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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