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2006 Joseph Stefano, American Writer

2005 Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, becomes the 265th pope

2004 Joseph James Zimmerman, inventor, invented the first electronic telephone answering machine in 1948, dies at 91

2002 Joseph Nathan Kane, trivia expert, Famous First Facts, dies at 103

2001 Joseph Greenberg, American Writer

1999 Joseph Heller, writer, Catch-22, dies at 76

1997 Anthea Joseph, music producer, dies at 57

1997 Frank Joseph Kofsky, teacher/writer, dies at 62

1997 Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician, dies at 76

1996 Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer, dies at 79

1996 Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68

1996 Joseph Roy George Ralston, pilot, dies at 81

1996 Joseph Green, film maker, dies at 96

1996 Joseph Mitchell, writer, dies at 87

1996 Joseph Stone, lawyer, dies at 79

1996 Leon Joseph Suenens, cardinal, dies at 91

1996 Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62

1996 John Joseph Krol, cardinal, dies at 95

1996 Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician, dies at 78

1996 Joseph Brodsky, poet, dies at 55

1996 Gerald Joseph Mulligan, baritone saxophonist/composer, dies at 68

1996 Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader, dies at 84

1995 Francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at 90

1995 Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician, dies at 64

1995 Joseph Rotblat awarded Nobel Peace Prize

1995 Odut Joseph Olutola Oluola Oguntala, soho club owner, dies at 74

1995 Joseph Fattorini, businessman, dies at 82

1995 Roger Joseph Zelazny, sci-fi writer, dies of cancer at 60

1995 Joseph Tomelty, actor and playwright (Bedevilled, Moby Dick), dies at 84

1995 Joseph Heifitz, film director, dies at 89

1995 Joseph Peter Grace, businessman, dies at 61

1995 Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards, singer and actor (Colorado Ranger), dies at 44

1995 Joseph Needham, British Scientist

1995 Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician, dies at 83

1995 Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist/rebel, dies at 77

1995 Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect, dies at 69

1995 Joseph Kagan, businessman, dies at 79

1994 Keith Joseph, British MP (C), dies

1994 Joseph H Hazen, U.S. producer/Vice President (Warner Bros), dies at 96

1994 Joseph Paul Jack Sharkey Zukauskas, boxer, dies at 91

1994 Nicholas Joseph Mills, son of Chris Evert and Andy Mills

1994 Joseph Ruzindana, Rwandian bishop of Bjumba, murdered

1994 "Joseph and the Amazing" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 223 performances

1994 Joseph Janni, producer, dies at 78

1994 Joseph Cotten, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 88

1993 "Joseph and the Amazing" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 223 performances

1993 Nobel prize for physics awarded to Russel Hulse and Joseph Taylor

1993 Joseph Warren, actor (Gift of Love, Urban Warriors), dies at 77

1993 Joseph Towers, U.S. pilot, dies

1993 Joseph L Mankiewicz, U.S. writer and director (All about Eve), dies at 83

1993 Joseph Anthony [Deuster], U.S. director/actor (Rainmaker), dies at 80

1992 Helen B M Fennell Joseph, English/South Afr anti-apartheid, dies at 87

1992 Jacob Joseph Worton, Newark DE, twin actor, Baby's Day Out

1992 Joseph L George, dies of cancer at 65

1992 Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st Chamber member (CPN), dies

1992 Joseph A. Molloy elected New York Yankee general partner

1992 Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum

1991 Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio

1991 George Joseph Stigler, U.S. economist (Nobel 1982), dies at 80

1991 Joseph Papp, U.S. theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70

1991 Joseph Papp, Broadway producer (Chorus Line), dies of cancer at 70

1991 U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case

1991 Owen Joseph Kline, son of Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline

1991 Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers

1991 New York City Mayor Dinkins declares "Joseph Doherty Week"

1991 Abraham Joseph Groening, son of Simpson creator Matt Groening

1991 U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case

1990 Guam Republican governor Joseph Ada re-elected

1990 U.S. doctors Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize

1990 Joseph Hardy, actor and director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 71

1990 Joseph Leberman, entertainer, dies

1990 Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill

1990 Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill

1990 Arthur Joseph Goldberg, American Statesman

1990 Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84

1990 Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at 73

1989 Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/Jews foreman, murdered

1989 Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK

1988 Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to U.K.

1987 Joseph Campbell, mythologist (Mythic Image), dies at 83

1987 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Joseph Brodsky

1986 U.S. professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut

1986 Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77

1986 Roy Marcus Cohn, U.S. lawyer (Joseph McCarthy), dies

1986 Joseph P Addabbo, U.S. defence specialist/(Sen-D), dies at 61

1986 Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64

1986 Joseph Kraft, U.S. columnist, dies at 61

1985 Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], U.S. composer, dies at 78

1985 Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92

1985 Joseph "Smoky Joe" Wood, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95

1984 Joseph Luns resigns as Secretary-General of NATO

1984 Joseph Losey, director (Go-Between, M, Concrete Jungle), dies at 75

1983 Joseph Mazzello, actor, Internal Affairs

1983 "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Royale New York City after 747 performances

1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour

1983 IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in New York City

1983 Chicago Absp Joseph L. Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals invested

1982 South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin

1982 Joe Tex, Joseph Arrington Jr, singer (Getting Scarce), dies at 49

1982 Jessica Joseph, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, dance skater, Butler-1997 National

1982 Joseph Gordon-Levitt, actor, Tommy Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun

1982 "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" opens at Royale New York City for 747 performances

1981 Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City

1981 Joseph Yasser, composer, dies at 88

1981 Joseph H Hirschhorn, U.S. art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82

1981 IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail

1981 NCAA St. Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul

1980 Joseph M "Joop" Lucker, Dutch editor-in-chief (Volkskrant), dies at 65

1980 Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder

1980 Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at 80

1979 A. L. Webber musical "Joseph and Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," premieres

1979 Billy Martin is involved in a barroom altercation with Joseph Cooper, a Minnesota marshmallow salesman. Cooper requires 15 stitches

1979 Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71

1979 Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau

1978 Joseph Freeman, Jr. is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

1978 Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77

1978 Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe, 1997

1978 Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (New York Yankees), dies at 96

1977 Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss)

1977 Joseph Hahn, American Musician

1976 Reverend Joseph Evans elected president of United Church of Christ

1976 Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for 340,000 pounds

1976 Matthew P Newmark, actor, Joseph Carroll-Guns of Paradise

1976 Joseph Henabery, actor and director (Cobra), dies at 88

1975 Joseph Calleia, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda), dies at 78

1975 Jozsef Mindszenty, Joseph Prehm, Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83

1975 Danyon Joseph Loader, born in Dunedin, New Zealand, 200m/400m swimmer, Olympic-2 gold-96

1975 Joseph Dunninger, New York City, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82

1974 Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist, dies at 89

1974 Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74

1974 Miles Joseph, West Springfield Massachusetts, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold

1973 Kerry Joseph, WLAF quarterback for the London Monarchs

1973 Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80

1972 Joseph Mulrey McIntyre, rocker, New Kids-Lovin' You Forever

1972 Joseph Cornell, American Sculptor

1972 Joseph A Walkers "River Niger," premieres in New York City

1972 Joseph Kaminski, composer, dies at 68

1972 Vance Joseph, NFL cornerback and safety for the New York Jets

1972 Joseph F Smith, Jr., leader U.S. mormon chuch, dies at 95

1972 Dwayne Joseph, NFL cornerback for the Chicago Bears

1972 Joseph Patton, NFL guard for the Washington Redskins

1971 Joseph Luns becomes Secretary-General of NATO

1971 Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67

1971 Joseph Fitzgerald, born in Brooklyn, New York, team handball center back 1996 Olympics

1971 Joseph Colombo, mobster, shot dead at 48

1971 Joseph Luns appointed Secretary-General of NATO

1971 Joseph Rogers, CFL receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1971 Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor, dies at 83

1971 Joseph Valachi, U.S. gangster, dies at 66

1971 Joseph Desire Fernandel, comedian, dies of cancer at 67

1971 Jennifer Christine Joseph, Wendover Nev, Miss America-Nevada 1996

1970 Joseph Hudson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1970 Joseph Fiennes, British Actor

1970 Joseph W. Krutch, U.S. writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76

1970 Joseph Wood Krutch, American Environmentalist

1970 Wesley Barnett, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, Olympic weightlifter, Silver medal 1987 Pan American

1970 Wes Barnett, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, 238lb, 108kg, weightlifter, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1970 Joseph A. Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers president, murdered

1969 Joseph P. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Massachusetts, at 81

1969 Joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63

1969 Joseph Beran, Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80

1969 Joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55

1969 Joseph Messner, composer, dies at 75

1968 Darren Joseph, CFL fullback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders

1968 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies

1968 Joseph Ouellet, hockey forward, Team France 1998

1968 Joseph Martin, Jr., Speaker of the House, dies at 83

1968 Joseph Pholien, Belgian Prime Minister 1950 - 1952 communist fighter, dies at 83

1967 Francis Joseph Spellman, American Clergyman

1967 James Joseph, NFL running back for the Cincinnati Bengals

1967 Joseph William Cathcart, rock guitarist, Nelson-Love and Affection

1967 Curtis Joseph, born in Keswick, Ontario, NHL goalie, Team Canada, Edmonton Oilers

1967 Dale Joseph, CFL defensive back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders

1967 Joseph Tilford Leigh Greene, born in Dayton, Ohio, long jumper, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1967 Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried

1967 Joseph Amor, San Jose, video game record holder, Space Invaders

1966 Joseph Barbara, New Symrna, Florida, actor, Joe Carlino-Another World

1966 Joseph "Run" Simmons, rapper, Run DMC

1966 Joseph Wanag, Wilson, Connecticut, U.S. judoka 1992 Olympics

1966 Joseph Deems Taylor, composer, dies at 80

1966 Joseph Crehan, dies of stroke at 81

1966 Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis, U.S. comic (General), dies at 69

1966 Joseph Harper, Ventura California, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics

1965 USAF Captain Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15

1965 Joseph Auslander, American Poet

1964 Joseph "Run" Simmons, rapper, RUN DMC

1964 John Joseph Thomas, Arcadia California, actor, Young Dan'l Boone

1964 Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82

1964 Joe Magrane, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics

1964 Joseph Sinnott Edwards, Chicago, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List

1964 Joseph Schildkraut, Austr actor (Flame of Barbary Coast), dies at 68

1964 Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents), dies at 68

1964 Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68

1963 Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Washington state execution in 25 yrs

1962 Joseph Allen, Jr., actor (All Women Have Secrets), dies at 44

1962 Duffy James Joseph Waldorf, Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, PGA golfer, 1995 LaCantera Tx

1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m

1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m

1962 NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m

1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m

1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m

1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m

1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m

1962 Joseph Kearns, actor (George-Dennis the Menace), dies at 55

1961 Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman

1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m

1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m

1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m

1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m)

1961 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes

1961 Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph and his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25

1961 Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo

1961 John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday

1960 Joseph Lamb, composer, dies at 72

1960 Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330 m (84,700')

1960 Joseph Guzaldo, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Stir Crazy

1960 Joseph Martin Mudd, born in Louisville, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1988 Federal Express

1960 Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81

1960 Joseph Haas, German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81

1959 Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81

1959 Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73

1959 Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer, dies at 85

1958 Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert, dies at 84

1958 Joseph Richard Sylvers, rocker

1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80

1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80

1958 Joseph Paul Sindelar, born in Ft. Knox, Kentucky, PGA golfer, BC Open-1985, 87

1958 Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies

1958 Grandmaster Flash, Joseph Saddler, New York City, rocker, Message

1957 Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78

1957 Joseph McCarthy, Wisconsin Senator-R-Wisconsin 1947 - 1957, dies at 47

1957 Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66

1957 Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as President of Milwaukee Braves

1956 Martin Joseph Fettman, born in Brooklyn, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-58

1956 Joseph Erlanger, U.S. doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies

1956 Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77

1955 Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer, dies at 91

1955 Joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45

1955 Joseph McCabe, English Writer

1954 U.S. Senate admonishes Joseph Mccarthy because of slander campaign

1954 Tobias Picker, born in New York City, New York, composer, awarded Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Award in Music from American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer-in-residence for Houston Symphony, 1985 - 1990, music publisher, Schott Music Corporation

1954 Alan [Joseph] Lamb, South African/British cricket player, Northampton

1954 Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings

1954 Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies

1954 Joseph Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Surfacing, Blind Date

1954 U.S. Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics

1954 Edward R. Murrow criticizes Senator Joseph McCarthy on 'See it Now'

1953 KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82

1953 Joseph Jongen, Belgian composer, dies at 79

1953 Joseph Laniel appointed French premier

1953 Fred Upton, born in St. Joseph, Michigan, Representative-R-Michigan 1987 -

1953 Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader

1953 Carl Joseph Stone, born in America, composer, electronic music genre, minimalist, studied composition at California Institute of the Arts, served as President of the American Music Center

1952 Joseph P. Kennedy II, born in Brighton, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1987 - 1999

1952 Joseph Allen Sr, dies

1952 Joseph Kent Massey, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, soling yachter, 1996 Olympics bronze

1952 Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66

1951 Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies

1951 Joseph Bovet, composer, dies at 71

1951 Paul Dresher, born in Los Angeles, California, Paul Joseph Dresher, composer, drummer, minimalist and post-minimalist genres, studied at University of California, Berkeley, 2006 Guggenheim fellowship recipient

1950 Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier

1950 M Joseph V d'Arbaud, French poet/author (Li cant palustre), dies at 76

1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Department infested with 205 communists

1950 3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published

1950 Joseph R Tanner, Danville, Illinois, astronaut, STS-66, 82, sk: 97

1950 Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66

1950 Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies

1949 Joseph C. Wilson, American Public Servant

1949 Joseph A Cushman, U.S. paleontologist, dies at 68

1948 John Joseph Pershing, American Soldier

1948 Joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84

1947 Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78

1947 Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for England 1907-08), dies

1946 Joseph McCarthy's HUAC interrogates astronomer Harlow Shapley

1946 Joseph W. Stilwell, U.S. general (China), dies

1946 Joseph Sobran, American Activist

1945 Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet and writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43

1944 Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66

1944 Joseph B "Aristide" Maillol, French sculptor/graphic artist, dies

1944 Joseph Celli, born in America, composer, musician, experimental, contemporary music genres, worked with John Cage, the Kronos Quartet

1944 Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves

1943 Joseph Achron, Latvian violinist and composer (Golem suite), dies at 56

1943 Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer, dies at 47

1943 Joseph Schwantner, composer

1943 Joseph E. Stiglitz, American Economist

1943 Gavin Bryars, born in Goole, England, composer, bassist, performed in trio Joseph Holbrooke, founding member, Portsmouth Sinfonia

1943 Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph and His Brothers"

1942 Joseph Goebbels visits "German Theatre in the Niederlanden"

1942 Shere Hite, St. Joseph Missouri, sex therapist, Hite Report

1942 Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber and Lewis Fields), dies at 74

1942 Tony Meehan, born in New End, England, born Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan, musician, drummer, founding member of the Shadows with Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris

1942 Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer, dies at 92

1942 Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman

1941 Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields' "Junior Miss," premieres in New York City

1941 Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia

1941 Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic and Old Lace," premieres in New York City

1941 Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian, murdered at 67

1940 Anthea Joseph, music producer

1940 Joseph J. DioGuardi, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-New York 1985 - 1989

1940 Joseph J. DioGuardi, Politician

1940 Joseph Torre, outfield/manager, Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP

1940 Joseph Brodsky, U.S.S.R., author, Less than 1, Nobel 1987

1940 Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75

1940 Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable

1940 Joseph L. Goldstein, born in Sumter, South Carolina, physician, Nobel-1985

1939 Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72

1939 Joseph "Jesse" Russell, U.S. singer, Slip Sliding Away

1939 Joseph Mosikili, South African actor/singer

1939 Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies

1939 Joe Clark, Charles Joseph, P-C, 16th Canadian PM, 1979-80

1939 Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44

1938 Joseph Bologna, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Citizen Cohn, My Favorite Year

1938 Joseph Moorat, composer, dies at 73

1938 Joseph Bellino, footballer, 1960 Heisman Trophy

1937 Karol Joseph Bobko, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6, STS-51D, STS-51J

1937 Joseph Jarman, American Musician

1937 Joseph Lee, father of Playgrounds movement, dies

1937 Joseph P Allen IV, Crawfordsville, Indiana, PhD/astronaut, STS-5, STS 51A

1937 Roger [Joseph] Zelazny, sci-fi author, 6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber

1937 Joseph Saidu Momoh, gen/president, Sierra Leone

1937 Joseph Wambaugh, born in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, police writer, Onion Fields

1936 Joseph Willaert, Flemish painter

1936 Anthony Joseph Gnazzo, composer

1935 1,200 at St. Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class

1935 Frank Joseph Kofsky, teacher/writer

1934 Wendy Craig, born in England, actress, Joseph Andrews

1933 Joseph Pope, U.S. singer, Hey Girl Don't Bother Me

1933 Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80

1933 Joseph Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Blind Date, Braker

1933 Joseph D. Early, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1975 - 1993

1933 Ron[ald Joseph] Goulart, U.S., sci-fi author, Deadwalk, Plunder

1932 Nadya Aliluieva, wife of Joseph Stalin, dies at 30

1932 Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (B-Reflex), dies

1932 Paul Joseph Weitz, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, astronaut, Skylab 2, STS-6

1932 Jenny Joseph, English Poet

1932 Joseph Silverstein, born in Detroit, Michigan, violinist, Denver Symphony Orchestra

1932 Joseph P. Kerwin, born in Oak Park, Illinois, Captain Med Corps USN/astronaut, Skylab 2

1931 Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia

1931 Joseph M. McDade, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1963 - 1999

1931 Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader

1931 Joseph Lichtman Layton, dancer

1931 NHL's Quebec Bulldogs' Joseph Malone scores a record 7 goals

1931 Joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78

1930 Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician

1930 Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day

1930 NY World reports disappearance of supreme court justice Joseph Crater

1930 Joseph Force Crater, American Judge

1930 Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of New Zealand

1930 Joseph Burnett-Stuart, CEO, Robert Fleming Holdings

1929 William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot, X-15

1929 Joseph McGinnity, baseball pitcher (New York Giants), dies at 58

1929 Joseph Jackson, American Businessman

1929 Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone

1929 Joseph Anthony Pass, guitarist

1928 William Joseph Russo, composer

1928 Joseph "Cardinal" Bernardin, of Chicago

1928 Ezra Sims, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer of microtonal music, Joseph Maneri adopted his system of notation, composed in quarter tones, received Guggenheim Fellowship

1927 Joseph Castaldo, composer

1927 Joseph Campanella, New York City, actor, Dr. Steffen-The Nurses, Lou-Mannix

1927 Joseph Wilbur Adcock, manager/player, Braves

1927 Joseph Ratzinger, German theologist/dogmaticus

1927 Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor", for Senator Joseph McCarthy

1927 Harry Tierney/Joseph McCarthy's "Rio Rita," premieres in New York City

1926 Joseph McKenna, American Politician

1926 Joseph Gurney Cannon, American Politician

1926 Joseph M. Gaydos, born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1968 - 1993

1926 Joseph Horovitz, composer

1926 Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies

1926 Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies

1926 Joseph Carl Breil, composer, dies at 55

1925 Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect

1924 Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 76

1924 Joseph Vezina, composer, dies at 75

1924 Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies at 66

1924 1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: General John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago

1924 Joseph Ludwig, composer, dies at 79

1923 Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88

1923 Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85

1923 Joseph Heller, born in Brooklyn, New York, novelist, Catch-22, 1963 Arts and Letters Award

1923 Joseph Wiezenbaum, artificial intelligence pioneer

1923 Joseph Weizenbaum, American Educator

1922 German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth term ends

1922 Joseph Stefano, American Writer

1921 Kenneth Joseph Arrow, American Economist

1921 Joseph Papp, born in Brooklyn, stage producer/director, Pirates of Penzance

1921 Joseph Beuys, Germany, avant-garde painter/politician

1921 Joseph Albert Walker, Washington D.C., test pilot, X-15

1920 Joseph Olutola Olu Odutola Oguntala, soho club owner

1920 Joseph Horne Company in Pittsburgh sells radios for $10

1920 Beryl Reid, actress, Joseph Andrews, Psychomania, Yellowbeard

1920 Joseph Trumpeldor, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack

1920 Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician

1919 Joseph Albert Wapner, Louisiana, judge, People's Court

1919 Betty Garrett, St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Irene-All in the Family

1919 Joseph R Hunt, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1943

1918 Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34

1918 Dr. Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia

1918 Joseph Wiseman, Montreal, actor, Dr. No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables

1918 Joseph Allen, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Champion

1918 Margaret Osborne DuPont, born in Joseph, Oregon, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1948-50

1918 Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician

1917 Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer

1917 Joseph Coors, CEO, Adolph Coors Co Brewery

1917 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72

1917 Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist, barricade uprising

1917 Joseph Stone, lawyer

1916 Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France

1916 Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman

1916 Walter Cronkite, St. Joseph, Missouri, news anchor, CBS Evening News 1962-81

1916 Ruth Warwick, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Citizen Kane, All My Children

1916 Joseph W. Kennedy, scientist, 1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium

1916 Joseph S Gallieni, General/military governor of Paris, dies

1916 Joseph Janni, producer

1916 1st edition of Joseph Patterson/Sidney Smith strip "Gumps"

1916 Joseph L Alioto, Mayor-SF

1915 George Joseph Smith, British Criminal

1915 Joseph Kagan, businessman

1915 Joseph Greenberg, American Writer

1915 Joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer

1915 Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist, Spike Jones and City Slickers

1915 Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82

1915 Joseph Roy George Ralston, pilot

1914 Daniel Joseph Boorstin, author, Empire of Czar, 1974 Pulitzer Prize

1914 Robert J. Morris, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, credited for efforts attributed to Senator Joseph McCarthy

1914 Joseph M "Joop" Lucker, Dutch journalist/editor in chief, Volkskrant

1914 Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78

1914 Joseph de Pietro, U.S., 56kg weightlifter 1948 Olympics gold

1914 Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies

1913 Joseph Peter Grace, businessman

1913 Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61

1912 Joseph Wieniawski, composer, dies at 75

1912 Joseph Fattorini, businessman

1912 Joseph Stein, dramatist/playwright, Fiddler on the Roof

1912 Joseph Anthony, Deuster, U.S. director/actor, Matchmaker, Tomorrow

1912 Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer

1911 Joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94

1911 Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC

1911 Joseph MAH Luns, foreign minister/secr-general, NATO

1911 Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician

1911 Joe Hardstaff, Jr., cricketer, son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England

1911 Joseph Caillaux forms government in France

1911 Robert Joseph Kane, born in Ithaca, New York, President of U.S. Olympic Commission, 1976

1911 Joseph Barbera, animator, Hanna-Barbera

1911 Charles Joseph A. Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison, James Bond films

1911 Joseph Tomelty, actor and playwright, Bedevilled, Moby Dick, Melba

1910 Joseph Alsop, political newspaper columnist, Men Around the President

1910 Josef Tal, born in Pinne, Poland, born Joseph Gruenthal, composer, pianist, played hard with Palestine Orchestra, developed notational system for computer-generated compositions at Hebrew University

1909 Joseph McCarthy, born in Grand Chute, Wisconsin Senator-R-Wisconsin 1947 - 1957

1909 Joseph Force Crater, American Judge

1909 Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, champ sprinter 1932-37,

1909 Joseph L Mankiewicz, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, film writer and director, Sleuth

1909 Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Director

1909 Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Flem cyclist, champ sprinter 1932-37,

1909 Joseph Walton Losey, Wisconsin, director, Damned, Accident

1908 Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40

1908 Arthur Joseph Goldberg, American Statesman

1908 Joseph Mitchell, writer

1908 Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal, 4 of Breda

1908 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor, Bayreuther Festspiele

1908 Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st chamber member, CPN

1907 Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/U.S. writer, Looking For a Bluebird

1907 Joseph Joachim, German violinist and composer, dies at 76

1907 Benny Baker, St. Joseph, Missouri, actor, 18 Again, Sting II, Thunderbirds

1906 Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy

1906 Joseph F Glidden, inventor (barbed wire), dies

1906 Joseph Harris (Boston) and Jack Coombs (A's) pitch complete 24 inn game

1906 Joseph Wright, born in Canada, oarsman, 1928 Olympics gold

1906 Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70

1906 Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51

1905 Joseph Heifitz, film director

1905 Joseph Kosma, composer

1905 Francis Joseph Quinn, academic

1905 Joseph C Harsch, Toledo Ohio, newscaster, Background

1905 Joseph Cotten, Virginia, actor, 3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse

1905 Joseph Jefferson, American Artist

1905 Helen B M Fennell Joseph, anti-apartheid writer, Side by Side

1905 Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85

1904 Chief Joseph, U.S. indian chief (Nez Perces), dies

1904 Leo Joseph Suenens, Cardinal, Belgium

1904 Joseph Campbell, mythologist, Mythic Image

1904 John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973

1904 Joseph Ford McGuinn, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dick Tracy's G-Men

1903 Joseph Cornell, American Sculptor

1903 Joseph Kaminski, composer

1903 Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian, Grand Chef

1903 Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68

1903 Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61

1902 Joseph Paul Sharkey Zukauskas, boxer

1902 Jeno Takacs, born in Cinfalva, Hungary, composer, studied with Joseph Marx, Paul Weigarten, professor of piano, composition at University of Manila in the Philippines, gave concerts in China, Japan, Hong Kong

1902 Anti-Jewish rioters attack funeral procession of Rabbi Joseph (New York City)

1901 Joseph Pasternak, film producer, Anchors Aweigh, Date With Judy

1900 Joseph Needham, British Scientist

1900 Joseph E A "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter

1900 Joseph Green, film maker

1900 Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer

1899 Joseph Nathan Kane, historian, Famous Firsts

1898 Elisabeth AE, empress of Austria/wife of Franz Joseph I, dies at 60

1898 Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82

1898 Joseph Hazen, lawyer

1898 Joseph Kessel, French journalist and writer, Army of the Shadows

1897 Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propagandist

1897 Joseph Goebbels, Criminal

1897 Joseph Auslander, American Poet

1897 Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera

1897 Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor, Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil

1897 James Joseph Sylvester, English Mathematician

1896 Rex Maupin, St. Joseph, Missouri, orchestra leader, Tin Pan Alley TV

1896 Anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72

1896 Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57

1895 Buster [Joseph F] Keaton, actor, Navigator, Steamboat Bill, Jr

1895 Joseph Banks Rhine, Penn, parapsychologist, Extra-Sensory Perception

1895 Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer

1895 Joseph Paul Skelly, composer, dies at 44

1895 Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73

1895 Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75

1895 Joseph Schildkraut, Vienna, actor, Joseph Schildkraut Presents

1895 Joseph Rosenstock, Cracow Poland, conductor, Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1936 - 1941

1894 Joseph E. Brown, American Politician

1894 Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist and writer, Hotel Savoy

1894 William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63

1894 Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24

1893 Joseph W. Krutch, U.S. naturalist, Was Europe a Success?

1893 Joseph W. Krutch, U.S. naturalist (Was Europe a Success?), dies

1893 Joseph Wood Krutch, American Environmentalist

1893 Irving Bacon, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actor, Branded Men, Fort Ti

1893 Harold/Joseph Laski, English economist/Labour leader, 1945-..

1893 Joseph Yasser, composer

1893 Joseph Messner, composer

1892 Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered

1892 Joseph Szigeti, Budapest Hungary, violinist, Violinist Notebook 1933

1892 Edouard Joseph Stevens, Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 72

1892 Joseph Dunninger, born in New York City, mentalist, Amazing Dunninger

1892 Jozsef Mindszenty, Joseph Prehm, Hungarian cardinal

1892 Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet and writer, Adel und Untergang

1891 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73

1889 Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61

1889 Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys, painter, dies at 48

1889 Joseph L. Hromadka, Czechoslovakian theologist, Lenin prize 1957

1889 Joseph A Alberdingk Thijm, Pauwels Foreestier, poet, dies at 68

1889 Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78

1888 Joseph Beran, Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal

1888 Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron

1888 Joseph P. Kennedy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, diplomat, father of John F. Kennedy, RFK and Teddy

1888 Joseph P. Kennedy, American Diplomat

1888 Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor

1888 Joseph Henabery, born in Omaha, Nebraska, director, Cobra

1887 Joseph Lamb, composer

1886 Joseph Achron, Latvia/US violinist and composer, Golem suite

1886 Joseph Albert, German photographer (Albertotype), dies at 61

1886 Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Ekkehard), dies at 60

1886 John Joseph Becker, composer

1885 Joseph Deems Taylor, New York City, composer, Peter Ibbetson

1885 Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist

1885 Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israeli Knesset, 1949-59

1885 Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader

1884 Joseph Pholien, Belgian premier, 1950 - 1952, communist hunter

1884 Joseph Crehan, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight

1884 John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, California

1883 Joseph AF Plateau, Belgian physicist (Blue Moon), dies

1883 Joseph W. Stilwell, U.S. general, China

1883 Joseph A. Schumpeter, Austria/U.S. economist/minister of finance

1883 Joseph A. Schumpeter, American Economist

1882 Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (surface of Liouville), dies

1882 Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60

1882 Joseph Marx, Austrian composer/critic

1882 Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St. Joseph, Missouri by Robert Ford

1881 Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager, New York Yankees

1881 Joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79

1881 Joseph A. Cushman, U.S., palaentologist

1880 Joseph Tinker, baseball Hall of Famer, 1/3 of fame double play combo

1880 Joseph Rummel, composer, dies at 61

1879 Joseph Stalin, Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000

1879 Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer

1879 Joseph Bovet, composer

1879 Joseph Wirth, German politician, Stalin Peace Prize

1879 Joseph Haas, German, opera, composer, Tobias Wunderlich

1879 Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow

1878 Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman

1878 Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St. Louis Dispatch"

1878 Joseph Pulitzer buys St. Louis Dispatch for $2,500

1878 Joseph John Richards, composer

1878 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer

1878 Joseph Henry, American Scientist

1878 Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer

1878 Joseph Gordon Coates, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925 - 1928

1877 Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War

1877 Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer

1876 Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor, Brussels, Belgium

1876 Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies

1876 Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian/antifascist

1875 Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer, dies at 84

1875 Maurice Joseph Ravel, born in Cibourne, France, composer, Bolero

1875 Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55

1874 Joseph F. Glidden patents barbed wire

1874 Joseph Willoughby, cricketer, 2 Tests for South Africa 1895-96

1874 Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert

1874 Joseph Erlanger, doctor, shock therapy-Nobel 1944

1873 Joseph Howe, Canadian Politician

1873 Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer

1872 [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre

1872 George Joseph Smith, British Criminal

1871 Joseph McGinnity, born in Rock Island, Illinois, baseball pitcher for the New York Giants

1870 Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps

1870 Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Representatives (SC)

1870 Joseph Carl Breil, composer

1870 Joseph Ryeland, Belgian composer/Baron

1870 Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer

1870 Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder, Golden Gate Bridge

1869 Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman

1869 Joseph Duveen, England, art connoisseur, Elgin marbles

1869 John Joseph Pershing, American Soldier

1869 Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/archivist

1867 Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, Silesia, German architect, Wiener Sezession

1867 Joseph McCabe, English Writer

1867 Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer, Weber and Lewis Fields

1867 Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete

1867 Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer

1866 Joseph Limburg, liberal Second-Member of parliament, 1905-19

1866 Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker and journalist, Shame of the Cities

1865 Joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies

1864 Joseph Moorat, composer

1864 Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer

1864 Joseph Gilbert Totten, U.S. Union general-major, dies at 76

1863 Joseph Mayseder, composer, dies at 74

1863 Paul Joseph Revere, U.S. grandson of Paul Revere/Union Brigadier-General, dies

1863 Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70

1863 General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac

1862 Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84

1862 Joseph Bennett Plummer, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies at 42 or 46

1862 Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds 1st automobile

1862 Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds

1862 Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81

1861 Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71

1861 Franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63

1861 Bion Joseph Arnold, electrical engineer/inventor

1860 Joseph Jefferson's "Rip Van Winkle," premieres in New York City

1860 Joseph Locke, railway engineer, dies

1860 Joseph Carey Merrick, "Elephant Man"

1860 1st Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco from St. Joseph, Missouri

1860 Pony Express began between St. Joseph Missouri and Sacramento California

1859 Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65

1858 Joseph Thomson, Scotland, geologist, Thomson's gazelle

1857 Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73

1857 Joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist, Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness

1857 Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (That Freier), dies at 69

1857 Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist, Babinski reflex

1857 Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54

1857 Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53

1856 Joseph John Thomson, Eng, physicist discovered electron, Nobel 1906

1856 Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64

1855 Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies

1854 Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer

1854 Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi"

1854 Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer, dies at 84

1853 Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter

1852 Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer

1852 Joseph Bayer, composer

1852 Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69

1852 Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies

1852 Joseph J C Joffre, French Field Marshal, Indo China, Marne

1851 Oliver Joseph Lodge, born in England, early radio pioneer

1850 Joseph Paul Skelly, composer

1849 Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer

1849 Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher

1849 Joseph Vezina, composer

1849 Joseph S. Gallieni, general, Battle of Marne, military governor, Paris

1849 Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill

1848 Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone

1848 Antoine Joseph Sax, inventor, saxophone

1848 Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer

1847 Joseph Pulitzer, born in Hungary, publisher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, New York World

1846 Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81

1846 Saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax

1846 Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79

1845 Joseph Francis, New York City, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat

1845 Franz Joseph Volkert, composer, dies at 67

1844 Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death

1844 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer

1844 Joseph Ludwig, composer

1844 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78

1843 Joseph McKenna, American Politician

1843 Mormon leader Joseph Smith say God OKs polygamy

1843 Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42

1842 Joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43

1841 Joseph Parry, composer

1841 Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies

1841 Joseph H. Neuhuys, painter

1840 Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89

1840 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii

1839 Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61

1839 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator, dies

1839 Joseph A Koch, Australia painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70

1838 Joseph F Smith, 6th President of Mormon church

1838 Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

1838 Joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43

1838 Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal

1838 Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer

1837 Joseph Grimaldi, London, clown

1837 Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57

1837 Joseph Anderson, American Politician

1837 Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53

1837 Joseph Wieniawski, composer

1836 Joseph Wheeler II, Major General, Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee

1836 Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies

1836 Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer, Helium, founder, Nature magazine

1836 Joseph Cannon, American Politician

1835 Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist

1835 Joseph Hayes, Major General Union volunteers

1834 Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs

1834 Joseph Jackson Bartlett, Major General Union volunteers

1834 Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer, John Inglesant

1833 Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63

1833 Garnet Joseph, 1st viscount Wolseley soldier

1833 Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation

1832 Joseph Smith, son of founder of Mormonism

1832 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer, dies at 73

1832 Johann Joseph Abert, composer

1832 Bernhard Joseph Klein, composer, dies at 39

1832 Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred and feathered in Ohio

1831 Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74

1831 Joseph Joachim, born in Kittsee, Germany, violinist, Hungarian Concerto

1831 Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64

1831 Marcus Joseph Wright, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1831 William Joseph Westbrook, composer

1830 Joseph Orville Shelby, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1830 Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman

1830 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies

1830 Joseph Smith and 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, New York

1829 Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith

1829 Joseph Jefferson, American Artist

1828 Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology), dies at 70

1828 Joseph Bradford Carr, Major General Union volunteers

1828 Joseph B. Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham

1827 Joseph Anthony Mower, Major General Union volunteers

1827 Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82

1827 Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils

1826 Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65

1826 Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist and composer

1826 Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer, Gaudeamus

1825 Joseph Benjamin Palmer, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1825 Joseph Bailey, Major General Union volunteers

1825 Joseph Albert, German photographer, albertotype

1825 Joseph Robert Davis, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1824 Joseph Horace Lewis, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1824 Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement (Yorkshire England)

1824 Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1824 Joseph Joubert, French Writer

1823 Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84

1823 Joseph Alexander Cooper, Major General Union volunteers

1823 Moroni 1st appears to Joseph Smith, according to Smith

1823 Joseph E Labbe, French lawyer

1823 Mother Joseph, Esther Pariseau, religious leader, US capitol

1823 Joseph Medill, born in St. John, Canada, newspaper editor, Chicago Tribune

1823 Joseph Farmer Knipe, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1823 Peter Joseph Osterhaus, Major General Union volunteers

1822 Joseph Haydn Potter, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1822 Joseph Rodman West, Major General Union volunteers

1822 Joseph Supries, composer, dies at 60

1822 Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter

1822 Franz Innocenz Joseph Kobell, German landscape painter, dies at 72

1822 Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General Confederate Army

1822 Joseph Jones Reynolds, Major General Union volunteers

1821 Emerson Brown Joseph, Confederacy

1821 Joseph E. Brown, American Politician

1821 Joseph de Maistre, French Diplomat

1820 Joseph R. Drake, U.S. poet (American Flag), dies at 25)

1820 Joseph Alberdingk Thijm, Pauwels Foreestier, poet, Dietsche Warande

1820 Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies

1820 Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack

1820 Joseph F. Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79

1819 Edouard Joseph Stevens, Belgian animal painter/graphic artist

1819 Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, Crises Commercial

1819 Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer

1818 "Silent Night" composed by Franz Joseph Gruber; 1st sung next day

1818 Joseph Rummel, composer

1818 Joseph Abel Haskin, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1817 Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister, 1870-71

1817 Joseph K Barnes, Major General Union Army

1817 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer

1817 Joseph D Hooker, British botanist

1816 Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44

1816 Joseph Bennett Plummer, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1816 Joseph Robinson, composer

1815 William Joseph Hardee, Lieutenant General Confederate Army

1814 Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author, dies at 79

1814 Joseph Finegan, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1814 Joseph Hooker, Major General Union volunteers

1814 James Joseph Sylvester, English Mathematician

1814 George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64

1813 Joseph Tarr Copeland, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1813 Joseph Reid Anderson, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1813 Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41

1813 Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor, 1st coml useable barbed wire

1812 Emmanuel Johann Joseph Schikaneder, composer, dies at 61

1812 Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81

1812 Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63

1812 Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38

1812 Joseph Warren Revere, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1811 Joseph Dana Webster, Major General Union volunteers

1811 Joseph Lanman, Commander Union Navy

1811 Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, co-discoverer, Neptune

1810 Joseph Gungl, composer

1810 Joseph Lipavsky, composer, dies at 37

1809 Joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62

1809 Franz Joseph Haydn, Vienna Austria, composer

1809 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer, dies on 77th birthday

1809 Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter/etcher, dies at 92

1809 Joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers

1809 Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st President of Liberia

1809 Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76

1809 Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician, libertarian socialist

1808 Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83

1808 Joseph Haydns oratorio "Die Schopfung" premieres in Vienna

1808 Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain

1807 Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies

1807 Joseph Eggleston Johnston, General Confederate Army

1807 Joseph Holt, Major General Union Army

1806 Joseph Lewis Hogg, Brigadier General Confederate Army, die in 1862

1805 Joseph Smith, Jr., Sharon Vt, founder, Mormon Church

1805 Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer, dies at 95

1804 Joseph Howe, Canadian Politician

1804 Joseph Fischhof, composer

1804 Joseph Priestley, English / U.S0 theologist, philosopher. and chemist, dies at 70

1803 Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Major General Union volunteers

1803 Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer

1802 Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer, dies at 50

1802 Joseph Labitzky, composer

1801 Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium, physicist, blinded - stared at Sun 25 seconds

1801 Joseph Paxton, English landscape architect, Crystal Palace

1801 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten"

1799 Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71

1799 Joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74

1799 Joseph Rastrelli, composer

1799 Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung," premieres in Vienna

1798 Franz Joseph Glaser, composer

1797 Joseph Henry, U.S., scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism

1797 Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs

1796 Joseph Lederer, composer, dies at 63

1796 Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brigadier General Union Army

1795 Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna from England

1795 Joseph Haydn leaves England forever

1795 Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres

1794 Joseph Panny, composer

1794 1st U.S. patent (Joseph G Pierson for a riveting machine)

1794 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D

1794 Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E, premieres

1793 Joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54

1793 Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer

1793 Bernhard Joseph Klein, composer

1792 Joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36

1792 In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn

1792 Joseph Netherclift, composer

1792 Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres

1791 Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer

1791 Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57

1790 Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer

1790 Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer

1790 Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1790 Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48

1790 Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies

1789 Joseph Mayseder, composer

1789 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68

1788 Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88

1788 Joseph Gilbert Totten, Major General Union Army

1788 Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56

1788 Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet, Das Marmorbild

1788 Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63

1787 Joseph von Fraunhofer, born in Germany, physicist, studied Sun's spectrum

1785 Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36

1785 British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle

1784 Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer

1784 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 59

1783 Joseph Lincke, composer

1783 Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight

1782 Joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73

1782 Joseph Drechsler, composer

1780 Joseph Frohlich, composer

1779 Joseph Grimaldi, England, pantomimist, "greatest clown in history"

1779 Joseph Hewes, U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 49

1779 Joseph Story, Massachusetts, 19th Supreme Court justice, 1812-45

1778 Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

1778 Joseph Funk, composer

1778 Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer

1778 Franz Joseph Volkert, composer

1777 English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting U.S. flag

1775 Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter, Shipwreck

1774 Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist, understood 70 languages

1774 Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen

1773 Joseph Wolfl, composer

1772 Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer

1772 Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer, dies at 48

1772 Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged

1772 Joseph Lipavsky, composer

1771 Jan Joseph Rosler, composer

1770 Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74

1769 Joseph Comb, missionary to Molukkas

1769 Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer

1767 Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45

1767 Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer

1766 Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor, Emmeline

1766 Gregor Joseph Werner, composer, dies at 73

1765 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer

1765 Joseph Thaddaus Stammel, Austrian sculptor, dies at 70

1765 Joseph N. Niepce, French inventor, photography

1765 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39

1764 Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer

1763 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator

1762 Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51

1761 Joseph Supries, composer

1761 Joseph Lefebvre, composer

1761 Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist and composer (Joseph), dies at 73

1760 Joseph Graetz, composer

1759 Louis Joseph Montcalm, French general (Plains of Abraham), dies at 47

1758 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer

1758 Franz Joseph Gall, German and French physician, frenology

1757 Joseph Anderson, American Politician

1757 Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, composer

1756 Joseph Martin Kraus, composer

1756 Joseph Gehot, composer

1755 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer, dies at 65

1754 Joseph Joubert, French Writer

1753 Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel," premieres

1753 Joseph de Maistre, French Diplomat

1752 Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer

1752 Joseph Matthias Kracher, composer

1751 Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer

1749 Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer

1749 George Joseph Vogler, composer

1748 Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer

1748 Joseph Schuster, composer

1746 Joseph Quesne, composer

1744 Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer

1744 Joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer, 5th clarinet flap

1742 Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer, dies at 52

1741 Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80

1740 Joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, ballooning

1740 Joseph F. Weigl, German/Austrian, violin cellist

1739 Joseph Legros, composer

1739 Joseph Pouteau, composer

1738 Joseph Ignace Guillotin, France, physician/inventor, guillotine

1737 Joseph Nollekins, London, sculptor

1735 Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author

1734 Joseph Schmitt, composer

1733 Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer)

1733 Joseph Priestley, born in England, clergyman and scientist, discovered oxygen

1733 Joseph Lederer, composer

1732 Johann Joseph Emmert, composer

1732 Franz Joseph Haydn, born in Austria, composer, help develop classical style

1732 Mass celebrated for 1st time at St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia

1731 Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer

1730 Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer

1730 Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer, cataloguer of "M objects"

1730 Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer

1730 Joseph Hewes, U.S. merchant, Declaration of Independence signer

1729 Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French Lieutenant-General, dies at 77

1728 Joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist

1725 Joseph Anton Bauer, composer

1725 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer

1724 Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer

1724 Joseph Friebert, composer

1724 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer

1723 Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer

1722 Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer

1722 Joseph Wilton, sculptor

1720 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer

1719 Joseph Addison, English poet, writer, and secretary of state, dies at 47

1716 Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63

1716 Joseph M Vien, French, court, painter

1712 Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Veran, France, general

1712 L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Veran, French general in America

1711 Joseph Umstatt, composer

1710 Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer

1709 Joseph Reipel, composer

1707 Henry Fielding, born in England, novelist, Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones

1699 Joseph Gibbs, composer

1696 Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer

1695 Joseph Thaddaus Stammel, Austrian sculptor

1694 Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster, composer

1693 Gregor Joseph Werner, composer

1692 Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian

1689 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer

1689 Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer

1687 Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist and composer, Joseph

1678 Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor, 1705-11

1678 Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44

1672 Joseph Addison, England, essayist, Spectator

1656 Joseph Hall, English Clergyman

1653 Joseph Sauveur, French physicist/mathematician

1646 Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent

1638 Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies

1633 Joseph de La Barre, composer

1609 Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68

1574 Joseph Hall, English Clergyman

1558 Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies

1542 Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code

1540 Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating

1235 Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names

82 St. Joseph of Arimathea, dies


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