1996 Death Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician, dies at 87 1996 Death Emile Noel, international civil servant, dies at 73 1996 Death Emile Habibi, writer, dies at 73 1995 Death Emile Jonassaint, president of Haiti (1994), dies at 82 1995 Death Emile van Moerkerken, photographer (Ice Princess), dies at 78 1993 Death Emile Ardolino, director (Sister Act), dies of AIDS at 50 1993 Death Emile Ardolino, director (Dirty Dancing), dies at 50 of AIDs 1987 Death Emile Meyer, actor (Young Jesse James, Lineup), dies 1985 Birthday Emile Hirsch, American Actor 1984 Event Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections 1978 Death Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70 1973 Birthday Emile Palmer, WLAF DT for the London Monarchs 1969 Event "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy 1967 Death Andre Maurois, Emile Herzog, French writer (Balzac), dies 1956 Death [Emile M] Louis Madelin, French historian (Fouche), dies at 85 1956 Death Emile Nolde [Hansen], German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies at 88 1955 Event Emile Zatopek runs world record 15 mile (1:14:01) and 25,000m (1:16:36) 1954 Event Emile Zatopek runs record 6 mile: (27:59.2)/10,000m (28:54.2) 1954 Event Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2) 1953 Event Emile Zatopek runs world record 10K (29:01.6) and 6 mile (28:08.4) 1952 Event Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record marathon (2:23:03.2) 1952 Event Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record 5K (14:06.6) 1952 Event Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0) 1951 Event Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m and 15 miles 1951 Event Emile Zatopek runs world record 20,000 m and 10 mile 1951 Event Emile Zatopek runs world record 20k (1:01:15.8) 1951 Death Emile Erens, Dutch hagiographer (Pastor of Ars), dies at 85 1950 Death Emile Enthoven, composer, dies at 47 1949 Event Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:21.2) 1949 Event Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m, 29:28.2 1948 Event Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record (10K - 29:59.6) 1944 Death Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66 1941 Death Maurice Charles Emile Barlier, French resistance fighter, executed at 35 1940 Death Emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52 1938 Death Emile Vandervelde, Belgian Secretary of State (BWP), dies at 72 1937 Event Emile Janson becomes Belgian premier 1937 Birthday Emile Ford, born in Saint Lucia, West Indies, rocker, singer, guitarist, produced UK chart-topper 'What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?,' recorded for Pye Records 1936 Birthday Emile Lahud, Lebanese Statesman 1936 Birthday Emile Lahoud, Lebanese Statesman 1933 Death Emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87 1932 Death Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer, dies at 53 1929 Death Emile Loubet, French premier (1892)/president (1899-1906), dies at 90 1926 Birthday Emile Francis, NHL player/coach/General Manager, Rangers, Blues, Whalers 1926 Death Emile Coue, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion), dies 1926 Death Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81 1922 Birthday Emile Noel, international civil servant 1922 Birthday Emile Habibi, writer 1920 Death Emile Sauret, composer, dies at 67 1917 Death Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Le suicide), dies 1917 Death Emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73 1916 Death Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian writer (Les Heures du Soir), dies at 61 1915 Death Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77 1911 Birthday Emile M. Cioran, writer 1909 Birthday Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician 1907 Birthday Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher 1905 Birthday Maurice Charles Emile Barlier, French resistance fighter 1904 Death Emile Galle, French glass/marble/ceramic artist dies at 56 1903 Birthday Emile Enthoven, composer 1902 Death Emile Zola, writer, dies at 62 1902 Death Emile Zola, French writer (Nana/Germinal/J'accuse), dies at 62 1899 Death Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76 1898 Event In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus 1898 Event Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Dreyfus 1896 Death Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58 1896 Event Emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer 1895 Event Emile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph) 1888 Birthday Emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist, Fair Folks 1887 Event Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone 1886 Birthday Baron Josse Emile van Dievoet, Flemish lawyer 1879 Birthday Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer 1879 Birthday Emile Argand, Swiss geologist, Dekbladen Theory 1877 Birthday Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer 1873 Death Emile Gaboriau, detective writer (Monsieur Lecoq), dies at 37 1871 Birthday [Emile M] Louis Madelin, French historian, French revolutionary 1869 Birthday Emile Fabre, France, playwright, administrator of Comedie Franeaise 1868 Birthday Emile Bernard, writer 1866 Birthday Emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party 1865 Birthday Emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer, Pastor of Ars 1863 Death Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46 1858 Birthday Emile Durkheim, French sociologist, Division du travail social 1857 Birthday Emile Coue, French pharmacist, recovery by auto suggestion 1855 Birthday Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet and writer, Les Flammes Hautes 1852 Birthday Emile Sauret, composer 1851 Birthday Emile Berliner, Germany, inventor, flat phonograph record 1846 Birthday Emile C Wauters, Belgium, painter, Van der Goes in the Red Monastery 1846 Birthday Emile Galle, French glass/marble/ceramic artist, Galle Glaze 1844 Birthday Emile Paladilhe, composer 1843 Birthday Emile Pessard, composer 1842 Birthday Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer, Manon, Le Cid 1840 Birthday Emile Zola, born in France, novelist, Nana, J'Accuse 1838 Birthday Emile Loubet, premier/president of France, 1892, 1899-1906 1837 Birthday Charles Emile Waldteufel, Strasbourg France, waltz composer, Skaters 1837 Birthday Emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer 1835 Birthday Emile Gaboriau, author, father of French detective novels 1822 Birthday Emile Erckmann, E-Chatrian, French writer, Waterloo 1817 Birthday Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer