1966 Birthday Erik van Kessel, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht 1935 Death Albert Kessel, 1st to die in California gas chamber 1918 Birthday Maurice Druon, Kessel, French writer/journalist, Prix Goncourt 1898 Birthday Joseph Kessel, French journalist and writer, Army of the Shadows 1679 Death John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53 1648 Birthday Ferdinand van Kessel, Flemish painter 1626 Birthday Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter
