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2001 Sandy Baron, comic, Broadway Danny Rose, dies at 63
1996 Robert Hersant, press baron, dies at 76 1994 Baron Marcel Bich, inventor (Bic Pen), dies at 79 1994 Marcel Bich, Italian/French baron/pen manufacturer (Bic), dies at 79 1994 Frederik baron van Pallandt, Danish singer (Nina and F), murdered at 61 1994 Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor of Maarn, dies at 78 1993 Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44 1992 Colombia drug baron Pablo Escobar escapes prison 1992 Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident 1991 Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar surrenders to police 1988 Edward EMG baron Downpatrick, grandson of English prince Edward 1988 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87 1986 Flor Peeters, Flemish baron/organist/composer, dies at 83 1982 Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies 1978 Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped 1976 Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies 1974 Henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/baron Culloden, dies at 74 1972 J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, industrialist/film magnate 1970 Uma Thurman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction 1968 Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78 1966 Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, English baron/multi-millionaire 1964 Miles WL Killearn of Killearn, baron/diplomat (Egypt), dies at 84 1964 Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies 1962 Charles-Jean baron de la Vallee-Poussin, Belgian engineer, dies at 96 1956 Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72 1953 Baron Hill, American Politician 1950 Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66 1949 Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron 1949 Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator, dies at 63 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 1944 Alan Horwarth, born in Britain, politician, Baron Howarth of Newport, Member of Parliament for Statford-on-Avon and Newport East, educated at King's College, Cambridge, Conservative Party 1944 Berend baron van Voorst tot Voorst, Dutch foreign state sect, CDA 1944 William Westwood, born in England, born William Gavin Westwood, 3rd Baron Westwood of Gosforth in the County of Northumberland, Peerage of the United Kingdom 1943 Tatton Sykes, English baron/large landowner 1943 Pope Pius XII receives German ambassador baron von Weizsacker 1943 Frederic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker, dies at 74 1943 Tom McNally, born in England, Thomas McNally, Baron McNally, politician, Liberal Party, Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords, life peer, Baron of Blackpool in the County of Lancashire 1943 Lord Mountevans, born in England, born Edward Patrick Broke Evans, 3rd Baron Mountevans of Chelsea in the County of London 1941 Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st baron/statisician, dies 1940 John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada (1935-40), dies 1939 Charles Lyell, born in England, born Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell, politician, Conservative Party, whip, House of Lords, Peerage of the United Kingdom 1938 Harry McGowan, born in England, born Harry Duncan Cory McGowan, Lord McGowan, 3rd Baron McGowan 1937 Ernest Rutherford baron of Nelson, English physicist (Nobel 1908), dies 1937 Pierre de Coubertin, baron/revivor of Olympics, dies at 74 1937 Philip Chetwode, born in England, born 2nd Baron Chetwode, Baron Chetwode, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, heir apparent is Hon. Roger Chetwode 1937 Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman 1936 Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid 1935 Ian Stewart, born in Scotland, born Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewartby, Baron Stewartby of Portmoak in the District of Perth and Kinross, Member of Parliament for Hitchin 1935 Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate 1934 Carl F baron von Langen-Parow, German equestrian 1928 Olympics gold 1934 Simon Mackay, born in Scotland, born Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw of Tanlawhill in the County of Dumfries, Lord Tannlaw, crossbench member of the House of Lords, director or family company Inchape 1934 Roger Nicholas Edwards, born in England, born Roger Nicholas Edwards, Lord Crickhowell, Baron Crickhowell, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Secretary of State for Wales 1933 John Denison-Pender, born in England, John Willoughby Denison-Pender, Lord Pender, 3rd Baron Pender of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall 1933 Bruno Schroder, British baron/banker/multi-millionaire 1932 Paul S Methuen, English baron/Field Marshal/Governor of Natal, dies at 87 1932 Eric Varley, born in England, born Eric Varley, Baron Varley of Chesterfield in the County of Derbyshire, politician, Labor Party, Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1932 Franz von Papen "Cabinet of the Baron" premieres 1932 Timothy Renton, born in England, born Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, politician, Conservative Party, Minister of State, Margaret Thatcher's Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex 1932 Takuma Dan, Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered 1932 James Clyde, born in England, Baron Clyde, son of James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde, British judge, Chancellor to the Bishop of Argyll, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland 1931 William Warner Westenra, born in Ireland, born William Warner Westenra, Lord Rossmore, 7th Baron Rossmore, Peerage of Ireland 1931 Nigel Vinson, born in England, Baron Vinson, businessman, served in Queen's Royal Regiment, Member of National Parks and Countryside Committee, Member of Foundation of Science and Technology 1929 Giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron/general/premier (1927-29), dies at 66 1929 Edouard baron Empain, Belgian builder (Heliopolis), dies at 76 1928 Eric Lubbock, born in England, born Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury, 4th Baron Avebury, politician, Liberal Party, Member of Parliament for Orpington 1928 Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49 1928 Rita Gam, born in Pittsburgh, actress, Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron 1927 Japan's Wakarsoeki government falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier 1927 John Gilbert, born in England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Dudley East, life peer as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands 1926 Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County 1926 Rayner Goddard, born in England, Lord Goddard, Baron Goddard, judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, known for his strict conservative rulings 1925 Roy Hughes, born in Pontllanfraith, Wales, born Royston John Hughes, Baron Islwyn, politician, Labor Party, union organizer, Member of Parliament for Newport, Member of Parliament for Newport East 1925 John Neville, actor, Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1925 Charles Henry Plumb, born in England, Charles Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, Baron Plumb of Coleshill, County of Warwickshire, Conservative Party, politician, leading figure, National Farmers Union 1925 Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords 1924 Brian Rix, born in Cottingham, England, born Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix, actor, appeared in film, The Night We Got The Bird, charity worker for Mencap 1921 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Russian baron/general, dies 1921 Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, industrialist 1920 Richard von Weizsacker, baron/president, Germany, 1984-94 1920 William Butterfield, born in England, born William John Hughes Butterfield, Lord Butterfield, life peer as Baron Butterfield of Stechford, Order of the British Empire, medical researcher, clinician, administrator 1920 Robert Hersant, press baron 1919 Roland baron Eotvos, Hungarian physicist, dies at 70 1919 Robert Lowry, born in Ireland, Sir Robert Lynd Erskine Lowry, judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Baron Lowry of Crossgar in the County of Down 1918 Malcolm Shepherd, born in England, born Malcolm Newton Shepherd, Lord Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd of Spalding, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Lords 1918 "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25 1916 Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1916 Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, New York, Lord Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, violinist, conductor, writer, studied under George Enescu, Louis Persinger, Adolf Busch 1915 Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor-Maarn Netherlands 1914 James Scarlett, born in England, born James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger, Lord Abinger, politician, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1914 Donald Stokes, born in Plymouth, England, born Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes, Lord Stokes, industrialist, life peer in the House of Lords, managing director of British Leyland Motor Corporation 1912 Cuthbert Alport, born in England, born Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Lord Alport, Baron Alport, politician, Conservative Party, Cabinet Minister, life peer, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1911 William Berry, born in England, born William Michael Berry, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph 1911 Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66 1910 Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer 1910 Alain JG de Rothschild, France, banker/baron 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 William Le Baron Jenney, U.S. architect, dies 1907 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government 1905 Richard F Kahn, baron of Hampstead/British economist 1903 Thomas Baron Pitfield, composer 1902 John E E Dalberg baron van Acton, English historian, dies at 69 1901 Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, minister of Cologne dies 1901 Nils Adolf Erik, [Baron Nordenskjold], geologist/explorer, dies 1901 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer 1900 Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral 1899 Marnix Gijsen, [baron Jan-Albert Goris], Flemish writer, Grote God Pan 1896 Oswald Mosley, baron/British nazi 1892 Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot 1892 Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, [Red Baron], German WW I ace 1892 Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79 1891 Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81 1890 Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74 1889 John Charles Reith, 1st Baron Reith, 1st director-general BBC, 1927-38 1889 Frederik M baron of Asbeck, Dutch lawyer, League of Nations 1888 Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron 1888 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies 1886 Baron Josse Emile van Dievoet, Flemish lawyer 1883 Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners, 14th baron/composer 1883 Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70 1881 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP 1881 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies 1880 Miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat 1880 Baron W. Edmund, Archangel and Ironside, British Field Marshal 1879 Wolter R baron van Hoevell, Dutch vicar/abolitionist, dies at 66 1878 Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general, White Armies, WW II 1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt, U.S. robber baron, dies at 82 1876 Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor, Brussels, Belgium 1875 Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator 1870 Joseph Ryeland, Belgian composer/Baron 1868 Frederic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker 1867 Carl Gustaf baron Mannerheim, general/president of Finland, 1944-46 1863 Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron, revived Olympic games 1859 Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer, Sursum Corda, Ace Knave 1858 Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament 1858 Frederick Lugard, British captain/baron, Congo 1857 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium, 1907 1854 Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party 1852 Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder, Paris Metro 1850 Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies 1849 David H Chasse, baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84 1848 Roland baron Eotvos, Hungarian physicist 1848 Godert AGP baron van Capellen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69 1845 Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65 1841 John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet 1840 Baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist 1839 Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/General-major (Maastricht), dies at 56 1838 Aeneas Mackay, Baron/Dutch minister of interior/Colonies 1838 Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73 1838 Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73 1837 Francois Gerard, French baron/painter, dies at 66 1835 Willem F Roell, Dutch baron/minister of Internal Affairs, dies at 67 1832 William Le Baron Jenney, U.S., architect/"father of skyscraper" 1831 Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, Dutch minister of Colonies 1830 Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution) 1826 Baron Van der Capellen resigns as governor of Dutch-Indies 1824 Louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer, dies at 62 1819 Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes governor of Dutch-Indies 1818 Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle) 1817 Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister, 1870-71 1816 Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service 1816 Jacob P P baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Minister Foreign Affairs, 1852-53 1810 William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const, hydr crane 1807 Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies 1806 Michael FB baron von Melas, Austrian general, dies at 77 1803 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice 1792 Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 1792 George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies 1791 Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance 1789 Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician 1782 Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/general-major, Maastricht 1779 Henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician 1778 Godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch Governor-General, Dutch-Indies 1778 Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge 1773 Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader 1765 Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat 1765 David H Chasse, Dutch baron/general, fought Napoleon at Waterloo 1761 Louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer and Brigadier General 1760 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 1759 Baron Grenville, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1806-07 1755 Baron de Montesquieu, French Philosopher 1747 Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England 1737 Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke, dies at 55 1729 Henry William, Baron, Stiegel, early American glassmaker 1709 Hans Willem baron Bentinck, Dutch/English earl of Portland, dies at 60 1708 Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/Lieutenant-General/baron Enfield, dies 1705 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician, Chiswick 1704 Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63 1699 Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague 1699 Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53 1697 George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer 1696 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer 1694 John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73 1689 George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies 1689 Baron de Montesquieu, French Philosopher 1684 Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder, Danish and Norwegian literature 1682 Johan W. van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat, baron and duke 1680 Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer, Stabat mater 1675 Karl Rabenhaupt, GermanNetherlands baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73 1672 Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden, Netherlands 1671 Thomas, 3rd baron Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 59 1671 Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68 1651 John Baron Somers, Whig, William III's chief minister, 1696-1700 1634 Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50 1620 John L baron of Elderen, 63rd prince-bishop of Luik, 1688-94 1619 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron 1610 Thomas West baron De La Mar appointed as 1st Governor of Virginia colony 1610 Thomas West, Baron de La Mar, is appointed governor of Virginia 1602 Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader 1598 William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77 1585 Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian 1580 Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed 1578 Charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies 1570 Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered 1570 Floris van Montmorency, baron of Montigny, dies at 43 1560 Maximilien de Bethune, duke of Sully/baron of Rosny/Prime Minister of France 1557 Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty 1520 William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier 1264 Baron's War fought in England |
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