2004 Death Bob Bemer, Pioneering geek, ", helped to develop the ASCII character set, COBOL and the ESC sequence, ", dies at 84 2002 Death Edsger Dijkstra, programmer, helped to vanquish the GOTO statement in programming, dies at 72 2001 Death Emilie Schindler, humanitarian, ", helped save 1,000 Jews during WWII, ", dies at 93 1999 Death Clifton Fadiman, "writer, host", helped to start the Book-of-the-mon Club, dies at 95 1996 Death Veronica Guerin, born in Ireland, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau, received death threats, murdered, by drug dealers, dies at 36 1993 Death W Edwards Deming, U.S. economist (helped Japan after WW II), dies at 93 1993 Death Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87 1979 Death Ali Hassan Salameh, Abu Hassan, killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes 1965 Birthday Guy Forget, born in Casablanca, Morocco, professional tennis player, helped France with the 1991 and 1996 Davis Cup, served as France's Favid Cup team captain 1959 Birthday Veronica Guerin,, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau 1950 Birthday Julius Irving, born in Roosevelt, New York, basketball, helped legitimize the now-defunct American Basketball Association (ABA), inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame 1949 Birthday Mike Batt, born in Southampton, England, singer, composer, arranger, producer, helped created ecologically sensitive fictional creatures, The Wombles, wrote hit 'Bright Eyes' 1932 Birthday Alexander Kluge, born in Halberstadt, Germany, film director, author, work 'Butalitat im Stein' or 'Brutality in Stone', helped launch New German Cinema 1918 Birthday Eddy Arnold, born in Tennessee, best-selling, longest-running, country music singer, helped create Nashville sound 1884 Birthday Otto Bohm, born in Prussia, scientist, helped create England Radar 1862 Birthday Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds 1840 Birthday Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii 1793 Birthday Johann Lukas Schonlein, helped establish scientific medicine 1785 Death Haym Salomon, dies in Philadelphia at 44, helped finance the revolution 1494 Birthday Johan Friis, chancellor, Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism
