1996 Gerald McArthur, detective, dies at 70
1994 Julian Symons, Br detective writer (Death's Darkest Face), dies at 82
1994 John I M Stewart, detective writer (A Comedy of Terrors), dies at 88
1991 John Crosby, U.S. columnist/detective writer dies at 79
1986 Lino Ventura, actor (French Detective, Slap, Jig-Saw), dies at 67
1982 Frederic Dannay, [Ellery Queen], U.S., detective writer, dies at 76
1982 Edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ detective writer/producer, dies at 82
1981 Morgan Conway, actor (Dick Tracy Detective), dies
1979 John McQuade, actor (Charlie Wild Private Detective), dies at 73
1976 H Allen Smith, TV host (Armchair Detective), dies at 69
1975 Rex Stout, U.S. detective writer (Nero Wolfe), dies at 88
1975 Howard Joslin, actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68
1971 Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81
1971 Manfred Bonnington Lee, [Ellery Queen], detective writer, dies at 65
1964 Havank, [HF van der Kallen], detective writer (Shade), dies at 60
1961 Dashiell Hammett, U.S. detective writer (Thin Man), dies at 66
1959 Raymond T Chandler, U.S. detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71
1949 1st network detective series-Private Eyes-premieres
1949 Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in New York City
1944 Jean-Pierre Leaud, Paris, France, actor, Detective
1940 Michael Gambon, English actor, Singing Detective, Paris at Night
1939 SS Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], detective writer, dies at 50
1935 Ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], lawyer/detective writer, dies at 68
1922 Eleanor Parker, born in Ohio, actress, Caged, Detective Story, Hans Brinker
1920 Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer, Whip Hand, High Stakes
1916 Gerald McArthur, detective
1915 Ross MacDonald, detective novelist, Goodbye Look
1912 Isabella Goodwin, 1st U.S. woman detective, appointed, New York City
1910 Rod Cameron, Calgary Alberta, actor, City Detective, State Trooper
1909 Seicho Matsumoto, Dutch Japanese detective/playwright, 10 to Sen
1908 Harry Kemelman, U.S. detective author, rabbi-omnibus
1908 Alain Cuny, actor, Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle
1907 Howard Joslin, Georgia, actor, Quebec, Detective Story
1907 Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer, Enter the Saint
1906 John I M Stewart, British detective writer, Comedy of Terrors
1905 Manfred Bonnington Lee, detective writer, of Ellery Queen
1904 Cecil Day-Lewis, England, poet laureate/detective, Nicholas Blake
1899 Erich Kastner, Dresden German author, Emil and the Detective
1889 Erle Stanley Gardner, U.S. detective writer, Perry Mason
1889 Margery Allingham, detective story writer
1888 Sydney Horler, English detective writer
1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dying Detective"
1884 Earl Biggers, author, "Charlie Chan" detective series
1873 Emile Gaboriau, detective writer (Monsieur Lecoq), dies at 37
1866 Ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], Dutch lawyer/detective writer
1841 1st detective story (Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue") published
1835 Emile Gaboriau, author, father of French detective novels
1819 Allan Pinkerton, founded Chicago detective agency
1775 Francois-Eugene Vidocq, British police detective
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