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1997 French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages

1997 Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

1995 John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer, dies at 90

1995 Jacques Molicard, translator/Navigator, dies at 62

1995 Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar, dies at 85

1995 Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election

1995 Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64

1995 Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of Euro Committee

1994 Jacques Cesar Ellul, writer, dies at 82

1994 Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69

1993 Jacques Lemaire is named New Jersey Devils 8th Head Coach

1992 Jacques Pic, french restaurant owner, dies

1992 John van Dreelen, Jacques T van Drielen Gimberg, actor (Topaz), dies

1991 Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure

1991 Jacques Benoit, JJM Bayer, poet, dies

1991 Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title

1990 Raymond St. Jacques, actor/dir (Falcon Crest), dies of cancer at 60

1990 Jacques Soustelle, French ethnology/minister of Information, dies at 78

1989 Conrad Beck, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, dies at 88

1988 Jacques de Kadt, Dutch 2nd chamber member (soc-dem), dies at 90

1987 Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53

1986 Jacques Chirac forms French government

1982 Jacques Tatischeff, French actor and director (Parade), dies at 74

1982 Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52

1981 Jacques Lacan, French Psychologist

1980 Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56

1980 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate

1979 Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death

1978 Jacques Mornard, Ramon Mercader, murderer of Trotsky, dies at 64

1978 Jacques Brel, Belgian chansonnier, buried on Atuama, dies at 49

1977 Jacques Prevert, French poet (La puil et le beau), dies at 77

1977 Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century

1976 Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies

1976 Jacques Lucien Monod, French Scientist

1975 Jacques Kallis, cricketer, South African Test all-rounder vs. England 1995

1975 Jacques Stehman, composer, dies at 62

1973 Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer, dies at 77

1973 Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/U.S. art critic sculptor, dies at 81

1973 Jacques Lipchitz, U.S. cubist sculptor, dies at 81

1972 Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian, dies at 81

1972 Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist, dies at 63

1971 Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian Celebrity

1969 Jacques Landry, Saskatoon Saskatchawan, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1968 Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on U.S. network TV

1966 Jacques "Jacq" Koumans, soccer player, NAC

1965 Tammy Jacques, Auburn Maine, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1965 Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66

1964 Jacques Anquetil wins his 5th Tour de France

1963 Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97

1962 Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy

1962 Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71

1961 Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53

1960 Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramon Mercader), freed in Mexico

1960 Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54

1959 1st NHL goalie to wear a hockey mask (Jacques Plante)

1957 Jacques Fesch, French political assassin/saint?, beheaded at about 26

1956 Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record)

1955 Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69

1955 Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered

1954 Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS)

1953 Auguste/Jacques Piccard dives with bathosphere to 3150 m (record)

1953 Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies

1948 Jacques Feyder, actor and director (kermesse heroique), dies at 59

1948 Jacques Kloes, singer, Dizzy Man's Band

1947 Jacques Wallage, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Education

1947 Jacques Arnold, MP, Conservative

1947 M Jacques Fouroux, rugby player

1945 Jacques Ickx, Belgium, Le Mans auto race, 6-time winner

1944 Jacques Doillon director and writer, La Fille de Quinze Ans

1941 Jacques LaPerriere, NHL defensive Hall of Famer

1941 Jacques Perrin, Paris, France, actress, Cinema Paradiso, 317th Platoon

1939 Jacques Charlier, Belgian sculptor

1939 Jacobus M "Jacques" Hamelink, Dutch writer/poet, Cold Unrest

1938 Jacques Hetu, born in Trois-Rivieres Quebec, composer, Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1989, Officer of the Order of Canada, 2001

1938 Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81

1937 Jacques Santer, President, European Commission

1936 Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57

1935 Jacques d'Ancona, journalist/TV host, Sound-Mix Show

1935 Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), dies at 68

1934 Jacques d'Amboise, born in Dedham, Massachusetts, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Company

1934 Jacques Anquetil, France, Tour de France bicycle racer, 5-time winner

1933 Jacques Charpentier, composer

1933 Jacques van Egmond becomes world champion amateur cyclist

1933 Jacques Molicard, translator and navigator

1932 Jacques Chirac, French Statesman

1931 Jacques Demy, born in France, director, Lola, Magic Donkey

1930 Jacques Derrida, French Philosopher

1930 Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist

1930 Raymond St. Jacques, actor and director, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Mr. Moses

1929 Jacques Brel, Belgium, singer and actor

1929 Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Quebec, NHL goaltender, #1

1927 Jacques Bondon, composer

1927 Jacques Bergerac, France, actor, Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun

1927 Jacques Monod, composer

1926 Jacques Casterede, composer

1925 Jacques Sernas, born in Lithuania, actor, La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy

1925 Jacques Delors, French economist/chairman European Committee, 1985-95

1924 Anatole France, Jacques Thibault, writer (Ecrivain Francais), dies

1924 Jacques Oppenheim, lawyer, dies at 75

1924 Hattie Jacques, Kent England, actress, Carry on Doctor

1922 Jacques Piccard, born in Switzerland, undersea explorer, bathyscaph Trieste

1921 Jacques Vander Schueren, Belgium, minister of Economic Affairs

1919 Jacques Marin, Paris, actor, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

1915 Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician

1914 Jacques Mornard, Ramon Mercader, murderer, Trotsky

1913 Jacques Rabemananjara, Hungarian author/vice-president, Antsa

1912 Jacques Stehman, composer

1912 Jacques Soustelle, French minister of information

1912 Jacques Cesar Ellul, writer

1910 Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

1910 Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar

1910 Jacques Chailley, composer

1910 Jacques Monod, French biochemist

1910 Jacques Lucien Monod, French Scientist

1908 Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist

1908 Jacques Tatischeff, born in La Pecq, France, director, Traffic, Playtime

1908 Jacques Massu, French general, Algeria

1908 Jacques [Izaak] den Haan, Dutch writer, Dangerous Book

1908 Maurice, Jean Jacques, Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher

1907 Jacques Barzun, France, author, The House of Interlect

1906 Jacques Leguerney, composer

1906 Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Massachusetts, singer, Jacques Fray Music Room

1905 Jacques de Menasce, composer

1905 Jacques Goddot, French publisher, Tour de France

1905 John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer

1901 Jacques Perret, French journalist and writer, La caporal epingle

1901 Conrad Beck, born in Lohn, Switzerland, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, composed concertos, symphonies, oratorio, elegy, instrumental, vocal music, and one ballet

1901 Jacques Lacan, French Psychologist

1900 Jacques Prevert, France, poet/screenwriter, Paroles

1899 Jacques Audiberti, French poet, Race of Men

1897 Jacques de Kadt, Dutch politician/writer, Fascism is War!

1896 Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer

1891 Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/U.S. painter/cubist sculptor

1891 Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian

1890 Jacques Ibert, born in Paris, France, composer, Escales

1888 Jacques Feyder, Frederix, Belg/French actor and director, Anna Christie

1886 Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, Der Toncharakter

1884 Jacques Chardonne, Boutelleau, French writer, l'Epithalame

1882 Jacques Maritain, France, Catholic philosopher, exponent of St. Thomas

1881 Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22

1881 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris

1880 Jacques Offenbach, German/French composer (La belle Helene), dies at 61

1880 Jacques Thibaud, Bordeaux France, violinist, Cafe Rogue

1879 Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist

1876 Jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59

1872 Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 78

1868 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant," premieres in New York City

1867 Jacques Urlus, Dutch tenor, Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth

1865 Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician, Taylor series

1864 Jacques Francois Gallay, composer, dies at 68

1859 Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet, Iris, Wood Song

1858 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Orphee aux Enfers," premieres in Paris

1851 Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, French Artist

1849 Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer, dies at 73

1849 Jacques Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer

1829 Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1819 Jacques Offenbach, born in Cologne, French composer, Tales of Hoffmann

1817 Jacques Gregoir, composer

1813 Jacques Delille, French Poet

1806 Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies

1804 Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies

1795 Jacques Francois Gallay, composer

1794 Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary

1794 Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician and astronomer

1793 Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist, dies in battle at 44

1789 Jacques Duphly, composer, dies at 74

1788 Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance

1788 Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61

1787 Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, French Artist

1786 Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blanc

1784 Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies

1783 Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight

1778 Jean Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

1775 Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer

1762 Jacques Hotteterre, composer, dies at 87

1759 Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary

1759 Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader

1756 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79

1748 Jacques D "comte" Cassini, French astronomer

1745 Jacques Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, 1st pioneer balloonist

1738 Jacques Delille, French Poet

1727 Jacques Abbadie, French theologist, dies at about 73

1726 Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver

1723 Jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70

1715 Jacques Duphly, composer

1713 French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao

1712 French hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast

1712 Jean Jacques Rousseau, born in France, composer/social contractor, Confession

1708 Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51

1704 Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman

1677 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer, rings of Saturn

1675 Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37

1674 Jacques Hotteterre, composer

1673 Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi

1660 Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70

1657 Jacques Danican Philidor, composer

1653 Jacques Basnage, French/Netherlands historian/vicar

1652 Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39

1637 Jacques Marquette, jesuit/missionary founder, Chicago

1635 Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42

1629 Jacques Specx appointed governor-general of Dutch-Indies

1627 Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman

1627 Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69

1616 Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31

1616 Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer

1616 Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver

1615 Jacques Le Maire sail to Zuidland/Terra Australis

1613 Jacques Huyn, composer

1593 Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79

1590 Cujacius, Jacques Cujas, French lawyer, dies at about 68

1589 Murder attempt by monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III

1589 Jacques Clement, French monk (Henri III), dies

1573 Jacques Bonfrere, Dutch bible expert

1559 Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed

1557 Jacques Mauduit, composer

1557 Jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown)

1557 Jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65

1536 French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada

1535 Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal (Montreal)

1535 French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Hochelaga (Montreal)

1534 Jacques Cartier, lands in Canada, claims it for France

1534 Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada

1534 Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St. Lawrence River

1534 French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland

1517 Jacques Peletier, du Mans, French poet/scientist

1513 Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne

1456 Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle

1453 French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated

1362 Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle

1342 Benedict XII, Jacques Fournier, Pope (1334-42), dies

1334 John XXII, Jacques Dueze, Pope (316-34), dies

1314 Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies

1302 Jacques de Chatillon, count of Saint-Pol/Governor of Flaanders, dies

1264 Urbanus IV, Jacques Pantaleon, French Pope (1261-64), dies

1261 Jacques Pantaleon elected as Pope Urban IV


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