochemist, dies at 85

1996 Alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83

1996 Alexander Robertus, organic chemist, dies at 88

1995 Murdo Alexander MacLeod, minister, dies at 60

1995 Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45

1995 Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, engineer, dies at 75

1995 Alexander Knox, actor and writer (Gorky Park, Accident), dies at 88

1995 David Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer, dies at 86

1995 Alexander Hyatt-King, Mozart scholar, dies at 84

1995 PBA National Championship Won by Scott Alexander

1995 Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at 68

1995 Alexander Gibson, conductor, dies at 69

1994 Alexander Hardie Williamson, artist, dies at 87

1994 Mark Alexander Abrams, market Researcher, dies at 88

1994 Mark Alexander Lees, rowing Coach, dies at 38

1994 Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile

1994 Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist, dies at 80

1994 Alexander Golubev skates Olympic record 500m (36.33)

1993 Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81

1993 Alexander Mackendrick, director (Whiskey Galore!), dies at 81

1993 Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79

1993 Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53

1993 Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83

1993 Alexander Bodon, Hungarian-Dutch architect (RAI, Dollywood), dies at 86

1992 Alexander Dubcek, President of Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies

1992 Alexander Dubcek, premier Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies at 70

1992 Alexander V Van de Wall Bake, staff leader/Governor KMA Breda, dies

1992 Alexander Pola, [Abraham Polak], actor and writer (Farce Major), dies

1992 Bradlees announces it will take over Alexander's department stores in New York City

1992 Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter, dies at 104

1992 Tom Alexander, model/actor (Kurt-Forbidden Dance), dies of AIDs

1992 Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania

1990 Alexander Lockwood, actor (Duel), dies

1989 Alexander Dubcek elected parliament chairman of Czechoslovakia

1989 Josef Alexander, composer, dies at 82

1989 Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander

1988 Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev and Jean-Loup Chretien launch

1985 Alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87

1985 Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71

1985 Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71

1984 Alexander Moyzes, composer, dies at 78

1984 Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of U.S.S.R. snatches a record 211 kg

1984 Alexander Calder's "Big Crinkly" sells for $852,000

1982 John Alexander, actor (Alien PI), dies at 85

1982 Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychotherapist, dies

1982 Secretary of State Alexander Haig, Jr. resigns, replaced by George Schultz

1981 Prince Willem Alexander opens Willems Bridge in Rotterdam

1980 Alexander Haig named Reagan's Secretary of State

1980 Alexander "Alex" Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85

1980 Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA

1979 Cheri Vivette Alexander, Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 1997

1979 Doris Kenyon, silent screen actress (Alexander Hamilton), dies at 81

1979 Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in New York City

1978 Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years

1977 Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, Russian composer, dies at 78

1976 Alexander Calder, U.S. sculptor, dies at 78

1976 Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74

1976 Yankees trade May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor and Demsey to Baltimore for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick and Jim Freeman

1976 Clifford Alexander, Jr. confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army

1975 Alexander Serikow, born in Landshut, GER, hockey forward, Team Germany

1975 Alexander Zhurik, hockey defenseman, Belarus, 1998 Olympics

1975 Kevin Alexander, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants

1974 Alexander PGR duke of Ulster, son of English prince Richard

1974 Alexander Polinsky, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Adam-Charles in Charge

1974 Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from U.S.S.R.

1973 Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes "Gulag Archipelag"

1973 Derrick Alexander, NFL defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings

1973 Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72

1973 Cory Alexander, NBA guard for the San Antonio Spurs

1973 Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91

1972 Patrise Alexander, linebacker for the Washington Redskins

1972 Susan Alexander, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, Miss America Maryland, 1997

1971 Ken Alexander, WLAF linebacker, Barcelona Dragons

1971 Derrick Alexander, NFL wide receiver, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens

1971 Troy Alexander, CFL defensive tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders

1971 Brent Alexander, NFL defensive back for the Arizona Cardinals

1971 Alexander Selivanov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning

1971 Manny Alexander, born in Dominican Republic, infielder for the Baltimore Orioles

1971 Alexander Delgado, Palmerejo Venezuela, catcher for the Boston Red Sox

1970 Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Prize for Literature

1970 Elijah Alexander, NFL linebacker, Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos

1970 Alexander Kerensky, Russian Public Servant

1970 Alexander Karpovtsev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers

1969 Mike Alexander, WLAF corner for the Rhein Fire

1969 Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Writers Union

1969 Victor Alexander, NBA forward and center for the New York Knicks

1969 Ben Alexander, dies at 58

1969 Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal, dies at 78

1969 Ben Alexander, actor (Frank Smith-Dragnet), dies at 57

1969 Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed

1969 Alexander McQueen, fashion designer

1969 Scott Alexander Brownlee, Hamilton New Zealand, rowing coxless 4 men 1996 Olympics

1969 Alexander Mogilny, Khavarovsk, 1st soviet to defect to NHL, Sabres

1969 Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer, dies at 77

1968 Lisa Alexander, born in Toronto, Ontario, synchro swimmer, 1996 Olympics silver

1968 Czechoslovakian government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek

1968 Alexander Alexeev, NHL defenseman, Belarus, 1998 Olympics

1967 Alexander Volkov, born in Russia, tennis star

1966 Alexander Semak, Ufa Russia, NHL center for the New York Islanders

1965 Alexander King, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 66

1965 Tim "Herb" Alexander, U.S. funk metal drummer, Primus-Prok soda

1964 Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer, dies at 57

1964 Dave Alexander, NFL center for the New York Jets

1964 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58

1964 Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73

1964 Alexander Archipenko, sculptor, dies

1964 Alexander Archipenko, Ukr sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76

1964 Alexander Meiklejohn, English Philosopher

1963 Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer, dies at 69

1962 Steve Alexander, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret

1962 Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer, dies at 68

1962 Michael Alexander Conley, Chic, triple jumper, Olympics gold 92, 96

1961 Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer, dies at 86

1961 Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author, dies at 97

1961 Alexander Payne, American Director

1960 Alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46

1960 Alexander W. Dunlap, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, astronaut

1959 Jason Alexander, [Greenspan], Newark, New Jersey, actor, George-Seinfeld

1958 Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59

1958 Alexander Albrecht, composer, dies at 72

1958 Alexander W. B. Lyle, Shrewsbury England, PGA golfer, 1988 Phoenix Open

1957 Khandi Alexander, American Dancer

1957 Nicholas Alexander Faldo, born in England, PGA golfer, 1992 British Open

1957 Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer, dies at 80

1957 Alexander Cambridge, Governor-General (South Africa 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82

1956 Gerhard Alexander, actor (One Zomerzotheid), dies at 49

1956 Mark Alexander Lees, rowing Coach

1956 Alexander Briley, vocalist, YMCA-Village People

1956 Alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62

1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field

1956 Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91

1955 Alexander Papagos, Greek Field Marshal, dies

1955 Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73

1955 Benny Alexander, secretary general, South Africa Pan-Africanist Movement

1955 Alexander O'Neal, R&B singer

1954 Danielle Alexander, Ft. Worth, Texas, country music pianist

1953 George Alexander Russell, composer, dies at 73

1953 Alexander O'Neal, Minneapolis, rocker, James Hearsky Harris III

1953 Alexander Fedorovich Poleshchuk, Moscow, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-16

1953 Alexander Cartwright founded baseball and not Abner Doubleday

1953 Alexander Loudon, Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies at 60

1952 Alexander Leibkind, Germany, judo, 1976 Olympics, WLAF, General Manager for the Rhein Fire

1952 Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64

1951 Alexander Panayotov Aleksandrov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-5

1951 Alexander Downer, Australian Politician

1951 Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council

1949 Alexander Godunov, Russia, composer/dancer, Bolshoi, defected 1979

1949 [Boris] Alexander Godunov, Sakhalin U.S.S.R., dancer/actor, Die Hard

1948 Alexander Hood, born in England, Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport, 7th Duke of Bronte, investment banker, descendent of William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson

1948 Bill Alexander, theatre director

1948 Alexander "Alec" Erwin, South African worker's union leader

1947 Callum Alexander MacDonald, historian

1946 Alexander Curly, [Harm Breemer], Dutch artist

1946 George Alexander, rocker

1946 Alexander "Skip" Spence, born in Canada, guitarist and vocalist, Moby Grape-Omaha

1946 Paul Beresford, born in Levin, New Zealand, Sir Alexander Paul Beresford, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Mole Valley

1946 Alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53

1946 Rodney Alexander, American Politician

1945 Denise Alexander, New York City, actress, General Hospital, Another World

1943 Gary Alexander, Tennessee, rock vocalist and guitarist, Association

1943 Alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded

1943 General Alexander, Eisenhower, Anderson and Bradley discuss assault on Tunis

1943 Alexander Goode, rabbi who surrended his life jacket, drowns

1943 Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56

1942 Alexander EHAML, prince of the Belgians/son of Leopold III

1942 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69

1942 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Australia/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70

1942 Alexander Woollcott, American Critic

1942 Barbara Lynn Alexander, producer

1941 Alexander Cockburn, English Lawyer

1940 Alexander Yossifov, composer

1940 Lamar Alexander, American Politician

1940 Alexander Irvine, Lord Chanceller of U.K., 1997-

1940 Arthur Alexander, U.S. singer and songwriter, Lonely Just Like Me

1939 Denise Alexander, actress, Mary McKinnon-Another World

1939 Jane Alexander, [Quigley], Boston, actress, Betsy, Kramer vs Kramer

1939 Charles Alexander Eastman, American Author

1938 Alexander Graham, Lord Mayor of London

1938 Alexander Cartwright selects to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1938 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Space, time and deity), dies at 79

1938 Alexander Malyschkin, writer, dies

1938 Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to Hall of Fame

1937 Ross Alexander, actor (Captain Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29

1936 Neville E Alexander, South african, 10 years in Robbeneiland Jail

1936 Alexander Berkman, Russian Writer

1936 Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70

1936 Joshua Willis Alexander, American Judge

1936 Christopher Alexander, American Architect

1935 Max Euwe becomes world champ chess beating Alexander Aljechin

1935 Murdo Alexander MacLeod, minister

1935 Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70

1935 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87

1935 Alexander W. F. Idenburg, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1909-16), dies at 73

1934 King Alexander, of Yugoslavia, killed by Georgief (Croatian terrorist)

1934 Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer, dies at 35

1934 William Vollie Alexander, Jr., born in Memphis, Tennessee, Representative-D-Arkansas 1969 - 1993

1933 Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Dutch violinist and conductor, dies at 52

1932 Alexander Goehr, composer

1932 Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh-Lartey, actor

1932 Alexander Kluge, writer

1931 Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, South Africa vicar/MP

1930 Alexander von Fielitz, composer, dies at 69

1929 Alexander Zaimis elected President of Greece

1929 Grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd and last NL win

1929 Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher

1929 Johnny Ace, born in Memphis, Tennessee, born John Marshall Alexander, Jr., singer, member of the B.B. King band, signed to Duke Records, toured with Willa Mae "Big Mama" Thornton

1929 Alexander Fenton, CEO, Euro Ethnological Research Center in Edinburgh

1929 Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia

1929 Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia

1928 Alexander Tanev, composer

1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

1928 Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56

1928 Gerry Alexander, cricket wicketkeeper, WI of 50s and 60s

1926 Alan Alexander Milne's book "Winnie-the-Pooh" released

1926 Cardinals pick up 39-year-old Grover Alexander on waivers from Cubs

1926 Jean Alexander, English Actress

1926 Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder, Scottish Opera

1926 Alexander Gibson, conductor

1925 Shana Alexander, New York City, journalist, 60 Minutes

1925 Alexander Nikolayevich Kholminov, composer

1924 Alexander Haig, Jr., Bala-Cynwyd,

1924 Alexander Haig, Pennsylvania, U.S. Secretary of State, 1981 - 1982, General

1924 Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer, dies at 78

1924 Cub's Grover Cleveland Alexander beats New York Giants to win 300th game

1924 Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Jr., Dutch minister (CHU), dies at 87

1924 Lloyd Alexander, born in Pennsylvania, American author, wrote children's fantasy novels, 'Cricket' magazine creator

1924 Alexander Georgiyevich Chugayev, composer

1923 Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer, dies at 60

1923 Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies

1923 Terry Alexander, London, actor, Tony-Behind the Scenes

1922 Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies

1922 Alexander Raichev, composer

1921 Alexander Dubcek, headed Czechoslovakian Communist Party, 1968-69

1921 Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40

1921 Alexander Salkind, producer, Superman

1921 Alexander Harman, born in Athens, West Virginia, born Alexander M. Harman, Justice Harman, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1969 to 1979

1920 Alexander, king of Greece (1917-20), dies after ape bite at 27

1920 Alexander Millerand elected president of France

1920 Alexander Arutiunian, composer

1920 Alexander H Cohen, New York City, Broadway producer, Beyond the Fringe

1920 Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer, folding bicycle

1920 Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer

1920 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61

1920 Alexander Koltsjak, Admiral/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed

1920 Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, engineer/Industrialist

1918 Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86

1918 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, composer, dies at 68

1917 Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky

1917 Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader

1917 Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM

1917 Danielle Darrieux, France, actress, Alexander the Great, Mayerling

1916 Grover Cleveland Alexander records his 16th shutout of year

1916 Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, physician, dies

1915 Russell Alexander, composer, dies at 38

1915 Haim Alexander, composer

1915 Alexander Durie, vice president, British AA

1915 Margaret Walker Alexander, poet and novelist, For My People

1915 Van Alexander, New York City, orchestra leader, Gordon MacRae Show

1915 Alexander N. Skriabin, Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43

1915 Alexander Scriabin, Russian Composer

1915 Alexander Brott, composer

1915 Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in SF

1915 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho

1914 Alexander Conze, German archaeologist, dies at 82

1914 Alexander Pola, Dutch actor and writer, Farce Major

1914 King Peter I of Serbia names son Alexander the Prince-regent

1913 Alexander Scourby, Brooklyn, actor, Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant

1913 Tyrone Power, Cleveland, actor, Mark of Zorro, Alexander's Ragtime Band

1913 Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist

1912 Alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director, Man in the White Suit, Mandy

1912 Alexander Liberman, editor/painter/photographer, 639

1912 Alexander Langsdorf, physicist

1911 Alexander Hyatt-King, scholar, Mozart

1911 Ben Alexander, NV, actor, Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr. Doodles Kicks Off

1911 Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56

1911 Alexander George Ogston, biochemist

1910 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37

1910 Alexander E Agassiz, U.S. businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74

1908 Alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist, Budapest String Quartet

1908 David Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer

1908 Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychotherapist

1908 Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S. composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47

1907 Alexander Hardie Williamson, artist

1907 Alexander Robertus, organic chemist

1907 Alexander Todd, born in Scotland, born Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd, biochemist, Nobel-Prize for Chemistry for structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, nucleotide coenzymes

1907 Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer

1907 Ross Alexander, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Boulder Dam, Captain Blood

1907 Josef Alexander, composer

1907 Gerhard Alexander, [Veldheer], Dutch actor, Prince Willem of Orange

1907 Alexander Knox, Canada, actor, Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind

1906 Alexander Bodon, Hungarian/Dutch architect, RAI building

1906 Alexander Moyzes, composer

1906 Alexander Muir, poet (Maple Leaf Forever), dies at 76

1906 Mark Alexander Abrams, market researcher

1906 Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57

1906 Alexander Matheson, New Zealand cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests 1930-31

1905 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer

1905 Alexander Johnston, CEO, Board of Inland Revenue

1903 Alexander Bain, Scottish Philosopher

1903 Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, British Prime Minister, 1963-64

1903 Alexander I, King of Serbia are assassinated

1903 Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician

1902 Alexander Gray, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, actor, This is Music

1901 Alexander Alexeieff, Russian/French painter and graphic artist

1900 Alexander Mosolov, Kiev Russia, composer, Zavod,

1900 Alexander Vasil'yevich Mosolov, composer

1899 Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer

1899 Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer

1899 Alexander Tcherepnin, composer

1899 Alexander Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg Russia, composer

1898 Alexander Calder, sculptor, mobiles, stabiles

1898 Alexander Abramsky, composer

1897 Doris Kenyon, Syracuse, New York, silent screen actress, Alexander Hamilton

1896 Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer, dies at 54

1896 Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62

1896 Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist, Chopin

1895 Alexander d'Arbeloff, entrepreneur

1895 Alexander Ewing, composer, dies at 65

1895 Alexander Nearmolen, composer

1895 Alexander Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer

1894 Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer

1893 George Alexander Osborne, composer, dies at 87

1893 Alexander Freiherr von Bach, premier of Austria (1852-59), dies at 80

1893 Alexander Korda, British movie producer, 3rd man

1893 Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer

1893 Alexander, king of Greece, 1917-20

1892 Alexander Alekhine, Russia, world chess champion, 1927-35, 37-46

1892 Alexander A Aljechin, Russian/French chess champ, 1927-35, 37-46

1892 Alfred A Knopf, U.S., publisher, 1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal

1892 Alexander Loudon, diplomat, Washington

1892 Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63

1892 Alexander Mackenzie, Canadian Statesman

1891 Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer

1891 Harold RLG, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General of Canada, 1945 - 1952

1891 Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analytical

1890 Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia

1889 Alexander Dey patents dial time recorder

1889 Alexander Smallens, St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor

1888 Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter

1888 William Alexander Henry, Canadian Lawyer

1887 George Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74

1887 Alexander Archipenko, Ukraine sculptor/lithographer

1887 Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar

1887 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53

1887 Grover Cleveland Alexander, HOF baseball pitcher, Phillies, Cubs

1887 Alexander Borodin, composer, dies

1887 Alexander Woollcott, New Jersey, short story writer, Man Who Came to Dinner

1885 Alexander Albrecht, composer

1884 Alexander Byvanck, Dutch art historian/archaeologist

1884 Alexander, prince/last male descendent of Johan W. Friso, dies

1883 Alexander Papagos, Greek Field Marshal/supreme commander

1883 Czar Alexander III crowned in Moscow

1883 Alexander Alexandrov, composer

1883 Alexander H Stephens, Vice President Confederate States, dies at 71

1882 May Laws-Czar Alexander III bans Jews from living in rural Romania

1882 Alan Alexander Milne, English author, Winnie-the-Pooh

1881 Alexander Fleming, born in England, bacteriologist, penicillin; Nobel 1954

1881 Alexander J Kropholler, architect

1881 Alexander Kerensky, Simbirsk, Russian PM, 1917

1881 Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62

1880 Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Netherlands violinist and conductor

1880 Alexander A Block, Russian poet, Dvenatsat

1880 Alexander A Block, Russian poet, Dvenatsat

1880 George Alexander Russell, composer

1880 Tsar Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt

1878 Alexander Duff, Scottish Clergyman

1877 Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer

1877 Russell Alexander, composer

1876 Alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia, 1922-34

1876 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson)

1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone

1875 Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission

1875 Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer

1874 Count Alexander, of Athlone, Governor-General, South Africa/Canada

1873 Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53

1873 Boyd Alexander, English explorer

1872 Alexander Meiklejohn, English Philosopher

1872 Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer, Prometheus

1872 Alexander Scriabin, Russian Composer

1871 Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer

1871 Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer, Schneeman

1871 Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45

1871 Alexander, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old

1871 Alexander, grandson of England's Queen Victoria

1871 Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51

1870 Alexander Berkman, Russian Writer

1870 Alexander Dumas, French Novelist

1869 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55

1868 Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies

1867 Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

1866 25th Postmaster General: Alexander W Randall of Wis takes office

1866 Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia

1866 Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77

1865 President Johnson paroles CSA Vice President Alexander Stephens

1865 Alexander K Glazunov, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, Chopiniana

1865 Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer

1864 Alexander Tikhonovich Gretsjaninow, Russian/US composer, Snow White

1864 Alexander Gardiner, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle

1864 Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author

1864 Alexander Hays, U.S. Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44

1864 Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer, dies 52

1863 Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist and professor, Moscow Cons 1888-91

1862 Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer

1862 Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer

1862 Alexander Early Stone, Confederate, dies in battle

1862 Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books

1862 Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza

1861 Alexander W. F. Idenburg, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1909-16

1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom

1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom

1861 Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens elected president and Vice President of CSA

1860 Alexander von Fielitz, composer

1860 Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S., composer, Indian Suite

1859 Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies

1859 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer

1859 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher, Moral order and progress

1858 Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer, dies at 55

1858 Charles Haddon George Alexander, [George Samson], British actor

1858 Charles Alexander Eastman, American Author

1857 Alexander Douglas patents the bustle

1854 Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer

1853 Alexander Stadtfeld, composer, dies at 27

1852 August Alexander Klengel, composer, dies at 69

1852 Joshua Willis Alexander, American Judge

1851 [Willem] Alexander KHF, prince of Orange/Netherlands

1851 Alexander Aliabiev, composer, dies at 63

1850 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St. Petersburg Russia, composer

1849 Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam

1849 Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28

1849 Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer/politician, Garman og Worse

1848 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46

1848 Alexander Stewart opens 1st U.S. department store

1848 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Netherlands/General-Major, dies at 29

1847 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer

1847 John Alexander Dowie, [Elijah the Restorer], U.S., evangelist

1847 Alexander Graham Bell, born in Scotland, inventor of the telephone

1846 Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer

1845 Alexander III A Romanov, Russian tsar, 1881-94

1845 Alexander III, St. Petersburg, Russian tsar, 1881-94, 3/10 NS

1841 Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer

1840 Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-colonel Confederate Army

1840 Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process

1839 Dutch prince Willem Alexander PFL weds niece Princess Sophia

1837 Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader, CHU

1837 Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37

1835 Alexander E Agassiz, U.S., businessman/biologist/geology

1835 Edward Porter Alexander, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1835 Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1835 Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General Union Army, died in 1911

1833 Alexander Ritter, composer

1832 James Alexander Walker, Brigadier General Confederate Army, died in 1901

1832 Alexander Chambers, Brigadier General Union volunteers, died in 1888

1832 Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer

1831 Alexander Conze, German archaeologist

1831 Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General Union volunteers

1830 Alexander Muir, born in Lesmahagow Scotland, poet, Maple Leaf Forever

1830 Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

1830 Alexander Ewing, composer

1829 Giles Alexander Smith, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1876

1828 William Alexander Hammond, Brigadier General Union Army, died in 1900

1828 Alexander William Campbell, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1828 Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer

1828 Robert Alexander Cameron, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1894

1827 Alexander Shaler, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1911

1826 Alexander Aphanashev, Russian story teller, Narodnye roesskie skazki

1826 Alexander Stadtfeld, composer

1826 John Alexander Logan, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1886

1825 Alexander Travis Hawthorn, Brigadier General Confederate Army, died in 1899

1824 Alexander Schimmelfennig, born in Prussia, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1824 Alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60

1823 Thomas Alexander Scott, Assistant Secretary War, Union, died in 1881

1823 Joseph Alexander Cooper, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1910

1822 Alexander MacKenzie, L, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada, 1873 - 1878

1821 Alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lieutenant General Confederate Army

1821 [Izaak J] Alexander Gogel, minister of finance/patriot, dies at 55

1821 Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica

1820 Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer

1820 Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia, Wallachia and Romania

1820 Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer

1819 Alexander Hays, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1864

1819 Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75

1818 Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine

1818 Alexander Robert Lawton, Brigadier General Confederate Army, died in 1896

1818 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major

1818 Alexander Bain, Scottish Philosopher

1818 Alexander II N Romanov, Tsar of Russia, 1855-81

1817 Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from U.S. college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College

1817 Alexander Tilloch Galt, a Canadian founding father

1817 Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians

1816 William Alexander Henry, Canadian Lawyer

1816 Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60

1815 Alexander Ramsey, Gov, Union, died in 1903

1815 James Alexander Seddon, Secretary War, Confederacy, died in 1880

1815 Alexander Brydie Dyer, Major General Union Army, died in 1874

1813 George Alexander Macfarren, composer

1813 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer

1813 Alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier, 1852-59

1812 Battle of Mogilev Russia-Napolean fights Czar Alexander I

1812 John Alexander McClernand, Major General Union volunteers

1812 Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President, Confederacy, died in 1883

1811 Alexander Sandor Asboth, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1868

1811 Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer

1810 Alexander Walewski, French earl/foreign minister/Napoleon I's son

1809 Alexander Reinagle, composer, dies at 53

1806 Henry Alexander Wise, Brigadier General Confederate Army, died in 1876

1806 George Alexander Osborne, composer

1806 Alexander Duff, Scottish Clergyman

1804 Alexander Hamilton, Sect of Treasury, dies in pistol duel

1803 Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer

1803 Alexander Jackson Davis, U.S., architect, gothic revivalist

1802 Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer, dies at 53

1802 Alexander Dumas, French Novelist

1801 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer

1799 Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer, Eugene Onegin

1789 Alexander Hamilton appointed 1st Secretary of Treasury

1789 Mrs. Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington

1788 Alexander Campbell, Irish / U.S. founder, Disciples of Christ

1787 Alexander Aliabiev, composer

1786 Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68

1783 August Alexander Klengel, composer

1783 Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader

1781 Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer, dies at 49

1780 Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Netherlands, dies at 67

1777 Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter, cartoonist and graphic artist

1775 Alexander Anderson, U.S., engraver/illustrator, Shakespeare

1770 Alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly

1765 [Izaak J] Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance/patriot

1764 Alexander Campbell, composer

1759 Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89

1756 Alexander Reinagle, composer

1755 Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer

1755 Alexander Hamilton, West Indies, 1st U.S. Secretary of Treasury, face is on the $10 bill

1749 Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer

1744 Alexander Pope, English poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at 56

1743 Alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer

1738 Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed

1736 Georg F Handel's "Alexander's Feast," premieres

1732 Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer

1712 Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen

1709 Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe")

1709 British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe"

1709 Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez

1701 Alexander Cruden, compiler of a concordance to King James Bible

1691 Pope Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII

1691 Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80

1689 Pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII

1669 Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor

1667 Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Italian Pope (1655-67), dies at 68

1667 John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer, Alexander Pope

1666 Alexander Brome, British poet

1665 Pope Alexander VII convicts Jansenisme

1661 Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter, dies at 74

1656 Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64

1655 Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII

1621 King James of England gives Canada to Sir Alexander Sterling

1621 Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623)

1610 Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope, 1689 - 1691

1602 Alexander Nowell, English churchman, dean of St. Paul's, dies

1599 Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope, 1655-67

1592 Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Netherlands (1579-92), dies at 46

1587 Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter

1565 Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], theologist/physician, dies at 64

1521 Parliament of Worms: Cardinal Alexander questions Maarten Luther

1519 Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39

1510 Francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint

1503 Alexander VI, [Rodrigo de Borja], Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies

1502 Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino

1500 Pope Alexander VI accept Treaty of Granada

1500 Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician

1497 Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola

1495 Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella and Venice sign anti-French Saint League

1493 Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal

1492 Rodrigo de Borja becomes Pope Alexander VI

1480 Lucretia Borgia, murderess, poison, daughter, Pope Alexander VI

1431 Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope, 1492 - 1503

1410 Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies

1409 Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V

1263 Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian ruler (1252-63), dies at 43

1261 Alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies

1249 Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51

1245 Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies

1242 Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights

1220 Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler, 1252-63

1217 Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, English encyclopedist, dies at 59

1181 Ubaldo Allucingoli replaces Alexander III as Pope Lucius III

1181 Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies

1178 Anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III

1177 Peace Treaty of Venice: Emperor Frederik I and Pope Alexander III

1173 Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket Absp of Canterbury

1165 Pope Alexander III returns from exile to Rome

1157 Alexander Neckum/de Sancto Albano, English theologist/encyclopedist

1124 Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies

1073 Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII

1073 Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies

323 Alexander III the Great, king of Macedonia/conqueror, dies at 32

235 Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered


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