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1997 Georges Marchal, actor (Dirty Game, Blondine), dies at 77

1997 Georges Marchais, Sec General of French Communist Party (1972-94), dies

1995 Georges Yves Marie Congar, Dominican theologian cardinal, dies at 91

1994 Georges Watin, Algerian/French officer (OAS), dies at 71

1992 Georges Delerue, French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies at 67

1990 Georges Flamant, actor (La Chienne), dies in Paris at 86

1990 Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies at 78

1989 Georges Simenon, Belgian/French writer and director (Maigret), dies at 86

1986 Georges Besse, French president-director of Renault, murdered

1983 Georges Auric, French composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), dies at 84

1983 Herge, Georges Remi, Belgian cartoonist (Rin-Tin-Tin), dies at 75

1982 Georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45

1981 Georges Brassens, French screenwriter, dies

1976 Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84

1974 Georges Pompidou, French president, dies in Paris at 62

1969 Georges Pompidou sworn in as president of France

1969 Georges Pompidou, president of France, dies

1969 Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74

1968 Denny Neagle, Prince Georges Cnty, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates

1967 Georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66

1966 Georges Lemaatre, originator of "big bang" theory, dies at 71

1966 Georges Duhamel, French Novelist

1966 Georges Pompidou appointed French premier

1965 Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter, dies at 78

1962 Georges Bataille, French Writer

1962 Georges Pompidou becomes president of France

1960 Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies

1958 Georges Rouault, French painter (Christ aux outrages), dies at 86

1955 Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73

1951 Georges Rency, Belgian poet/literature, dies at 75

1950 Georges Bidault forms French government

1949 Georges Bidault elected president of France

1948 Georges Adolphe Hue, composer, dies at 90

1946 Georges Bidault elected premier of France

1945 Georges Aperghis, composer

1944 Georges Mandel, Louis Rothschild, French Foreign Minister, dies

1943 Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76

1940 Joris [Georges] van Severen, Flem fascist/Member of parliament, dies

1936 Georges Perec, French writer, Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee

1930 Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of New Zealand

1929 Georges Clemenceau, French journalist/premier (1917-20), dies at 88

1929 Georges Courteline [Moineaux], French playwright, dies

1928 Georges Ronsse becomes world champion cyclists

1927 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies

1926 Georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies

1925 NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses and dies of TB 4 months later

1925 Georges Delerue, composer

1925 Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, dies at 72

1924 Georges Pratre, Waziers France, conductor, New York Met

1922 Georges Sorel, French social philosopher, dies at 74

1921 Georges Brassens, French poet/cabaret singer

1921 Georges Feydeau, French playwright (Chat and Poche), dies at 58

1921 Claude Rene Georges Pascal, composer

1920 Georges Papy, Belgian mathematician, Numbers Game

1920 Georges Marchais, political leader, French Communist Party

1920 Georges Marchal, Nancy France, actor, Evil Eden, Gina, Milky Way

1918 Georges Antoine, composer, dies at 26

1917 Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22

1917 French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft

1915 Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou, singer

1912 Georges Franju, born in France, director, Judex, L'homme sans visage

1911 Georges Dargaud, French publisher, Asterix/Kuifje

1911 Georges Pompidou, banker/premier/president France

1911 Georges Dargaud, French publisher, Asterix, Tintin

1910 Georges Schehade, Lebanese poet/playwright, Monsieur Bob'le

1908 Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72

1907 Herge, Georges Remi, Belgian cartoonist, Kuifje

1907 Georges Feydeaus' "La Puce l'Oreille," premieres in Paris

1906 Georges Chemenceau succeeds Sarien premier of France

1904 Georges Yves Marie Congar, dominican Theologian cardinal

1903 Georges Simenon, Belgium, mystery writer, Snow Was Black

1902 Georges Poulet, French/Belgian critic, Temps Humain

1900 Georges Lonque, composer

1899 Georges Bidault, French Politician

1899 Georges Auric, Lodve France, Composer

1897 Georges Bataille, French Writer

1896 Georges Feydeaus' "Le Dindon," premieres in Paris

1894 Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot

1894 Georges Feydeaus' "L'hotel du lobre echange," premoeres on Paros

1894 Joris [Georges] of Severen, Flemish fascist/Member of parliament

1894 Georges Feydeau's "Un la Patte," premieres in Paris

1892 Georges Antoine, composer

1891 Georges E Migot, French composer

1888 Georges Bernanos, France, novelist, Diary of a Country Priest

1887 Georges Feydeaus' "Tailleur Pour Dames" premieres in Paris

1886 Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish artist, L'art et Son Avenir

1885 Georges Mandel, Louis Rothschild, French Foreign minister, -1940

1884 Georges Duhamel, French Novelist

1882 Georges F Broque, French cubist painter, Bike

1882 Georges Braque, French Artist

1875 Georges Rency, Belgian poet

1875 Georges [Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold] Bizet, French composer, dies at 36

1875 Georges Bizet, French Composer

1875 Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris)

1870 Georges Claude, inventor, neon light

1867 Georges Martin Witkowski, composer

1866 Georges Minne, Flemish sculptor

1862 Georges Feydeau, French playwright, La Dame de Chez Maxim's

1861 Georges Melies, Paris, magician; 1st to film a fictional story

1859 Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist, Grande Jatte

1858 Georges Courteline, Moineaux, French playwright

1858 Georges Adolphe Hue, composer

1854 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer, Jeune Belgium

1853 Andre Georges Louis Onslow, composer, dies at 69

1852 Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister

1841 Georges Clemenceau, France, PM, 1906-09, 17-20, defended Dreyfuss

1838 Georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, France, composer, Carmen

1838 Georges Bizet, French Composer

1835 Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer

1832 Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (La Regne Animal), dies at 62

1821 Ernest Feydeau, French author, Georges Feydeau

1809 Georges Eugene Haussmann, born in Paris, France, architect

1794 Georges Couthon, French politician, beheaded at 39

1794 Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary

1793 Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public

1769 Georges Cuvier, French zoologist, La Regne Animal

1759 Georges Danton, France, revolutionary leader/Minister of Justice

1759 Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary

1755 Georges Couthon, French politician

1683 Anne Stuart marries prince Georges of Denmark

1667 Georges de Scudery, French writer (Alaric ou Rome Vaincue), dies at 65

1601 Georges de Scudery, French writer, Observations sur le Cid

1593 Georges de la Tour, French painter

1581 Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies

1510 Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49

1510 Georges d'amboise, French archbishop of Narbonne/Rouen, dies at 49


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