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2008 Isaac Hayes, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, of a stroke, at 65

2001 Isaac Stern, violinist, dies at 81

1993 Isaac Rojas, Vice President of Argentina (1955-58), dies

1992 Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72

1991 Isaac B Singer, Polish/U.S. writer (Yentl, Nobel 1978), dies at 87

1991 Isaac Bashevis Singer, American Novelist

1988 Isidor Isaac Rabi, nuclear physicist (Nobel Prize-1944), dies at 89

1980 Isaac Hanson, vocalist, Hansons-Do Wah

1980 [Clarke] Isaac Hanson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, singer, Hansons-MMMMbop

1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer wins Nobel Prize for literature

1974 Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated

1972 Isaac Bruce, NFL wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams

1972 Isaac Davis, NFL guard for the San Diego Chargers

1970 Pendleton, Ford and Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac," premieres in New York City

1969 Isaac Austin, NBA center for the Miami Heat

1967 Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope

1967 Isaac Deutscher, Polish/English historian (Stalin-biography), dies at 60

1966 Isaac Keesing, Dutch founder (System Keesing), dies at 80

1961 Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

1959 Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel (1936-59), dies at 71

1952 Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies

1950 Isaac Curtis, NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals

1950 Willie Hall, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rocker, drummer, played with Isaac Hayes' The Movement, member of The Bo-Keys

1942 Isaac Hayes, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, Academy-Award winner

1940 Isaac Babel, Russian Journalist

1935 Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh), dies

1932 Isaac "Redd" Holt, U.S. drummer, Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd

1930 Jerome Isaac Friedman, American Physicist

1920 Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist, dies at 86

1920 Isaac Stern, born in Kreminiecz, Russia, violinist, debut San Francisco Symph

1920 Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer, I Robot, Foundation Trilogy

1918 Isaac Rosenberg, English Poet

1916 Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education

1909 Isaac M F Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, dies at 48

1907 Isaac Deutscher, Polish/English historian, Stalin/Trotsky biography

1904 Isaac Bashevis Singer, born in Poland, Yiddish novelist, Enemies-Nobel 1978

1904 Maurits Wertheim, Dutch writer, Isaac De Fuentes

1902 Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79

1902 Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch Prime Minister 1866, dies

1900 Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80

1898 Isidor Isaac Rabi, Poland, physicist, explored atom, Nobel 1944

1896 Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35

1896 Isaac Albeniz' opera "Pepita Jiminez," premieres in Barcelona

1894 Isaac Babel, Russian Journalist

1894 Isaac M Kolthoff, chemist, Massenanalyse

1891 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52

1890 Isaac Rosenberg, English Poet

1890 16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45

1888 Isaac Strauss, composer, dies at 82

1887 13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39

1886 Isaac Keesing, Dutch publisher/founder, System Keesing

1884 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40

1880 Isaac M "Isaac A" Cremieux, French minister of Justice, dies at 83

1879 Isaac Butt, Irish Politician

1875 Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63

1862 Isaac Peace Rodman, banker/Union Brigadier-General, dies of injury at about 40

1862 Isaac Ingalls Stevens, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 44

1861 Isaac Murphy, U.S. jockey, won 628 races

1860 Isaac [Manuel F] Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, Iberia

1860 Isaac da Costa, poet and writer (Reveil, Wachter!), dies at 62

1855 Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor

1851 Isaac Singer patents sewing machine

1850 Isaac L. Rice, Germany, namesake of Columbia University's Rice stadium

1839 Isaac Kauffman Funk, U.S., publisher, Funk and Wagnalls

1837 Isaac Pitman introduces his steno system

1834 Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist

1834 Isaac Fischer, Jr. patents sandpaper

1834 Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer, Jr., Springfield, Vermont

1827 Isaac Munroe St. John, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1827 Isaac Wistar, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1824 Isaac Hardin Duval, Major General Union volunteers

1822 Isaac D Fransen van de Putte, Dutch premier, 1866

1821 Isaac Ferdinand Quinby, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1819 Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi and founder American Hebrew Congregations

1818 Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Major General Union volunteers

1816 Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, General Union volunteers

1813 Isaac Butt, Irish Politician

1813 Isaac Pitman, Britain, inventor, stenographic shorthand

1812 Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle

1806 Isaac Strauss, composer

1806 Isaac Quintard patents apple cider

1802 Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General Confederate Army

1799 Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings

1798 Isaac da Costa, Dutch writer/lawyer

1796 Isaac M "Isaac A" Cremieux, French lawyer/minister of Justice

1793 Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44

1791 Isaac Low, American Businessman

1787 Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies

1748 Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist

1735 Isaac Low, American Businessman

1727 Isaac Newton, English Mathematician

1705 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College

1697 Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night

1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter, Isaac's Sacrifice

1691 Isaac de Benserade, French Poet

1689 Isaacus Vossius, Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies

1687 Isaac Newton's 'Principia' published by Royal Society in England

1674 Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist, Horae Lyrican

1673 Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51

1672 Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London

1668 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge

1661 Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge

1660 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45

1651 Isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55

1649 Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried

1649 Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered

1643 Isaac Newton, born in Grantham, England, physicist, mathematician, and astronomer

1624 Isaac Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66

1622 Isaac Sweers, Dutch Admiral/general/Civil rights activist

1617 Isaac Oliver, miniature painter, dies

1615 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter, Isaac blesses Jacob

1613 Isaac de Benserade, French Poet

1605 Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Netherlands rabbi/mystic

1596 Isaac Elsevier, book publisher

1559 Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian

1208 Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies


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