2013 Event Actor Gerard Depardieu is granted citizenship by Russian President, Vladimir Putin; Depardieu renounced his French citizenship due to the country's high taxes 1997 Death Gerard McLarnon, actor and writer, dies at 82 1996 Death Brother Eugene Gerard Salois, teacher, dies at 76 1995 Death Gerard Tebroke, 5/10 km-dasher, dies at 45 1995 Death Gerard Thomas Victory, composer, dies at 73 1995 Event British heavyweight Nigel Benn hits Gerard McClellan in hospital 1995 Death Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon, dies at 74 1994 Death Gerard John Toorenaar, Amsterdam police commissar, dies at 69 1994 Death Wijnanda MC "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Van de Reve Sr, dies at 82 1994 Death Gerard van de Groenekan, furniture maker/designer, dies at 90 1993 Death Gerard "Ge" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/NVSH-founder, dies at 90 1992 Death Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies 1990 Death Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Med), dies at 88 1989 Death Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer, dies 1988 Death Gerard Holt, architect, dies at 83 1985 Death Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86 1983 Event Nobel prize for economy awarded to Gerard Debreu 1982 Event Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) and Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon 1982 Death Gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies 1982 Death Gerard[us M] Rutten, director (Sterren stralen overal), dies 1982 Event "Forbidden Broadway" by/with Gerard Alessandrini premieres in New York City 1980 Event Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01) 1979 Death Gerard Blitz, Dutch 400m swimmer (WR), dies at 78 1977 Birthday Danny Gerard, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge 1976 Death Gerard Romsee, Flemish nationalist, dies at 74 1969 Birthday Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor 1969 Birthday Gerard de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player, Sparta 1968 Death Gerard den Brabander, Jan G Jofriet, poet (Nothing New), dies at 67 1960 Birthday Gerard Joling, Dutch singer, Love is in Your Eyes 1959 Death Gerard Philipe, actor/dir (La Ronde, Gambler), dies of cancer at 36 1959 Death Gerard Philipe, French actor (El Cid, Don Carlos), dies at 36 1959 Death Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Bohemian Amsterdam), dies at 83 1959 Death Gerard Hoffnung, artist/humorist/musician, dies 1958 Death Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter, dies at 59 1954 Birthday Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer, 1991 children stamp 1949 Event Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) 1948 Birthday Gerard Depardieu, France, actor, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Danton 1948 Birthday Beeb Birtles, Gerard Birtlekamp, rock guitarist, Little River Band 1948 Birthday Leo Sayer, Gerard, England, singer, When I Need Love 1948 Event 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:02 1947 Birthday Gerard Schwarz, born in Weehawken, New Jersey, trumpeter/conductor, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 1944 Event Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested 1944 Event 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:50.4 1944 Birthday Gerard Schoenaker, Dutch singer, Les Baroques 1943 Death Gerard W. Kerncamp, historian/editor-in-chief (Green Amsterdam), dies 1943 Event 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:25.8 1943 Birthday Gil Gerard, Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Buck Rogers in 25th Century 1942 Death Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83 1940 Event 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:28.6 1939 Birthday Gerard van Tongeren, Dutch singer, Buffoons 1937 Death Gerard Vissering, banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at 72 1936 Birthday K Schippers, Gerard Stigter, Dutch author 1936 Birthday Gerard Masson, born in Paris, France, composer, studied in Cologne with Kalheinz Stockhausen 1935 Death Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75 1932 Birthday Gerard van den Berg, Dutch TV host, Like Father, Like Son 1931 Birthday Gerard van Muiden, Dutch MP, CDA 1930 Birthday Gerard Blain, Paris, France, actor, Hatari 1929 Birthday Richard Long, born in London, England, Richard Gerard Long, 4th Viscount Long, politician, Conservative Party 1928 Birthday Gerard van Leijenhorst, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior, CDA 1928 Birthday Edward Gerard Schurmann, composer 1925 Birthday Gerard John Toorenaar, political commissar in Amsterdam, 1975-79 1925 Birthday Gerard Hoffnung, Berlin Germany, artist/humorist/musician 1924 Birthday Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer, Library stamps 1991 1923 Event Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings) 1923 Birthday Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer, Evenings, Dear Guys 1923 Birthday Gerard Vaughn, MP, Conservative 1922 Birthday Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor, Caligula, Le Diable au Corps 1921 Birthday Gerard Thomas Victory, composer 1921 Birthday Gerard Victory, composer 1921 Birthday Gerard Debreu, France, economist, Nobel 1983 1920 Death Gerard Leman, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War, dies 1920 Birthday Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon 1918 Birthday Gerard Souzay, Angers France, baritone, Le Nozze di Figaro 1918 Birthday Barry Morse, actor, Fugitive-Lt Philip Gerard, Winds of War 1916 Death [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Ot and Sien), dies at 57 1915 Birthday Gerard McLarnon, actor/writer 1912 Birthday Wijnanda M C "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Reve Sr 1909 Birthday Gerard Croiset, Dutch paragnost 1905 Birthday Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/U.S. astronomer, moons of Uranus, Neptune 1904 Birthday Gerard Holt, Dutch architect 1903 Birthday Gerard "Ge" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/co-founder, NVSH 1902 Birthday Gerard[us M] Rutten, director, Miraculous Life of Willem Parel 1902 Birthday Gerard P M Knuvelder, Dutch literature historian, Vocation, Kitty 1901 Birthday Gerard Romsee, Flemish nationalist 1901 Birthday Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder, Club Mediterranee 1900 Birthday Gerard den Brabander, Jan G Jofriet, poet, Nothing New 1899 Birthday Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter 1899 Death Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69 1898 Birthday Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian 1898 Birthday Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer/journalist, Mary, Revolt in Congo 1898 Birthday Gerard Bertouille, composer 1890 Birthday Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, born in Holland, aircraft pioneer, Spider 1889 Death Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54 1876 Birthday Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist, Prince William of Orange 1865 Birthday Gerard Vissering, Dutch banker and president, Bank of Java 1864 Birthday Gerard W. Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor, Groene Amsterdammer 1859 Birthday Gerard Brucken Fock, composer 1859 Birthday [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator, Nog bij mother, Ot and Sien 1858 Birthday Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer, Philips 1855 Death Gerard de Nerval, Labrunie, French poet and writer, dies at 46 1851 Birthday Gerard Leman, born in Liege, Belgium, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War 1848 Death Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87 1844 Birthday Gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet, Windhover 1837 Death Francois Gerard, French baron/painter, dies at 66 1829 Birthday Gerard Keller, writer, Netherlands Spectator 1808 Birthday Gerard De Nerval, French Novelist 1808 Birthday Gerard de Nerval, Labrunie, French poet and writer, Sylvia 1772 Death Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 1760 Birthday Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer 1760 Death Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 1758 Death Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75 1725 Death Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77 1722 Death Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80 1711 Death Gerard Lairesse, painter, buried 1700 Birthday Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist 1685 Birthday Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company 1683 Birthday Gerard van Loon, Dutch historian 1681 Death Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies 1675 Death Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, buried 1662 Death Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies 1656 Death Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65 1647 Birthday Gerard Noodt, Dutch lawyer 1642 Birthday Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral 1613 Birthday Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, Night School 1613 Event Gerard Reynst appointed Dutch Governor-General of East-Indies 1591 Death Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies 1590 Birthday Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter
