1993 Death Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator/interpreter, dies at 72 1991 Death Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered 1986 Death John Ciardi, U.S. poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at 69 1985 Death Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67 1968 Death [Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/interpreter, dies at 57 1953 Death Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at 58 1943 Birthday [Gerardus] Bob van Toll, actor/interpreter/director, Pastorale 1943 1939 Birthday Max Neuhaus, born in Beaumont, Texas, composer, percussionist, avant-garde, experimental genres, interpreter of contemporary music, sound art pioneer, designed sound generation and projection systems 1936 Birthday Manfred Schoof, born in Madgeburg, Germany, composer, founder, European free jazz, professor in Cologne, interpreter of works by Bernd Alouis Zimmermann 1933 Birthday Earnest P van Altena, author/interpreter, Chansons van Earnest 1931 Birthday Thomas K "Tom" van Brook, actor/interpreter, Soldier of Orange 1929 Birthday Gerd Zacher, born in Meppen, Germany, composer, organist, writer, contemporary compositions, written in graphic or verbal scores, include extended techniques, known as interpreter of works by Johann Sebastian Bach 1918 Birthday Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter 1917 Birthday Dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter, M Nijhoff Prize 1958 1909 Death Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, dies at 53 1898 Birthday Juan J Domenchina, Spanish poet/interpreter, sombra desterrada 1894 Birthday Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic, spelling 1888 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter" 1856 Birthday Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, Laodania 1856 Birthday Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, Laodania 1853 Death Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75 1845 Death August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77 1825 Death Paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53 1812 Death Sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis and Clark, dies 1805 Death Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter, dies at 73 1791 Birthday Vaclav Hanka, Czechoslovakian author/interpreter/forger 1777 Birthday Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter, El dos the mayo 1772 Birthday Paul-Louis Courier, de Mere, French writer/interpreter 1731 Birthday Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter 1731 Birthday Ramon de la Cruz, Spanish playwright/interpreter 1715 Death Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 1656 Death Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies 1646 Birthday Antoine Galland, French orientalist and interpreter 1634 Death George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies