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1997 Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian, dies at 93
1997 Alfred Day Hershey, American Scientist 1997 Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76 1996 Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor, dies at 68 1996 Alfred William Bill Bedford, test Pilot, dies at 75 1996 Alfred Marks, actor (Fanny Hill, Desert Mice), dies at 75 1996 Roy James Alfred Kaulback, soldier, dies at 85 1995 John Alfred Scali, journalist/diplomat, dies at 77 1995 Donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic, dies at 73 1995 Alfred Earle Birney, poet, dies at 91 1995 Alfred Eisenstaedt, American Photographer 1995 Alfred Eisenstaedt, photojournalist, dies at 96 1994 Nobel prize for physiology awarded to Alfred Gilman and Martin Rodbell 1994 Joan Harrison, English producer/Alfred Hitchcock's sect, dies at 83 1994 Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91 1994 Alfred James Broomhall, methodist Missionary, dies at 82 1993 Alfred Manessier, French painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81 1993 Alfred Mosher Butts, U.S. architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at 93 1992 Alfred Drake, Broadway actor (Oklahoma), dies of heart failure at 78 1989 Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59 1989 Alfred J Ayer, English philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies 1988 Alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85 1987 Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100 1987 Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73 1987 Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy," premieres in New York City 1987 Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78 1986 John Antill, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, dies at 82 1985 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," returns to NBC-TV 1984 Alfred A Knopf, U.S. publisher, dies at 91 1983 Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam 1983 Alfred M Gruenther, U.S. general/NATO-commander (1953-56), dies at 84 1982 Alfred Adam, dies at 72 1980 Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at 80 1980 Alfred Hitchcock, English Director 1980 Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head), dies at 66 1977 Alfred Lunt, actor (Guardsman, Sally of Sawdust), dies at 83 1976 Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92 1974 Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86 1974 Alfred Shipman, CFL slot back for the BC Lions 1972 Alfred Schreuders, soccer player, RKC 1970 Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79 1970 Alfred Jordan, CFL cornerback for the Calgary Stampeders 1970 Alfred Newman, U.S. composer, dies at 69 1969 Alfred Pupunu, NFL tight end for the San Diego Chargers 1969 Patrick Alfred Bates, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1994 NIKE Dakota Open 1968 Alfred Williams, NFL defensive end, San Francisco 49ers, Broncos Superbowl 32 1967 Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78 1967 Alfred Jackson, NFL cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings 1967 Alfred Jackson, CFL receiver for the BC Lions 1967 Alfred Oglesby, NFL defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals 1966 Alfred Mendelsohn, composer, dies at 56 1966 Alfred P. Sloan, American Businessman 1965 William Alfred's "Hogan's Goat," premieres in New York City 1964 Alfred Blalock, American Inventor 1963 Alfred Whitney Griswold, American historian and educator, President of Yale 1951 - 1963, dies of colon cancer 1962 Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84 1960 Alfred Hill, composer, dies at 89 1960 Alfred E Green, director (Copacabana), dies after long illness at 71 1960 Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73 1959 Alfred Kubin, writer, dies at 82 1959 Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60 1959 Alfred Alessandrescu, composer, dies at 65 1958 Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Robin Hood), dies at 77 1958 Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89 1957 Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78 1956 Alfred C Kinsey, U.S. sexologist (Kinsey Report), dies 1956 Alfred Kinsey, American Scientist 1956 Alfred C Kinsey, U.S. zoologist/sexologist, dies at 62 1955 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premieres 1955 Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79 1954 Alfred Gradstein, composer, dies at 49 1953 Alfred Molina, London, actor, Enchanted April, Prick up your Ears 1952 Alfred Neumann, German writer, dies at 56 1952 Georg Alfred Schumann, composer, dies at 85 1952 Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71 1951 Alfred Hugenberg, German RC president-director of Krupp/media magnate, dies 1951 Alfred Krupp and 28 other German war criminals freed 1948 Alfred Kerr, nickname, Culture Pope, writer, essayist, wrote, 'Die Harfe', dies at 80 1948 Alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78 1948 Alfred Matt, Austria, slalom 1968 Olympics bronze 1948 Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81 1948 Peter Mond, born in England, 4th Baron Melchett, Lord Melchett, heir to Sir Alfred Mond's fortune, Labor Party whip, researched cannabis addition, Greenpeace activist 1947 Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician 1946 Alfred G Jodl, Colonel General/German staff chief weather authority, hanged 1946 Alfred Rosenberg, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Alfred Jodl, German Soldier 1946 Alfred Jones, born in Grace, Mississippi, middleweight boxer 1968 Olympics bronze 1946 Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82 1945 Alfred Antony Francis Gell, social anthropologist 1945 Alfred Douglas, English Poet 1944 Alfred Emanuel Smith, American Politician 1943 Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II), dies 1943 Alfred Whitford Lerdahl, composer 1942 Alfred Mombert, writer, dies 1942 Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81 1940 Alfred Loisy, French Clergyman 1939 Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor of Rotterdam (1906-22), dies 1937 Alfred Abel, actor (Dr. Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at 57 1937 Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67 1936 President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon 1935 Alfred Dreyfus, French officier (Dreyfus Affair), dies 1935 Alfred Dreyfus, french colonel, dies 1934 Alfred Schnittke, Russia, composer, St. Florian 1934 Alfred Scott, WI cricket leg-spinner, son of O C, Test 0-140 1934 Alfred Bruneau, composer, dies at 77 1933 Alfred Her, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 47 1932 Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15 1931 Frederick Alfred Fox, composer 1931 Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist 1930 Alfred Lewis Valentine, Jamaican cricket player 1929 Alfred Moisiu, Statesman 1929 Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 1953-56 1928 Herbert Hoover (R) beats Alfred E. Smith (D) for president 1928 Klabund, Alfred Henschke, German writer (Spuk/Rasputin), dies at 37 1928 Alfred E. Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention 1928 Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor 1928 Alfred Hitchcock's 1st film, "Case Of Jonathan Drew," is released 1928 Alfred Morris, British MP 1927 Alfred Kraus, Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor, La Scala 1927 Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA 1926 Alfred Koerppen, composer 1926 Alfred "Fred" Benavente, director/actor, Farce Majeur 1926 Alfred Slote, author, Love and Tennis, Omega Station 1925 Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59 1925 Alfred B Nzo, South African Secretary-General ANC, 1969- 1925 Alfred Milner, British governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71 1925 Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer, dies at 52 1923 Alfred Heineken, beer brewer, Heineken 1922 Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies 1922 Donald Alfred Davie, poet and critic 1922 Alfred Espinas, French sociologist (Societes Animales), dies at 77 1921 Alfred H Fried, Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911), dies 1921 Alfred Fried, Austrian Activist 1921 Alfred Marks, actor/comedian, Desert Mice, Scream and Scream Again 1921 Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America 1920 Alfred William Bedford, test pilot 1920 Louis Alfred Mennini, composer 1920 Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist 1920 Alfred Grant Goodman, composer 1919 Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies 1919 John Michael Hayes, born in Massachusetts, screenwriter, scripted several famous Alfred Hitchcock films 1918 John Alfred Scali, journalist/correspondent, ABC 1918 Alfred Burke, born in London, England, actor, Backfire 1916 James Alfred Wight Herriot, veterinarian/novelist 1916 Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanist, dies at 75 1915 Alfred Kazin, U.S. writer/literature critic, Inmost Leaf 1915 Alfred G Vanderbilt, U.S. millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania 1915 Alfred Scott Witherbee, Jr., U.S. Lusitania officer, dies 1914 Alfred Drake, Capurro, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and actor, Kiss Me Kate 1914 Alfred Andersch, German writer, Red Head 1913 Alfred Bester, U.S., science fiction author, Decievers, Starlight 1913 Alfred R Wallace, British zoologist (Is Mars habitable?), dies 1913 Alfred Russel Wallace, British Scientist 1913 Alfred Gaul, composer, dies at 76 1913 Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian General-Field Marshal, dies at 79 1912 Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60 1912 Alfred G Vanderbilt, thoroughbred horse owner, Native Dancer 1912 Alfred Schwarzmann, born in Germany, gymnast, Olympic-2 golds-1936 1911 Alfred James Broomhall, Methodist missionary 1911 Alfred Manessier, French painter, leaded windows 1911 Alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies 1911 Alfred Binet, French Psychologist 1911 Alfred Scott Witherbee, Jr., U.S., 3 year old who drowned on Lusitania 1911 Roy James Alfred Kaulback, soldier 1910 Alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician 1910 Alfred Mendelsohn, composer 1909 Al Capp, Alfred Gerald Caplin, New Haven, Connecticut, cartoonist, Li'l Abner 1909 Alfred Uhl, born in Austria, composer, professor, studied at Vienna Music Academy with Franz Schmidt, vibrant style combined neo-classicism, atonality, serialism, works include concerto for clarinet and orchestra 1908 Alfred Day Hershey, American Scientist 1907 Alfred Jarry, writer, dies at 33 1907 Alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65 1907 Alfred Reisenauer, composer, dies at 43 1907 Alfred Alwin Felix Krupp, Essen Germany, arms manufacturer 1906 Alfred Whitney Griswold, born in Morristown, New Jersey, American historian and educator, President of Yale 1951 - 1963 1906 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies 1906 Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France 1906 Alfred Gilpin Jones, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia 1900 - 1906, dies at 81 1904 Alfred Gradstein, composer 1904 Alfred Earle Birney, poet 1904 John Antill, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, famous for ballet suite Corroboree 1904 Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71 1903 Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian 1903 Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Baston as Australia premier 1903 Alfred Pugsley, civil engineer 1903 Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur 1902 Alfred Tarski, Warsaw, mathematician/logician 1901 Alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter, 17 splits 1900 Alfred Newman, born in New Haven, composer, Love is a Many Splendored Thing 1899 French Captain Alfred Dreyfus sentenced on unjust grounds 1899 Alfred Hitchcock, born in London, director, Psycho, Birds, Rear Window 1899 Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian, Spanish Diary 1899 Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted 1899 Alfred Moser Butts, game inventor, Scrabble 1899 Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher 1899 Alfred Blalock, American Inventor 1899 Alfred M. Gruenther, U.S., commanding general of NATO, 1953-56 1899 Alfred Sisley, painter, dies 1898 Alfred Eisenstaedt, photo journalist 1898 Alfred Sauvy, French statistician, Affluence and Population 1898 Alfred Wallenstein, born in Chicago, Illinois, conductor, Chicago Symphony 1922 - 1929 1898 In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus 1898 Alfred Schlappi, born in Switzerland, 4 man bobsled, Gold Medal 1924 Olympics 1896 Alfred Jarry's "Ubu Roi," premieres in Paris 1896 Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 1895 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize 1895 Alfred Neumann, German playwright, Devil 1895 Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter, dies at 57 1895 Alfred Kurella, writer 1895 French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent 1894 French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated) 1894 Captain Alfred Dreyfus arrested accused of espionage 1894 Alfred Kinsey, entomologist/sexologist, Kinsey Report 1893 Alfred Lunt, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Broadway actor, Emmy 1965 1893 Alfred Alessandrescu, composer 1893 Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec) 1892 Alfred Tennyson, writer, dies at 83 1892 Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet 1892 Alfred A Knopf, U.S., publisher, 1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal 1891 Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 1891 Alfred Plane, U.S. sharp shooter, Gold Medal 1912, 1920 Olympics 1890 Klabund, Alfred Henschke, German writer, Bracke, Borgia 1890 Alfred Julius Swan, composer 1890 Alfred Jodl, German Soldier 1890 Alfred G Jodl, German Wehrmacht general/chief of staff 1889 Alfred E. Green, born in Perris, California, director, Copacabana, Jolson Story 1889 Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor 1889 Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies 1887 Alfred M Landon, R-Ks, President candidate, 1932, 1936 1887 Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer 1887 Alfred Henry Ackley, composer 1885 Alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician 1885 Alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63 1885 Alfred Fuller, CEO, Fuller Brush Man 1884 Alfred Sendrey, composer 1883 Alfred Korzybski, born in Poland, scientist, Science and Sanity 1883 Alfred Packer convicted of cannibalism 1883 Alfred Wikenhauser, German RC exegetist, John-Apokalyps 1882 Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer, dies at 44 1881 Alfred R Radcliffe-Browne, British anthropologist, Andaman Islanders 1880 Alfred Einstein, German/U.S. musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein 1880 Alfred L Wegener, German meteorologist, continental shift 1880 Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist, Loom of Years, Highwayman 1879 Alfred Korzybski, Polish Scientist 1878 Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder of Sturm 1878 Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer, Black Dogs and Other Stories 1877 Alfred Cortot, French pianist 1877 Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord, Jutland, WW II 1877 Alfred Kubin, writer 1876 Alfred L. Kroeber, Hoboken, New Jersey, author, Anthropologist looks at History 1876 Alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38 1875 Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer, Yes and No! 1875 Alfred P. Sloan, American Businessman 1873 Alfred E. Smith, American Politician 1873 Alfred Jarry, French Writer 1872 Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer 1870 Alfred Hill, composer 1870 Lord Alfred Douglas, British 1870 Alfred Douglas, English Poet 1870 Alfred Kastner, composer 1870 Alfred Adler, born in Austria, psychiatrist, Inferiority Complex 1869 Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor, Rotterdam 1906 - 1922, Dir, League of Nations 1868 Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist 1867 Alfred Kerr, born in Breslau, Silesia, nickname, Culture Pope, writer, essayist, wrote, 'Die Harfe' 1867 Alfred Nobel patents dynamite 1866 Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist, Nobel 1913 1866 Georg Alfred Schumann, composer 1866 Alfred Holy, composer 1866 Erik Alfred Satie, Honfleur France, composer, Memoirs d'un Ambesique 1865 Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe 1865 Alfred Hugenberg, German RC president-director of Krupp/media magnate 1865 Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32 1864 Alfred Hermann Fried, Germany, pacifist, Nobel 1911 1864 Alfred Fried, Austrian Activist 1864 Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer, Camera Work 1863 Alfred Reisenauer, composer 1863 Alfred Victor Comte de Vigny, poet, dies 1863 Alfred de Vigny, French Poet 1861 Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician/philosopher, Adv of Ideas 1860 Alfred Coville, French historian, Lesson etats de Normandie 1859 Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer, Dreyfus Affair 1859 Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet, A Buried Life 1857 Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator 1857 Alfred Binet, French child psychologist 1857 LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies 1857 Alfred de Musset, French Writer 1857 Alfred Bruneau, composer 1857 Alfred Loisy, French Clergyman 1856 David Alfred Thomas, born in Glamorganshire, England, 1st Viscount Rhondda 1854 Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith 1854 Alfred Milner, born in Giessen, Germany, British governor, Cape colony 1852 Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister 1851 Alfred de Mussets "Bettine," premieres in Paris 1848 Alfred Julius Becher, composer, dies at 45 1848 Alfred de Musset's "Andre del Sarto," premieres in Paris 1847 Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris 1844 Alfred Cellier, composer 1842 Alfred Shaw, cricketer, pioneering England Test bowler 1842 Alfred Marshall, London, economist 1842 Alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician 1841 Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanicus 1841 Alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist 1840 Alfred Thayer Mahan, U.S., naval officer, Influence of Sea Power 1839 Alfred Sisley, French impressionist painter 1838 Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer 1838 Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter 1837 Alfred Holmes, composer 1837 Alfred Gaul, composer 1835 Alfred Austin, Leeds England, poet laureate of England, Garden 1835 Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1833 Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Stockholm, created dynamite and Peace Prizes 1833 Alfred Nobel, Swedish Scientist 1833 Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert, Major General Union Army 1833 Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-Field Marshal 1832 Thomas Alfred Smyth, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian Field Marshal 1832 Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist 1829 Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1829 Alfred Iverson, Jr., Brigadier General Confederate Army 1829 Alfred Cummings, Georgia, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1827 Alfred Moore Scales, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1827 Alfred Howe Terry, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Alfred Gilpin Jones, Weymouth NS, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, 1900 - 1906 1824 Alfred Pleasonton, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Alfred Holt Colquitt, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1823 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter 1823 Alfred Gibbs, Major General Union Army 1823 Alfred Russel Wallace, British zoologist/co-discoverer, evolution 1822 Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer 1821 Alfred Sully, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Alfred Washington Ellet, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1816 Alfred Elzey Jones, Major General Confederate Army 1812 Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant 1810 Alfred de Musset, Paris, writer, Un Caprice, Bettine 1809 Thomas Alfred Davies, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England 1807 George Alfred Trenholm, Secretary Treasury, Confederacy 1807 Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1803 Alfred Julius Becher, composer 1797 Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer, Moise, Chatterton 1797 Alfred de Vigny, French Poet 1778 Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67 1775 1st official U.S. flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) 1710 Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer, Alfred, Rule Britannia 900 Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies 899 Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies 871 Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies |
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