2014 Event Former Haitian leader Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies of a heart attack at age 63; known for an oppressive regime, he fled the country in 1986 but returned in 2011, pleading not guilty to charges of corruption and human rights violations 2012 Event French comic artist Jean Giraud, creator of 'Blueberry' and numerous influential science-fiction comics, dies at 73 2010 Event The musician Wyclef Jean confirms his intention to run for the presidency in Haiti 2010 Event Jean Leonard Rugambage, a Rwandan journalist, is shot dead in front of his home in Kigali; the exiled chief editor of Umuvugizi believes the government is responsible 2007 Death Jean Balissat, composer, professor of composition and orchestration, University of Geneva, dies in Corcelles-le-Jorat, Switzerland 2007 Death Jean Baudrillard, dies at 77 2005 Death Jean O'Leary, American Activist 2003 Death Jean Kerr, writer, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, dies at 79 2002 Death Jean Berger, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, dies at 91 2000 Death Jean Peters, actress, dies at 73 2000 Death Jean Speegle Howard, actress, Cocoon, dies at 73 1999 Death Jean Shepherd, writer/radio artist, ", In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, ", dies at 78 1999 Death Jean Vander Pyl, cartoon voice, The Flintstones, dies at 78 1997 Death Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy), dies of a heart attack at 79 1997 Death Jean Writer-Edern Hallier, dies at 60 1996 Death Jean Gimpel, author/iconoclast, dies at 77 1996 Death Jean Sinclair, teacher/campaigner, dies at 88 1996 Death Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87 1996 Death Jean Burroughs, educationalist, dies at 67 1996 Death Jean Writer-Pierre Herve Bazin, dies at 84 1995 Death Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker, dies at 66 1995 Death Jean Muir, (Dress Queen), British model, dies at 66 1995 Death Jean Tardieu, author, dies at 91 1994 Death Jean Daste, French actor (Zero de Conduite, L'Atalante), dies at 90 1994 Death Jean Borotra, Flying Basque, French tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95 1994 Death Jean Gattegno, translator/scholar, dies at 58 1994 Death Jean Carmet, French actor (Merci la Vie, Le Sucre), dies at 72 1994 Death Jean Carmet, dies at 72 1994 Death Jean Sablon, crooner, dies at 87 1993 Event Actress Loretta Young, 80, weds costume designer Jean Louis, 85 1993 Death Jean King, actress (Night Hasa a Thousand Eyes), dies at 76 1993 Death Jean Negulesco, film director and screenwriter dies at 93 1993 Death Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch Prime Minister, social democrat, 1965 - 1969, dies 1993 Death Jean Lecanuet, French UDF-presidential candidate, dies at 72 1993 Event Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a 1992 Event Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr. killer) clemency 1992 Death Jean Daskalides, Belgian chocolate factory, dies at 70 1992 Death Jean Poiret, French actor and writer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 65 1992 Death Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at 83 1991 Death Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter), suicide at 33 1991 Event Reverend Jean Betrand Aristide ousted as president of Haiti 1991 Death Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (moving objects), dies 1991 Death Jean Arthur [Gladys Greene], U.S. actress (Shane), dies 1991 Death Vercors, Jean Bruller, French writer (Silence of Mer), dies 1991 Death Jean van Houte, Belgian premier, dies 1991 Death Jean Van Joutte, Prime Minister of Belgium 1952 - 1954, dies 1991 Death Jean Langlais, composer, dies at 84 1991 Death Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at 74 1990 Death Jean Paige, actress (Captain Blood, Black Beauty), dies 1990 Birthday Liberty Irene Kasem, daughter of Casey and Jean Kasam 1990 Death Jean Blazer Baney, entertainer, dies 1990 Death Jean Wallace, Walasek, actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at 66 1988 Death Jean Le Poulain, actor (Divine), dies at 63 1987 Death Jean Helion, artist/author (Museum of Living Art), dies at 83 1987 Death Jean Anouilh, French playwright (Ball of the Voleurs), dies at 77 1987 Event For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ 1986 Death Jean Genet, French criminal/novelist/dramatist, dies at 75 1986 Death Jean Genat, French, playwright (Lesson Negres), dies at 75 1986 Death Jean Mogin, Belgian poet, dies at 64 1985 Death Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies 1985 Death Jean Dubuffet, French Artist 1983 Death Jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies 1982 Death Jean J A Girault, French director (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies at 58 1982 Death Jean Wiener, French composer (Olive chez les negres), dies at 86 1982 Death Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer, dies 1982 Death Celia Johnson, British actress (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at 73 1981 Event Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett 1981 Event Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr 1981 Event Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower 1981 Death Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies 1980 Event CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jean ad featuring Brooke Shields 1980 Death Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist/theory/educator, dies at 84 1980 Event Ensign Jean Marie Butler is 1st woman to graduate from U.S. service acad 1980 Death Dee Carroll, Betty Jean Marsh, actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies 1980 Death Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris 1979 Death Jean Seberg, actress (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40 1979 Death Jean Stafford, U.S. author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63 1979 Death Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90 1979 Death Jean Renoir, French writer and director 'Human Beast', 'Rules of the Game', dies at 84 1978 Death Jean Amery, Johannes Mayer, Austr writer (Mind's Limits), dies at 65 1978 Event AL approves transfer of Red Sox to Jean Yawkey for $15M 1977 Death Jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54 1977 Event 109th Belmont: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 2:29.6 1977 Event 103rd Preakness: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 1:54.4 1977 Event 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2 1977 Event Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point 1976 Death Jean Gabin, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 72 1976 Death Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84 1976 Birthday Lisa Jean Costantino, Miss USA-Vermont 1997 1976 Death Jean Paul Getty, U.S. oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 1976 Death Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66 1976 Death Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Every Man is My Enemy), dies at 65 1975 Event 82nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (60 61) 1975 Event 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh 1975 Death Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65 1975 Death Jean Del Val, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), dies at 83 1975 Death Jean Kurt Forest, composer, dies at 65 1974 Birthday Jean Lavertue, born in Montreal, Quebec, weightlifter 1996 Olympics 1974 Death Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Benedictions), dies at 80 1973 Event Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match 1973 Death Jean Barraque, French composer, dies at 45 1973 Birthday Jean Francois Bergeron, born in St. Jerome, Quebec, boxer 1996 Olympics 1973 Event 80th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats C Evert, 60 75 1973 Event 1st all - U.S. women's Wimbledon, Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert 1973 Event Jean Kerrs "Finishing Touches," premieres in New York City 1972 Birthday Wyclef Jean, American Musician 1972 Birthday Jean Foster, Columbus Georgia, 3x20 rifle 1996 Olympics 1972 Event 86th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats K Melville (63 75) 1972 Event Gordie Howe and Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame 1972 Event Jean Westwood is 1st woman chosen to head Democratic National Committee 1972 Event 79th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (63 63) 1972 Birthday Jean Francois Labbe, Sherbrooke, NHL goalie for the Colorado Avalanche 1972 Event 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton 1971 Event Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000 1971 Event 85th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Rosemary Casals (64 76) 1971 Event 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman and Jean Stapleton 1970 Death Jean Giono, writer, dies 1970 Death Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75 1970 Birthday Mira Sorvino, born in Tenafly, New Jersey, actress, Quiz Show, Norma Jean and Marilyn 1970 Birthday Rachel Jean Marteen, born in Atlanta, Georgia, playmate, Aug, 1995 1969 Birthday Carrie Jean Yazel, Huntington Beach California, playmate, May, 1991 1969 Birthday P. J. Harvey, also known as Polly Jean Harvey, British Musician 1969 Birthday Domingo Jean, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros 1968 Event Chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler 1968 Death Jean Schlumberger, French writer (Passions), dies 1968 Event 82nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats Billie Jean King (64 64) 1968 Event 1st U.S. Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr. Vija Vuskains) 1968 Event Jarry Park is approved by Mayor Jean Drapeau for interim use by Expos 1968 Event 75th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats J Tegart (97 75) 1968 Birthday Jean Charest, Canadian Lawyer 1968 Event Jean Beliveau (Mont) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 pts 1968 Event Jay Allen's "Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," premieres in New York City 1968 Birthday Jean Zedlitz, born in Stockton, California, LPGA golfer, 1994 Children's Med-14th 1968 Death Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 1967 Event 81st U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats Ann H Jones (119 64) 1967 Birthday Lorraine Pearson, born in Romfod, United Kingdom, born Lorraine Samantha Jean Pearson, singer, rocker, writer, member of pop group Five Star, published novel 'Her, Me and Reality", 1989 1967 Event 74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64) 1967 Event Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme 1967 Birthday Jean Bartholomew, Queens, New York, LPGA golfer, 1989 Duke U Champ 1966 Death Jean Peugeot, French auto manufacturer, dies 1966 Death Jean Arp, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich, dies in Basel, Switzerland at age 79 1965 Event 79th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats Billie Jean King (86 75) 1964 Event Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1964 Birthday Jean Alesi, French Celebrity 1964 Death Jean Rogister, composer, dies at 84 1963 Birthday Helen Slater, New York City, actress, Supergirl, Billie Jean, Ruthless People 1963 Death Jean Cocteau, French author (La Voie Humaine), dies at 73 1963 Death Jean Canneel, Flemish sculptor, dies at 73 1963 Birthday Pamela Jean Stein, born in Syracuse, New York, playmate, Nov, 1987 1963 Death Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday 1961 Birthday Jean Sagal, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kate-Double Trouble, Grease 2 1961 Death Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 1961 Event Jean Kerr's "Mary, Mary," premieres in New York City 1961 Birthday Keith Gordon, New York City, actor, Dressed to Kill, Legend of Billie Jean 1960 Birthday Jean Claude Van Damme, Belgian Actor 1960 Event Jean Genets "Le Balcon," premieres in Paris 1960 Death Jean Binet, composer, dies at 66 1960 Death Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54 1959 Event Jean Genet's "Les Nigres," premieres in Paris 1959 Birthday Jean Smart, born in Seattle, Washington actress, Charlene-Designing Women 1959 Death Jean Gallon, composer, dies at 80 1959 Birthday Pamela Jean Bryant, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, playmate, April, 1978 1958 Death Jean Poveigh, composer, dies at 82 1957 Death Jean Julius Christian Sibelius, Fin composer (Finlandia), dies at 91 1956 Death Jean Hersholt, actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69 1955 Event Mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds) 1955 Death Jean de Merode, Marie-Louise Courtenay, Belgian princess, dies at 81 1955 Birthday Jean Marie Hon, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Jane-Man From Atlantis 1954 Death Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer, dies at 81 1954 Event Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB 1953 Death Jean Adair, dies at 80 1953 Death Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56 1952 Birthday Gloria Jean Watkins, born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, born Gloria Jean Watkins, author, feminist, focus on race, class, gender, wrote, 'Ain't I a Woman? : Black Women and Feminism' 1952 Birthday Jean Paul Gaultier, born in Arceuil, France, fashion designer, host of television series, 'Eurotrash', clothing line for Hermes 1952 Death Jean JM de Lattre de Tassigny, General (N-Africa/Indo-China), dies at 61 1952 Event Jean Anouilh's "La valse des toreadors," premieres in Paris 1951 Birthday Jean Claude Duvalier, Haitian Statesman 1951 Birthday Norma Jean Almodovar, Binghampton, auto-biographer, Cop to Call Girl 1950 Event Jean Anouilh's "La Repetition, ou L'Amour Pani," premieres in Paris 1950 Event General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist 1950 Birthday Donna Jean Willmott, born in Akron, Ohio, FALN member, FBI most wanted 1950 Event Jean Duvieusart becomes Belgian premier 1950 Birthday David Lynn Jones, Bexar, Arkansas, country singer, Bonnie Jean 1949 Birthday Jean Potvin, born in Ottawa, Ontario, hockey player, National Hockey League, played defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers 1949 Death Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83 1948 Birthday Jean Reno, born in Casablanca, Morocco, Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jimenez, actor, films include 'The Pink Panther', 'The DaVinci Code', 'Ronin' 1948 Birthday Jean O'Leary, American Activist 1946 Death Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies 1946 Birthday Kathryn Jean Whitmire, Houston Texas, 4 time Mayor-Houston 1946 Birthday Jean LeClerc, actor, Jeremy Hunter-All My Children 1945 Event Jean Giraudoux' "La Folle de Chaillot," premieres in Paris 1945 Birthday Jean Nouvel, French Architect 1945 Birthday Oliver, rock vocalist, Good Morning Starshine, Jean 1944 Birthday Jean Terrell, Texas, rocker, Supremes 1944 Death Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer, dies at 68 1944 Event Jean Anouilh's "Antigone," premieres in Paris 1944 Death Jean Giraudoux, French Dramatist 1943 Birthday Billie Jean King, born in Long Beach, California, tennis pro 1943 Birthday Billie Jean King, Cal, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1968, 72, 73, 75 1943 Birthday Howard Gardner, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, psychologist, invented theory of multiple intelligences, influenced by Jerome Bruner, Nelson Goodman, Jean Piaget, MacArthur Prize Fellowship, 1981 1943 Death Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed 1943 Birthday Jean Knight, U.S. singer, Mr Big Stuff 1943 Death Jean du Bela, singer and actor (Sobibor), dies at 39 1943 Event French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris 1943 Birthday Jean Knight, vocalist, Mr Big Stuff 1942 Death Jean LXF Darlan, French admiral, murdered by gaullists 1942 Death Jean Gilbert, Max Winterfield, German composer, dies at 63 1942 Birthday Jean Shrimpton, British model/actress, Privilege 1942 Death Jean Van Royen, Secretary-General of Concentration Camp Amersfoort, dies at 63 1942 Death Jean F van Royen, German secretary PTT (camp Amersfoort), dies 1941 Death Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 1940 Birthday Jean Ratelle, NHL center, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins 1939 Event Jean Genets "Ondine," premieres in Paris 1938 Birthday Jean Seberg, Marshaltown Iowa, actress, Breathless, Paint Your Wagon 1938 Event Jean Anouilh's "La Sauvage," premieres in Paris 1937 Death Jean Harlow, actress 'Bombshell', dies from gallbladder infection at 26 1937 Event General Douglas MacArthur marries Jean Faircloth 1937 Event Jean Anouilh's "Le Voyageur Sans Baggage," premieres in Paris 1936 Birthday Jean Balissat, born in Lausanne, Switzerland, composer, professor of composition and orchestration, University of Geneva 1936 Birthday Jean Boht, actress, Arthur's Hallowed Ground 1936 Birthday Jean M. Auel, American Writer 1935 Event Jean Giraudoux' "La Guerre de Troie n'Aura," premieres in Paris 1935 Birthday Jean Gattegno, translator/scholar 1935 Event Jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris 1935 Birthday Hubert Fichte, born in Germany, writer, columnist for magazine konkret, novelist, influenced by Marcel Proust, Hans henny Jahnn, Jean Genet, wrote novel Die Geschichte der Empfindlichkeit, translated as the history of sensibility 1934 Event Jean Piccard and Jeanette Ridlen attain balloon height of 17.341 m (rec) 1934 Death Jean Vigo, French filmer, dies 1934 Birthday Jean Marsh, born in London, England, actress, Dark Places, Eagle has Landed 1934 Birthday Jean Chretien, Canada PM, Lib, 1993- 1933 Birthday Jean Shepard, Pauls Valley Oklahoma, country singer, Ozark Jubilee 1933 Birthday Zoe Caldwell, Australia, actress, Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1933 Birthday Jean Boiteux, born in France, 400m freestyle swimmer 1952 Olympics gold 1933 Birthday Jean Wicki, born in Switzerland, 4-man bobsled, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1933 Event Jean Genet's "Intermezzo," premieres in Paris 1932 Death Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer, dies at 53 1932 Death Paul Bern, husband of Jean Harlow, dies 1932 Event Jean Anouilh's "L'Ermine," premieres in Paris 1931 Event Jean Genet's "Judith," premieres in Paris 1931 Birthday Jean Marc Beliveau, NHL center, Montreal Canadiens, 10 Stanley Cups 1931 Birthday Jean Burroughs, educationalist 1931 Death Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer], French writer (La fille perdue), dies 1929 Event Jean Giraudoux' "Amphitryon '38," premieres in Paris 1929 Birthday Jean Baudrillard, born in France, cultural theorist, philosopher, photographer, known for his concept of hyper-reality 1929 Birthday Jean Shepherd, humorist, Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969 1928 Birthday Jean Vanier, Swiss Clergyman 1928 Birthday Jean R Adams, entomologist 1928 Birthday Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker 1928 Birthday Jean Villain, writer 1928 Death Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69 1928 Birthday Jean Barraque, French composer 1927 Birthday Gloria Jean, born in Buffalo, New York, actress, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break 1926 Death Jean Richepin, French poet and writer (Contes sans morale), dies at 77 1926 Birthday Jean Peters, born in Canton, Ohio, actress, Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters 1926 Event 46th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats Jean Borotra (64 60 64) 1926 Event Jean Rene Lacoste wins U.S. Tennis Open 1926 Birthday Jean Poiret, French actor and writer, Le Dernier Metro 1926 Birthday Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jean Mortenson, Louisiana, actress, Some Like It Hot 1926 Event 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 7th Symphony in C 1926 Birthday Jean Alexander, English Actress 1926 Birthday Jean Simmons, born in London, England, actress, Thorn Birds, Guys and Dolls 1925 Birthday Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist, movement objects 1924 Birthday Jean Le Poulain, Marseille, France, actor, Divine 1924 Birthday Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter, l'Amour 1924 Birthday Jean Francois Revel, French journalist/author, Ni Marx ni Jesus 1923 Birthday Jean Nidetch, born in Brooklyn, nutritionist founder, Weight Watchers 1923 Birthday Jean Kerr, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, novelist, Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1923 Birthday Jean Maxwell-Scott, Lady-in-Waiting, Prin Alice Duchess Gloucester 1923 Event Jean Sibelius' 6th Symphony, premieres 1923 Birthday Jean Stapleton, New York City, actress, Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family 1922 Birthday Jean Ritchie, rocker 1922 Birthday Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/U.S. jazz musician/composer 1922 Birthday Jean P Vroom, Dutch sculptor 1921 Birthday Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 1964- 1921 Birthday Jean Kent, born in London, England, actress, Adv of Sir Francis Drake 1921 Birthday Jean Mogin, Belgian poet 1921 Birthday Jean Behra, auto racer 1921 Birthday Jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg, 1964- 1920 Event Joan of Arc (Jean D'arc) canonized a saint 1920 Birthday Jean Carmet, actor, Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic 1920 Event Darius Milhaud and Jean Cocteau's ballet, premieres in Paris 1920 Death Jean Allemane, French socialist/communard (allemanisten), dies at 77 1919 Death Jean Louis Nicode, composer, dies at 66 1919 Death Jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45 1918 Birthday Jean Gimpel, author/iconoclast 1918 Birthday Muriel Spark, Edinburgh Scotland, novelist, Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1918 Birthday Jean Dixon, psychic, Gift of Prophecy 1917 Birthday Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge, England 1916 Birthday Jean Papineau-Couture, composer 1916 Birthday M Jean Francaix, composer 1916 Birthday Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal, 1954- 1915 Event Jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres 1915 Birthday Jean Vallerand, composer 1915 Birthday Jean Stafford, U.S. writer, Boston Adventure, Lion and Carpenter 1914 Death Jean Bouin, French marathoner, Silver Medal 1912 Olympics, dies in battle 1914 Death A J Jean Jaures, French socialist (L'Humanite/Les Preuves), murdered= 1914 Death Jean Jaures, leading socialist, assassinated in Paris 1914 Birthday Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer 1913 Birthday Jean Marais, Cherbourgh France, actor, Donkey Skin, Orpheus 1913 Birthday Jean Urruty, France, Jai-Alai champion 1913 Birthday Jean Fournet, French conductor 1912 Birthday Jean Amery, Johannes Mayer, Austrian writer, At the Minds Limit 1912 Birthday Jean Parker, Butte Mont, actress, Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women 1912 Birthday Jean Francaix, Le Mans France, composer, Naked King 1912 Birthday Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch soc dem chairman, 1965-69 1911 Birthday Jean Shiley, U.S., high jumper 1932 Olympics gold 1911 Birthday Jean Harlow, aka Harlean Carpentier, born in Kansas, 30s' sex goddess, in Dinner at 8 1911 Birthday Margot Grahame, born in Canterbury, England, born Margaret Clark, actress, compared to Jean Harlow, dubbed the 'Aluminum Blonde', performed with Bebe Daniels in The Fabulous Joe 1911 Birthday Jean Muir Fullarton, actress 1910 Birthday Jean Genet, born in Paris, France, criminal/novelist/dramatist, The Blacks 1910 Birthday Jean Servais, Angers Belgium, actor, Every Man is My Enemy 1910 Birthday Jean Anouilh, born in France, dramatist, Thieves' Carnival 1910 Death Jean Moreas, Y Papadiamantopoulos, Greek/French poet, dies at 53 1910 Birthday Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer 1909 Birthday Jean Berger, born in Hamm, Germany, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, studied with Paris' Louis Aubert, taught at Middlebury College, University of Colorado at Boulder, among others 1909 Birthday Jean Batten, New Zealand air pioneer, 1st woman to fly solo England to Australia 1909 Birthday Jean Lancaster, director, WRNS 1909 Birthday John Schepens, Jean Baudoux, Flemish journalist and writer, Polyfoto 1909 Birthday Jean Kurt Forest, composer 1909 Birthday Jean Yves Morvan Marin, broadcaster 1908 Birthday Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist 1908 Birthday Lady Jean Swaythling, chief controller, ATS 1908 Birthday Jean Sinclair, teacher/campaigner 1908 Death Jean Reville, French vicar (Le Prophetisme Hebreu), dies at 53 1908 Birthday Maurice, Jean Jacques, Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher 1908 Death Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72 1908 Birthday Jean Coulthard, composer 1907 Event Jean Sibelius' 3rd Symphony, premieres 1907 Birthday Jean Langlais, composer 1906 Birthday Jean Sablon, crooner 1905 Birthday Jean Arthur, New York City, actress, Shane, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1905 Birthday Jean Paul Sartre, existentialist/writer, Le Mur, Nobel 1964; declined 1905 Birthday Jean Vigo, born in France, actor and director, Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante 1905 Birthday Louis Jean Heydt, born in Montclair, New Jersey, actor, Joe-Waterfront 1904 Birthday Jean Daste, actor, Z, Sorceress, Green Room, Stormy Waters 1904 Birthday Jean Gabin, Alexis Moncorge, actor, Stormy Waters, French Can Can 1904 Birthday Jean Helion, artist/author, They Shall Not Have Me 1904 Event L'Humanite, under Jean Jaures begins publishing 1903 Birthday Jean Tardieu, author 1903 Birthday Jean du Bela, Simon Buytekant, singer and actor, Chaste Susanna 1903 Death Jean Robert Planquette, composer, dies at 54 1903 Birthday Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor 1902 Death Jean Y. Y. Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies 1902 Birthday Jean Rey, Belgium, President of European Commission, 1967-70 1902 Event 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 2nd Symphony 1902 Birthday Vercors, Jean Bruller, French writer, Le Silence de la Mer 1902 Birthday Jean C M Picart le Doux, France, carpet designer 1901 Event 1st Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant, Frederic Passy) 1901 Birthday Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, Landscape with 2 Personages 1901 Birthday Jean Dubuffet, French Artist 1900 Death Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at 46 1900 Birthday Jean Duvieusart, premier, Belgium 1950 1900 Birthday [Jean] Frederic Joliot-Curie, French physicist, Nobel 1935 1900 Birthday Jean Negulesco, born in Craiova, Dolj, Romania, film director, screenwriter, directed The Mask of Dimitrios, Three Strangers, Academy award nominee for Johnny Belinda 1899 Birthday Jean de Brunhoff, France, children's book author, Babar the Elephant 1899 Birthday Marcel Achard, French screen/playwright, Jean de la Lune 1899 Birthday Jean Moulin, hero of the French Resistance, WW II 1899 Event 33rd Belmont: R. Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23 1899 Birthday Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist, Les Biches 1898 Birthday Jean Borota, France, tennis champ, 35 Wimbeldons between 1922-64 1897 Death Jean Ingelow, English Poet 1897 Event Fire in Paris bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200 1897 Birthday Jean Epstein, French director, Sa tate/Eau vive 1897 Event Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel 1896 Birthday Jean Piaget, born in Switzerland, pioneer developmental psychologist and zoologist 1896 Birthday Jean Rivier, Villemomble France, composer, Venitienne 1896 Birthday Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer, Peugeot 1895 Birthday Jean Giono, French writer, World Chant 1894 Birthday Jean Renoir, French director, Madame Bovary, Nana, Grand Illusion 1894 Birthday Jean Rhys, Ella Williams, Dominica, writer, Voyage in the Dark 1894 Death Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 1893 Birthday Jean Absil, Belgian composer, Peau d'Ane 1893 Birthday Jean Binet, composer 1892 Birthday Jean Lurcat, French painter/carpet designer 1892 Death Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63 1892 Birthday Jean PJC Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist 1891 Birthday Jean Galtier-Boissiere, French writer/cartoonist/journalist 1891 Birthday Jean Del Val, Gautier, France, actor, Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces 1890 Birthday Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny, French gen, Indo-China 1889 Birthday Jean Canneel, Flemish sculptor 1889 Death Jean MMPA de Villiers de l'isle-Adam, French writer (Axel), dies at 60 1889 Birthday Jean Cocteau, born in France, writer/artist/director, Le Potamak, Orphee 1888 Birthday Jean Monnet, French economist/EG-pioneer/chairman, EGKS 1888 Birthday Jean Murat, Pergneux France, actor, Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders 1888 Birthday Jean Wahl, French philosopher 1886 Birthday Jean Arp, born in Strasbourg, Germany, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich 1886 Birthday Jean Hersholt, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, actor, Men in White, Aryan 1884 Birthday Jean Felix Piccard, born in Switzerland, scientist, explorer, and balloonist 1882 Birthday Jean Giraudoux, born in Bellac, France, playwright, Eglantine, Provinciales 1882 Birthday George Jean Nathan, U.S., editor/author/critic, American Mercury 1879 Death Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies 1879 Birthday Jean Gilbert, Max Winterfield, German composer, Prince Regent 1879 Birthday Jean Rogister, composer 1879 Birthday Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer 1879 Birthday Jean Gilbert, composer 1878 Birthday Jean F van Royen, Dutch German secretary, PTT 1878 Birthday Jean F Van Royen, Dutch bibliophile and Secretary-General of PTT 1878 Birthday Jean Gallon, composer 1877 Birthday Jean Schlumberger, French writer, La Mort de Sparte 1876 Birthday Jean Poveigh, composer 1876 Birthday Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer 1875 Birthday Jean van den Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter 1875 Death Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 1874 Birthday Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario, Merchant of Venice 1874 Birthday Jean de Merode, Marie-Louise B Courtenay, Princess of Netherlands 1873 Birthday Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer 1870 Birthday Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion, Nobel 1926 1870 Birthday Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer 1868 Birthday Claude Anet, Jean Schopfer, French writer, Fille Perdue 1867 Birthday Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist 1866 Birthday Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist, Nobel-1928 1865 Birthday Jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer, Valse Triste, Finlandia 1865 Birthday Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer 1862 Event Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds 1st automobile 1859 Birthday AAJ Jean Jaures, French socialist, L'Humanite, Les Preuves 1859 Death Jean C Baud, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies (1834-36), dies at 69 1858 Birthday Jean/Johannes T "Jan" Toorop, Dutch painter/graphic artist, 3 Brides 1856 Birthday Jean Moreas, Yannis Papadiamantopoulos, Greek/French poet 1854 Birthday Jean Reville, French vicar/theologist, Liberal Protestantism 1853 Birthday Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies 1853 Birthday Jean Louis Nicode, composer 1851 Death Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31 1850 Death Jean V Constant de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader, dies at 77 1850 Birthday Jean de Reszke, Polish tenor 1849 Birthday Jean Richepin, French poet and writer, Les Chansons de Gueux 1848 Birthday Jean Robert Planquette, France, composer, Bells of Corneville 1848 Birthday [Francois-Victor-]Jean Aicard, French playwright and poet, Jeune Croyances 1846 Death Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronoom, dies at 90 1844 Death Charles XIV Johan, Jean B Bernadotte, King of Sweden/Norway, dies 1837 Birthday Victor Jean Baptiste Girardey, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1835 Birthday Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer 1832 Death Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, dies at 63 1832 Death Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer, dies at 53 1830 Death Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies 1829 Death Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer, dies at 66 1829 Birthday Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1828 Birthday Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer 1828 Birthday Jean Henri Dunant, born in Switzerland, writer and founder, Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901 1828 Death Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 1826 Birthday Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist and composer 1825 Death Jean Paul, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, Romantic, wrote 'Quintus Fixlein', 'Schmelzles Reise', dies at 62, in Bayreuth, Germany 1823 Birthday Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist, insects and spiders 1820 Birthday Jean Ingelow, English Poet 1819 Birthday Jean E "Adriaan" van Bevervoorde, journalist, History of Holland 1818 Death Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies 1815 Birthday Jean Delphin Alard, French violinist and composer 1812 Death Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81 1811 Birthday Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, co-discoverer, Neptune 1806 Death Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies 1805 Death Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55 1804 Birthday Jean C F Demolombe, prince de l'exegese, French lawyer 1802 Birthday [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belgian Minister of Foreign affairs, 1831 1799 Birthday Jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist, blood pressure 1798 Birthday Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker, octobas 1794 Death Marquis de Condorcet (Marie Jean Antoine Nicholas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet) , philosopher, mathematician, early political scientist and inventor of the Condorcet method, dies 1794 Death Marie Jean Herault de Sechelles, French author/politician, dies 1793 Death Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday 1793 Event Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America 1789 Birthday Jean C Baud, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, 1834-6 1789 Death Jean E Liotard, Turk, Swiss painter (Maria-Theresia), dies 1787 Death Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73 1785 Death Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies 1783 Event Jean Pilatre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent 1779 Birthday Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer 1778 Birthday Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer 1778 Death Jean Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher 1773 Birthday Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader 1772 Event Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago 1769 Birthday Jean Aime Vernier, composer 1769 Birthday Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France 1769 Birthday Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, Political Economics 1767 Birthday Jean Henri Appelius, lawyer/minister of Finance 1765 Birthday Jean Baptiste Cartier, composer 1764 Death Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer, dies at 67 1764 Death Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80 1763 Birthday Jean Paul, born in Wunsiedel, Germany, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, Romantic, wrote 'Quintus Fixlein', 'Schmelzles Reise' 1763 Birthday Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer 1759 Birthday Marie Jean Herault de Sechelles, French author/politician 1755 Birthday Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist 1755 Birthday Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer, Fisiologia del Gusto 1753 Birthday Jean J R de Cambacere, French lawyer/minister of justice 1750 Birthday Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical, Apollonii Lexicon 1747 Death Jean Barriere, composer, dies 1746 Birthday Jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer 1730 Birthday Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer 1729 Birthday Jean de Neufville, Dutch / U.S. merchant, started 4th English war 1721 Death Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies 1719 Death Jean Deutz, minster of Heemskerk/merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 64 1719 Birthday John/Jean Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname, 1768-79 1714 Birthday Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor, Child with Bird Cage 1713 Birthday Jean Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher 1712 Death Jean [Giovanni] D Cassini, Italian/French astronomer, dies 1712 Birthday Jean Jacques Rousseau, born in France, composer/social contractor, Confession 1705 Death Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50 1705 Death Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 1703 Birthday Jean Monnet, composer 1702 Birthday Jean E Liotard, Turk, Swiss painter, Madame d'Epinay 1702 Death Jean Bart, French captain and sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 1699 Death Jean Racine, French playwright, 'Andromaque' and 'Mithridate', dies at 59 1697 Birthday Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer 1697 Event Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night 1696 Death Jean de La Bruyere, French author, dies at 50 1695 Death Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables), dies at 73 1695 Death Jean de La Fontaine, poet, dies 1689 Event Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr 1686 Event Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide," premieres in Paris 1684 Birthday Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter, Onverschillige 1678 Event French Admiral Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaeao 1674 Event Jean Racine's "Iphigenie," premieres in Versailles 1673 Death Moliare, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, French author (Learned Lady), dies 1673 Event Jean Racine's "Mithridate," premieres in Paris 1672 Event Jean Racine's "Bajazet," premieres in Paris 1668 Event Jean Racines "Britannicus," premieres in Paris 1668 Birthday Jean Gilles, composer 1667 Event Jean Racine's "Andromaque," premieres in Paris 1667 Birthday Jean Bernoulli, mathematician 1665 Event Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris 1660 Death Jean BG duke of Orleans, brother of French king Louis XIII, dies at 51 1655 Birthday Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent 1654 Birthday Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician 1650 Birthday Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero, Escape from Plymouth 1645 Birthday Jean de La Bruyere, French author 1644 Birthday Jean Rousseau, composer 1639 Birthday Jean Racine, born in La Ferte-Milon, France, French playwright, 'Andromaque' and 'Mithridate' 1632 Death Jean de Tilly, Field Marshal, dies 1621 Birthday Jean de la Fontaine, French poet, Fables 1621 Event French government army occupies Fort St. Jean d'Angely at La Rochelle 1620 Birthday Jean Picard, French astronomer 1610 Birthday Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists 1608 Birthday Jean BG duke of Orleans, brother of French King Louis XIII/general 1580 Birthday Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, found boiling pt temp 1565 Death Jean Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile, dies 1564 Death Jean Caulvin, John Calvin, priest/church reformer, dies at 54 1563 Event Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots General Francois De Guise 1562 Event 1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribaut and Hugenots at Parris Is NC 1558 Death Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies 1558 Death Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies 1540 Death Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 1507 Death Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 1501 Death Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 1492 Birthday Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory, humanist and reformer 1460 Death Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies 1429 Death John [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65 1411 Death Johannes Parvus, Jean Petit, French theologist, dies 1396 Death Jean de Vienne, French admiral/crusader, dies in battle 1356 Death Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle 1352 Event French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star 1349 Event Paris' theologist Jean de Fayt warns for flagellanten at Avignon 1319 Birthday Jean II, the Good, king of France, 1350-64 1316 Birthday Jean I, king of France, Nov 15-19, 1316, he lived only 4 days 1315 Death Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchatel, dies 1213 Death Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 1160 Event Jean Bodels "Jeu de St. Nicholas," premieres in Arras
