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Hugo


2006 Hugo Chavez, leftist dictator, is re-elected President of Venezuela

1996 Hugo Buchthal, art historian, dies at 87

1996 Hugo Gabriel Gryn, rabbi, dies at 66

1995 Hugo Pratt, graphic artist, dies at 68

1995 Hugo Cole, musician/critic, dies at 77

1990 Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Jes priest/apprentice Zen teacher, dies at 92

1990 Ludi Claire Hugo, entertainer, dies at 70

1989 Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico

1989 Hurricane Hugo, kills 85 in Charleston SC

1989 Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62

1988 Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83

1985 Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67

1981 Hugo Freidhofer, composer, dies at 80

1978 Bolivia milt coup under general Juan Pereda, President Hugo Banzer flees

1978 Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73

1974 Chad Hugo, American Musician

1973 Hugo Winterhalter, composer, dies at 63

1973 Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer, dies at 68

1972 Hugo Kauder, composer, dies at 84

1972 Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69

1971 Hugo Godron, composer, dies at 71

1971 William H Rehnquist and Lewis F Powell nominated to U.S. Supreme Court by Nixon, following resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan

1971 Hugo Black, American Judge

1971 Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out

1969 Hugo Pfister, composer, dies at 55

1968 Hugo Haas, actor and director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66

1964 Princess Irene marries Spanish prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma

1960 Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88

1960 Hugo Weaving, Nigerian Actor

1954 Hugo Chavez, Statesman

1954 Lawrence Watt-Evans, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Sword of Bheleu

1951 Hugo Leichtentritt, composer, dies at 77

1951 Timothy Zahn, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Cobra Strike

1951 Orson Scott Card, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Ender's War

1951 Hugo Yarnold stumps 6 at Dundee, Worcester vs. Scotland

1950 David Brin, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Sundiver, Postman

1948 Spider Robinson, Canada, sci-fi author, 3 Hugo, Callahan's Secret

1947 Octavia E[stelle] Butler, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Wild Seed

1947 Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72

1944 Hugo Dittberner, writer

1943 Joe [William] Haldeman, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Worlds Apart

1942 Hugo Distler, composer, dies at 34

1942 C[arolyn] J[anice] Cherry, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Faded Sun Trilogy

1941 Hugo Loudon, president-director (Royal Oil), dies at 81

1938 Mickie Finn, born in Hugo, Oklahoma, TV hostess/banjo player, Mickie Finn's

1937 Joanna Russ, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Female Man, Alyx

1935 Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch essayist/mathematician

1935 Hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87

1935 Robert Silverberg, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Regan's Planet

1934 Bill Moyers, born in Hugo, Oklahoma, news commentator, Bill Moyers' Journal

1932 Hugo Kaun, composer, dies at 69

1930 Hugo Gabriel Gryn, rabbi

1929 Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, playwright and poet, dies

1929 Hugo Raes, Flemish writer, Horses Jump and Fresh Sea

1929 Hugo Claus, Flemish writer and director, Cool Lover, Sugar

1928 Kat[i]e [Gertrude] Wilhelm, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Hamlet Trap

1927 Hugo Schiltz, Flemish politician

1927 Hugo Pratt, graphic artist

1923 Avram Davidson, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Peregrine: Primus, Rork!

1923 Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Der Unbestechliche," premieres in Vienna

1923 Walter M[ichael] Miller, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, View from Stars

1922 Hugo Verriest, Flemish writer/poet (Flemish Motion), dies

1921 James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Star Trek Reader

1919 Frederik Pohl, U.S., sci-fi author, 3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl

1919 Hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56

1919 Richard Strauss and Hugo van Hofmannsthals premieres in Vienna

1917 Hugo Cole, composer

1917 Hugo Yarnold, cricketer, Worcestershire keeper and Test umpire

1917 Robert [Albert] Bloch, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Psycho

1916 Jack Vance, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugo, Dirdir, Pnume

1914 Hugo Pfister, composer

1913 Hugo Pos, Suriname/Neth WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo

1912 Hugo David Weisgall, Ivancice Moravia, composer, 4 Impressions

1910 Hugo Winterhalter, composer

1909 Hugo Buchthal, art historian

1909 Mauritz Hugo, Sweden, actor, Atomic Blonde, Road Agent

1908 Hugo Distler, composer

1905 Eric Frank Russell, UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides

1904 Clifford D[onald] Simak, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Empire, Way Station

1904 Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer

1903 Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Austrian composer (Corregidor), dies at 42

1902 Hugo Huppert, writer

1902 Hugo Friedhofer, composer

1902 Hugo Haas, Brno Czechoslovakia, actor and director, 2 Smart People

1900 Hugo Godron, composer

1900 Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics

1899 Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer, dies at 78

1898 Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Germany, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher

1888 Hugo Kauder, composer

1886 Hugo L. Black, Ala, Sen-D-Ala, /78th Supreme Court justice, 1937-71

1886 Hugo Black, American Judge

1886 Hugo Ball, German playwright/co-founder Flametti

1885 Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83

1885 Victor Hugo, French Author

1884 Hugo Gernsback, sci-fi writer, 1960 Hugo

1879 Hugo W. C. Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer

1875 Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer

1874 Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist

1874 Hugo Leichtentritt, composer

1873 Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57

1872 Hugo Alfven, Stockholm Sweden, composer, Midsommarvaka

1870 Saki, [Hector Hugo Munro], Burma, author, Reginald, When William Came

1863 Hugo Haase, German SPD-German parliament/revolutionary

1863 Hugo Kaun, composer

1860 Hugo Loudon, CEO, Royal Dutch Oil [Shell]

1860 Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, born in Windisch-Graz, Austria, composer

1848 Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist, How species emerge

1840 Hugo Verriest, Flemish author and poet, Flemish Movement

1838 Victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas," premieres in Paris

1830 Victor Hugo's "Hernani" premieres in Paris

1825 Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer, dies at 34

1821 Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer

1815 Henry Hugo Pierson, composer

1812 Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61

1802 Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer, dies at 53

1802 Victor Hugo, born in France, author, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables

1791 Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer

1749 Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer

1645 Hugo Grotius, Dutch Theologian

1621 Hugo the Great arrives in France

1621 Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Netherlands

1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison

1583 Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law

1538 Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79

1263 Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies

1229 Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies

1214 Huguccio/Hugo van Pisa, Italian bishop, dies

1164 Hugo of Fosses/Premontre, abbott of Premontre, dies

1164 Hugo van Fosses/Premontre, abbott of Premontre, dies

1141 Hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies

1109 Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies

996 Hugo Capet, king of France (987-96), dies at 58

987 French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king

987 Hugo Capet crowned king of France

956 Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies

956 Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55

947 Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies



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