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1996 James William Rouse, U.S. builder (shopping malls), dies at 81

1995 Francis Taylor, builder, dies at 90

1995 Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname's great dam builder, dies at 75

1994 William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at 86

1992 "Master Builder" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances

1992 "Master Builder" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 45 performances

1991 Gijsbert Perlee, Amsterdam's organ builder/grinder (Arabian), dies

1988 Irwan Chanin, U.S. theater builder, dies at 96

1986 Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver

1986 Marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder, dies at 94

1981 Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder, dies at 80

1981 Donald W. Douglas, U.S. aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at 88

1981 Donald W. Douglas, U.S. aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88

1978 Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft builder, dies at 80

1977 Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at 82

1972 Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, dies at 84

1972 Charles Atlas, [Angelo Siciliano], body builder, dies at 79

1972 Igor Sikorsky, Russian/US helicopter builder, dies at 83

1962 John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, New York City builder, dies at 79

1962 Lenda Murray, born in Detroit, Michigan, body builder, 4X Ms Olympia

1961 Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60

1960 Cory Everson, Racine Wisconsin, body builder, 6X Ms Olympia

1958 Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70

1952 Manfred Langer, Austrian/Dutch disco builder

1951 Lou Ferrigno, born in Brooklyn, New York, body builder/actor, Incredible Hulk

1951 Diana Dennis, born in Portland, Oregon, body builder, Women Physique World

1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Austria, body builder, Commando, Terminator

1946 Donald Trump, billionaire/master builder, Trump Towers/Plaza/Castle

1940 Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies

1939 Anthony H G Fokker, Dutch airplane builder (Spider), dies at 49

1931 Bernhard Becher, photographer, industrialist builder 19th/20th

1930 Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer/airplane builder, dies at 52

1930 George Steinbrenner, owner, New York Yankees, /ship builder/horse owner

1929 Edouard baron Empain, Belgian builder (Heliopolis), dies at 76

1928 Anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer, Formula 1

1919 Louis Sen A Kaw, Surinam dam builder

1918 Cesar A Cui, Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83

1914 James William Rouse, U.S. builder, shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland

1909 Harry B. Helmsley, born in New York City, billionaire builder, Empire State Building

1905 Francis Taylor, builder

1902 Hanns Neupert, German piano builder/author, Das Klavichord

1901 Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam

1900 Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder

1898 Bartel Wilton, ship builder, dies at 70

1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Norwood Builder"

1894 Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder, Ilyushin

1893 Canal builder De Lesseps and others sentenced to prison for fraud

1892 Marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder

1888 Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder

1884 Paul Abadie, French master builder (Sacre-Coeur, Paris), dies at 71

1882 John Lowry, Mount Vernon, New York, New York City builder, Radio City Music Hall

1882 Henry J Kaiser, builder, Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam

1881 Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, Milan, race car builder, Amaz Bugattis

1872 Eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies

1872 Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder

1870 Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder, Golden Gate Bridge

1867 Frank Lloyd Wright, Richland Center Wisconsin, master builder, Guggenheim

1861 Elisha G Otis, U.S. elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50

1860 John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69

1858 Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder/ship owner, dies at 74

1855 Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66

1852 Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder, Paris Metro

1831 Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74

1828 Bartel Wilton, machinefabrikant/ship builder

1817 Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72

1812 Paul Abadie, French master builder, renovated Notre Dame

1801 Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68

1800 James Bogardus, U.S. inventor/builder, made cast-iron buildings

1794 Eberhard F. Walcker, German organ builder, Paulskirche Frankfurt

1791 Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder

1788 Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer

1784 Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder

1757 Ignaz J Pleyel, Austria composer/piano builder, Piano method

1751 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62

1751 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62

1744 Giacomo Quarenghi, Ital/Russian master builder, Hermitage Theater

1738 Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72

1733 Jacques-Denis Antoine, French master builder, Hotel Maillebois Paris

1731 Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Ital piano builder, dies at 75

1719 Steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried

1709 Johann H H Butz, German/Dutch organ builder

1704 Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63

1689 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Bavarian master builder, Prague

1678 Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried

1676 Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried

1669 Pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61

1667 Thomas de Keyser, Amsterdam master builder/painter, buried

1666 Georg Baehr, German master builder, Frauenkirche, Dresden

1655 Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder

1653 John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61

1638 Paul Moreelse, Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about 66

1627 Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67

1622 Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder

1621 Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56

1590 Joost Jansz Bilhamer, master builder/cartographer, dies at about 49

1573 Elias Hill, German architect/city builder, Augsburg

1565 Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam

1557 Sebastiaan Van Noyen, military master builder, dies

1518 Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury/builder of country houses

1512 Antoon Keldermans, Flem builder (Middelburg town hall), dies at 72

1483 Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter and master builder, Madonna Sistina

1434 Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60

1180 Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies

76 Hadrian, Roman Emperor, builder of Hadrian's Wall



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