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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, born in New York City, New York, billionaire, master builder, Trump Towers 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, 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, Czechoslovakian master builder, dies at 62 1744 Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian/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, Italian 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, French master builder (Canterbury), dies 76 Hadrian, Roman Emperor, builder of Hadrian's Wall |
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