2014 Event Academics report that a pelvis bone discovered in Winchester 1999 may belong to King Alfred the Great or his son, Edward the Elder 2010 Event In China, 23 elder members of the Communist Party of China call for ending the country's restrictions on free speech 2010 Event Nepal declares a national day of mourning in honor of Girija Prasad Koirala, the 'elder statesman of South Asia' who dies in Kathmandu at age 86 1996 Death Lonne Elder, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 69 1983 Death Sam Chatman, elder statesman of the blues, dies 1969 Event Lonnie Elder's "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," premieres in New York City 1968 Death Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, TV preacher, dies at 84 1961 Death Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies 1952 Birthday Larry Elder, American Journalist 1942 Birthday Ann Elder, born in Cleveland, Ohio, comedienne, Smothers Brothers Show, Laugh-In 1934 Birthday [Robert] Lee Elder, born in Dallas, Texas, PGA golfer, 1974 Monsanto Open 1930 Event Sarah Dickson becomes 1st woman Presbyterian elder in U.S., Cincinnati 1883 Birthday Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, Newport New, Virginia, TV preacher 1849 Death Johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45 1804 Birthday Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist and composer, Radetzky March 1794 Death George Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies 1732 Birthday George Colman, "the Elder", playwright, baptised 1708 Birthday William Pitt the Elder, Whig, U.K. PM, 1756-61, 66-68, 'Great Commoner' 1681 Death French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45 1662 Death Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies 1647 Death Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 1635 Birthday Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter 1635 Birthday Walraad, the Elder, Dutch Field Marshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen 1610 Birthday Cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss Vice-Admiral 1593 Birthday Matthew Merian, the Elder, engraver/bookseller 1548 Death Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81 1202 Death Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies 965 Death Arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies 430 Death Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75
