1996 Lonne Elder, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 69
1983 Sam Chatman, elder statesman of the blues, dies
1969 Lonnie Elder's "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," premieres in New York City
1968 Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, TV preacher, dies at 84
1961 Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies
1952 Larry Elder, American Journalist
1942 Ann Elder, born in Cleveland, Ohio, comedienne, Smothers Brothers Show, Laugh-In
1934 [Robert] Lee Elder, born in Dallas, Texas, PGA golfer, 1974 Monsanto Open
1930 Sarah Dickson becomes 1st woman Presbyterian elder in U.S., Cincinnati
1883 Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, Newport New, Virginia, TV preacher
1849 Johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45
1804 Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist and composer, Radetzky March
1794 George Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies
1732 George Colman, "the Elder", playwright, baptised
1708 William Pitt the Elder, Whig, U.K. PM, 1756-61, 66-68, 'Great Commoner'
1681 French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45
1662 Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies
1647 Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61
1635 Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter
1635 Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen
1610 Cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss vice-admiral
1593 Matthew Merian, the Elder, engraver/bookseller
1548 Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81
1202 Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies
965 Arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies
430 Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75
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