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1997 Gerard McLarnon, actor and writer, dies at 82

1996 Brother Eugene Gerard Salois, teacher, dies at 76

1995 Gerard Tebroke, 5/10 km-dasher, dies at 45

1995 Gerard Thomas Victory, composer, dies at 73

1995 British heavyweight Nigel Benn hits Gerard McClellan in hospital

1995 Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon, dies at 74

1994 Gerard John Toorenaar, Amsterdam police commissar, dies at 69

1994 Wijnanda MC "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Van de Reve Sr, dies at 82

1994 Gerard van de Groenekan, furniture maker/designer, dies at 90

1993 Gerard "Ge" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/NVSH-founder, dies at 90

1992 Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies

1990 Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Med), dies at 88

1989 Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer, dies

1988 Gerard Holt, architect, dies at 83

1985 Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86

1983 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Gerard Debreu

1982 Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) and Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon

1982 Gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies

1982 Gerard[us M] Rutten, director (Sterren stralen overal), dies

1982 "Forbidden Broadway" by/with Gerard Alessandrini premieres in New York City

1980 Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01)

1979 Gerard Blitz, Dutch 400m swimmer (WR), dies at 78

1977 Danny Gerard, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge

1976 Gerard Romsee, Flemish nationalist, dies at 74

1969 Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

1969 Gerard de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player, Sparta

1968 Gerard den Brabander, Jan G Jofriet, poet (Nothing New), dies at 67

1960 Gerard Joling, Dutch singer, Love is in Your Eyes

1959 Gerard Philipe, actor/dir (La Ronde, Gambler), dies of cancer at 36

1959 Gerard Philipe, French actor (El Cid, Don Carlos), dies at 36

1959 Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Bohemian Amsterdam), dies at 83

1959 Gerard Hoffnung, artist/humorist/musician, dies

1958 Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter, dies at 59

1954 Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer, 1991 children stamp

1949 Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)

1948 Gerard Depardieu, France, actor, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Danton

1948 Beeb Birtles, Gerard Birtlekamp, rock guitarist, Little River Band

1948 Leo Sayer, Gerard, England, singer, When I Need Love

1948 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:02

1947 Gerard Schwarz, born in Weehawken, New Jersey, trumpeter/conductor, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

1944 Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested

1944 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:50.4

1944 Gerard Schoenaker, Dutch singer, Les Baroques

1943 Gerard W. Kerncamp, historian/editor-in-chief (Green Amsterdam), dies

1943 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:25.8

1943 Gil Gerard, Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Buck Rogers in 25th Century

1942 Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83

1940 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:28.6

1939 Gerard van Tongeren, Dutch singer, Buffoons

1937 Gerard Vissering, banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at 72

1936 K Schippers, Gerard Stigter, Dutch author

1936 Gerard Masson, born in Paris, France, composer, studied in Cologne with Kalheinz Stockhausen

1935 Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75

1932 Gerard van den Berg, Dutch TV host, Like Father, Like Son

1931 Gerard van Muiden, Dutch MP, CDA

1930 Gerard Blain, Paris, France, actor, Hatari

1929 Richard Long, born in London, England, Richard Gerard Long, 4th Viscount Long, politician, Conservative Party

1928 Gerard van Leijenhorst, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior, CDA

1928 Edward Gerard Schurmann, composer

1925 Gerard John Toorenaar, political commissar in Amsterdam, 1975-79

1925 Gerard Hoffnung, Berlin Germany, artist/humorist/musician

1924 Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer, Library stamps 1991

1923 Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings)

1923 Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer, Evenings, Dear Guys

1923 Gerard Vaughn, MP, Conservative

1922 Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor, Caligula, Le Diable au Corps

1921 Gerard Thomas Victory, composer

1921 Gerard Victory, composer

1921 Gerard Debreu, France, economist, Nobel 1983

1920 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 Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon

1918 Gerard Souzay, Angers France, baritone, Le Nozze di Figaro

1918 Barry Morse, actor, Fugitive-Lt Philip Gerard, Winds of War

1916 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Ot and Sien), dies at 57

1915 Gerard McLarnon, actor/writer

1912 Wijnanda M C "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Reve Sr

1909 Gerard Croiset, Dutch paragnost

1905 Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/U.S. astronomer, moons of Uranus, Neptune

1904 Gerard Holt, Dutch architect

1903 Gerard "Ge" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/co-founder, NVSH

1902 Gerard[us M] Rutten, director, Miraculous Life of Willem Parel

1902 Gerard P M Knuvelder, Dutch literature historian, Vocation, Kitty

1901 Gerard Romsee, Flemish nationalist

1901 Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder, Club Mediterranee

1900 Gerard den Brabander, Jan G Jofriet, poet, Nothing New

1899 Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter

1899 Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69

1898 Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian

1898 Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer/journalist, Mary, Revolt in Congo

1898 Gerard Bertouille, composer

1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, born in Holland, aircraft pioneer, Spider

1889 Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54

1876 Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist, Prince William of Orange

1865 Gerard Vissering, Dutch banker and president, Bank of Java

1864 Gerard W. Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor, Groene Amsterdammer

1859 Gerard Brucken Fock, composer

1859 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator, Nog bij mother, Ot and Sien

1858 Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer, Philips

1855 Gerard de Nerval, Labrunie, French poet and writer, dies at 46

1851 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 Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87

1844 Gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet, Windhover

1837 Francois Gerard, French baron/painter, dies at 66

1829 Gerard Keller, writer, Netherlands Spectator

1808 Gerard De Nerval, French Novelist

1808 Gerard de Nerval, Labrunie, French poet and writer, Sylvia

1772 Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72

1760 Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer

1760 Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75

1758 Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75

1725 Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77

1722 Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80

1711 Gerard Lairesse, painter, buried

1700 Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist

1685 Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company

1683 Gerard van Loon, Dutch historian

1681 Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies

1675 Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, buried

1662 Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies

1656 Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65

1647 Gerard Noodt, Dutch lawyer

1642 Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral

1613 Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, Night School

1613 Gerard Reynst appointed Dutch Governor-General of East-Indies

1591 Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies

1590 Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter


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