2004 Yasser Arafat, PLO leader/former terrorist, dies at 64
2000 "Gordon ""Tex"" Beneke", band leader/saxophonist, led the Glenn Miller Orchestra after Miller's death, dies at 86
2000 Robert Rathburn Wilson, nuclear physicist, a leader of the Manhattan Project, dies at 82
1999 Daisy Bates, civil rights leader, dies at 84
1998 Adem Jasari, Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader, killed
1997 Yegorov, Russian leader (1994-95), dies
1997 Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th)
1996 Daniel Raphaeautl Mayer, journalist/resistance leader, dies at 86
1996 Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader, dies at 85
1996 Andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader, dies at 88
1996 Georgios Zoitakis, leader of Greece (1967-72), dies
1996 Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader, dies at 85
1996 Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader, dies at 65
1996 Leon Shenandoah, native American leader, dies at 81
1996 Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader, dies at 52
1996 Lucius E Burch Jr, U.S. civil rights leader, dies at 84
1996 Les Baxter, singer/orch leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73
1996 Willian Myuon Bany Guerrilla leader, dies
1995 Yehuda Meir Getz, rabbi/soldier/religious leader, dies at 71
1995 Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara and charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier
1995 Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader
1995 Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House
1995 Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80
1995 Abdul Ali Mazari, Afghan shite leader, shot to death
1995 Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in U.S.
1995 Howard Hunter, U.S. leader of Mormon Church (1994-95), dies at 87
1995 Abdelhafid Said, Algerian student leader, murdered
1995 Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show"
1995 Mahmoud Sayed Selim, Egyptian moslim leader, shot to death at 29
1995 Souphanouvong, leader of Pathet Lao (1957), dies
1994 PTL leader Jim Bakker released from jail
1994 Cab[ell] Calloway, U.S. band leader/actor (Missourians), dies at 86
1994 Stanley Betrian sworn in as leader of Curaeao
1994 Ali Kouider Benyahia, [sheik Boualem], Alg Moslem leader, shot at 26
1994 Cherif Gousmi, [kalief Abu Abdallah Ahmed], Alger Moslem leader, shot
1994 Ramdas Nayak, Indies hindu leader/politician, murdered at about 52
1994 Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader
1994 Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92
1994 Dhirendra Bhramachari, [Flying Swami], hindu leader, dies at 70
1994 Ezra Taft Benson, min of Agr/leader of mormon (1985-94), dies at 94
1994 Sandor Lakatos, Hungarian violist/orchestra leader, dies at 69
1994 Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant Moslem leader, shot dead at 32
1994 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript
1994 Louis Freeman, band leader, dies at 100
1994 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcasted, it is, but he doesn't
1994 Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at 63
1993 Khaled Moustapha Zir, Palestinian Hamas leader, shot to death at 25
1993 Imad Aqal, Palestinian Hamas leader, dies at 24
1993 Luciano Liggio, Italian mafia leader/painter, dies
1993 Hernan Heleno Castro, El Salvadorian guerilla leader, murdered
1993 Francisco Velis, El Salvador guerilla leader (FMLN), murdered
1993 Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61
1993 Paul Henry, U.S. Republicans Congressional leader, dies at 51
1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most home runs by a catcher
1993 Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79
1993 Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life
1993 Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader
1993 David Koresh, [Vernon Howell], cult leader (Davidians), suicide
1993 Ihsan Mohamed Salem, [Yunis Awad], Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed
1993 Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2 week speech
1993 Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed
1993 Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies
1993 Top mafia leader Salvatore "Toto" Riina arrested in Palermo
1992 Richard H Ichord, U.S. leader of House Un-American Act Comm, dies
1992 Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orch leader (duivelswiel), dies
1992 Alexander V Van de Wall Bake, staff leader/gov KMA Breda, dies
1992 Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74
1992 Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten, dies
1992 Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53
1992 Anthony "Tony" Papa, big band leader, dies at 65
1992 Marinus Ruppert, Dutch trade union leader (CNV), dies at 80
1992 Markos Vafiades, leader (ELAS, 1943-49), dies
1992 Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated
1992 Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies
1992 Anthony Del Casino, band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79
1991 Buck Clayton, U.S. jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies
1991 Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize
1991 Pandit Rambharos Gangaram Panday, Suriname religious leader, dies
1991 U.S. trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins
1991 Jo Budie, Dutch orch leader (KRO), dies
1991 U.S. trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins
1991 Klas Bruinsma, leader criminal organization, murdered
1991 ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress
1991 Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide
1991 Frans Dohmen, union leader (Netherlands Catholic Mine Workers), dies at 81
1991 Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies at 68
1991 Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Mo)/US civil-rights leader, dies at 74
1990 Lucas Polhaupessy, Moluccan leader, dies
1990 Rifaat El-Maghub, Egyptian MP leader, murdered
1990 Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered
1990 South-Africa worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested
1990 Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered
1990 Ralph David Abernathy, U.S. civil rights leader, dies
1990 Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail
1990 Panama's leader Gen Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. authorities
1989 Barrel Regtien, student leader, dies
1989 Ton Regtien, Dutch student leader, dies at 51
1989 Premier Lubbers sees CDA-party leader Elco Brinkman as successor
1989 Andre Kloos, Dut trade union leader (NVV)/chairman (VARA), dies at 67
1989 East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns
1989 South african ANC-founder/leader Walter Sisulu freed
1989 Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome
1989 Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered
1989 South-African President Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela
1989 Funeral for Imre Nagg, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1956
1989 Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini, Iranian leader (-1989), dies at 89
1989 Ayatollah Khomeini, Leader
1989 Soviet president Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing
1989 Huey Newton, U.S., Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47
1989 FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader
1989 Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use New York Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129
1988 Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud
1988 PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist
1988 South Africa anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights prize
1988 Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, U.S. jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77
1988 Karoly Grosz succeeds party leader Janos Kadar in Hungary
1988 Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges
1987 Czechoslovak party leader Gustav Husak resigns
1987 Milt coup leader Maj-Gen Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic
1987 Sammy Kaye, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77
1987 Buddy Rich, drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
1987 PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn
1986 House Dems select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker
1986 Horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85
1986 Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village
1986 Rolando Olalia, Philippines worker's union leader, murdered
1986 Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrested
1986 Leroy Holmes, orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72
1986 Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 75
1986 Tony Desimone, combo leader (Ernie in Kovacsland), dies at 66
1986 President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghanistan
1986 Alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies
1986 Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti
1986 Angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, D.C.
1985 Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi
1985 George Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis, Jr. Show), dies at 66
1985 French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski
1985 President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time
1985 Russian party leader Gorbatsjov visits Paris
1985 South African attorney/UDF leader "Dulah" Omar arrested
1985 Harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists
1985 Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai
1985 "Leader of the Pack" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 120 performances
1985 Wayne King, orch leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84
1985 Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader
1985 Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed
1985 Enver Hoxha, Albanian leader (1944-85), dies
1985 Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania
1985 Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76
1985 "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 120 performances
1985 Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
1985 Mikhail S. Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader
1985 Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/president of U.S.S.R. (1984-85), dies at 73
1985 Jordan king Hussein and PLO leader Arafat sign accord
1985 Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea
1985 Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76
1985 Robert H. W. Welch, Jr., U.S. founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85
1984 Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader
1984 Fred Waring, orch leader (Fred Waring Show), dies at 84
1984 Raoul Salan, French general/OAS leader (Algeria), dies at 85
1984 Emil Coleman, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Party
1984 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader
1984 Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora headquarters in Nicaragua
1984 Gordon Jenkins, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73
1984 U.S.S.R. party leader Chernenko elected president
1984 Harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85
1984 Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa
1984 Ina Ray Hutton, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), dies at 66
1984 Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as U.S.S.R. leader
1983 Egyptian president Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat
1983 Freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76
1983 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years
1983 Benigno S Aquino Jr, Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50
1983 Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat
1983 U.S.S.R. party leader Yuri Andropov elected president
1983 Soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe
1983 Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered
1983 Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana
1983 Derk Roemers, Dutch union leader/politician (soc dem), dies at 67
1983 August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79
1982 Suriname army leader Bouterse murders 15 opponents
1982 Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker's union leader, murdered
1982 U.S.S.R. KGB-chief Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as U.S.S.R. leader
1982 Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is let out of jail in Poland
1982 Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat
1982 Wladislaw Gomulka, Polish partisan/party leader, dies at 76
1982 PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut
1982 Lebanese falangist leader Bechir Gemayel elected as president
1982 Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide
1981 Poland General Jaruzelski elected party leader
1981 William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, NH, dies at 75
1981 Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered
1981 Gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash
1981 Poland Communist Party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek
1981 Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR
1981 Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader, 1,777
1981 French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67
1981 Bobby Sherwood, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66
1980 Malando, [Arie Maasland], composer/orch leader (Ole Guapa), dies at 72
1980 Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 75
1980 South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death
1980 Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns
1980 Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87
1980 ... Mantovani, orch leader (Mantovani), dies at 74
1980 George Meany, labor leader, dies at 86
1979 Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, dies at 39
1979 Stan Kenton, orch leader (Music 55), dies at 67
1979 Arthur Fiedler, orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84
1979 Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader and civil rights pioneer, dies at 90
1979 Mollah Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish leader, dies at 75
1979 Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iranian Kurd leader (KDP), dies at 75
1979 Charles Mingus, U.S. jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56
1978 Jim Jones, U.S. pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide
1978 Enoch Light, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70
1977 Amir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah becomes leader of Kuwait
1977 Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
1977 Guy Lombardo, orch leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75
1977 Steven Biko, South African black student leader, dies in police custody
1977 Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881
1977 Norman Paris, orch leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41
1977 Charles Sanford, orch leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
1976 Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao as China's party leader
1976 Mao Zedong, Chinese Leader
1976 Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orch leader (Air time '57), dies at 61
1976 Kathryn Kuhlman, religious leader/faith healer, dies
1975 Vincent Lopez, orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76
1975 Black-Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to U.S.
1975 PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in New York City
1975 John Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67
1975 Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87
1975 Sammy Spear, orch leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65
1975 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago at 78
1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party
1974 Jean-Paul Sartre visits RAF leader Andreas Baader in prison
1974 Vera Vague, [Barbara Jo Allen], actr (Follow the Leader), dies at 70
1974 Romanian Communist Party names party leader Ceausescu president
1974 Georgios Grivas, Greek gen/oppos leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75
1974 Roy Bargy, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79
1973 Willi Stoph succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader
1973 Earl Browder, leader U.S. Communist Party (1930-45), dies at 82
1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits France
1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits U.S.
1973 Hal Hastings, orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66
1973 Vaughn Monroe, singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61
1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany
1972 Jet's Don Maynard becomes all time pro reception leader (632)
1972 Alan Roth, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
1972 Denny Vaughn, orch leader, Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1972 Joseph F Smith Jr, leader U.S. mormon chuch, dies at 95
1972 West German police arrested RAF leader Ulrike Meinhof
1972 Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64
1972 Birenda, becomes leader of Nepal
1972 Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
1971 Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader
1971 Whitney M Young Jr, leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at 49
1970 Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland's party leader
1970 Charles De Gaulle, Leader
1970 PLO leader Arafat threatens to make a cemetery of Jordan
1970 U.S. Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail
1970 Walter P Reuther, U.S. worker's union leader/president (CIO), dies
1970 Libyan leader Gadaffi launches "Green Revolution"
1970 Constantine Karamanlis, Greek Leader
1969 Fred Hampton, U.S. Black-Panther leader, murdered
1969 Mitchell Ayres, orch leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58
1969 Russ Morgan, orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65
1969 John L. Lewis, American Leader
1969 Emmitt Smith, running back, Dallas Cowboys, 3-time NFL rushing leader
1968 Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed
1968 George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies
1968 E German party leader Ulbricht receives "Order of October Revolution"
1968 Merle Kendrick, orch leader (Window on the World), dies at 72
1968 Bobby Hutton, U.S. Black Panther leader, shot to death
1968 Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader
1968 Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, Dutch sect leader, dies at 70
1968 Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia
1967 Paul Whiteman, U.S. orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77
1966 Hendrik W. Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at 81
1965 Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris
1965 Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped and murdered in Paris
1965 Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian leader (PKI 1951-65), murdered at 42
1965 Carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60
1965 Harry Reser, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69
1965 Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Hume as leader of British Cons party
1965 Arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies
1965 South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years
1965 Stoica becomes president and Ceausescu party leader of Romania
1965 Malcolm X, [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in New York City at 39
1965 Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63
1964 Don Redman, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64
1964 Congo rebel leader Christopher Gbenye holds 60 Americans/800 Belgians
1964 Russ Case, orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52
1964 Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Leader
1963 Axel Stordahl, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50
1963 South African worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested
1963 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested
1963 Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered
1963 Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured
1963 Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at 56
1963 Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies
1962 Andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51
1962 OAS leader general Raoul Salan sentenced to life
1961 Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...)
1961 Jack Kane, orch leader (Steve and Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37
1961 Suzanna Salter, 1st U.S. female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101
1960 Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61
1960 Cunningham T Ngcukana, South African worker's union leader
1960 Jose Luis Rodr’guez Zapatero, Spanish Leader
1960 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state
1959 Jesse Barfield, Illinois, outfielder, Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 HR leader
1959 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his U.S. visit
1959 Sydney P Mufamadi, South African leader, SACP
1957 Aga Khan III, leader of ismailieten (Indian transition), dies
1957 James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, U.S. orchestra leader, dies at 53
1957 Mohammed Valli Moosa, South African leader, UDF
1956 Victor Young, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56
1956 Murphy Morobe, South Afr UDF leader, spent 3 years in Robbeneiland Jail
1956 Erno Gero succeeds Matyas Rakosi as party leader of Hungary
1956 Azhar Cachalia, Scottish/South Africa leader, United Democratic Front
1956 Hungarian party leader Matyas Rakosi enforces his own policy
1956 Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54
1956 Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin
1955 Mary McLeod Bethune, educator and civil rights leader, dies at 79
1955 Shoko Asahara, [Chizuo Matsumoto], Japanese sect leader
1954 Jayaseelan Naidoo, South African worker's union leader
1954 Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt
1954 Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90
1954 Bulelani T Ngcuka, South African attorney/leader, UDF
1953 Yamada Koun, leader of Sanbo Kyodan line of Zen, found 1st awakening
1953 Benazir Bhutto, 1st female leader of a Moslem nation, Pakistan
1953 Josef V Stalin, soviet leader responsible for 11M murders, dies at 73
1953 Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader
1953 James Mndaweni, South African worker's union leader/president, NACTU
1952 Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies
1952 Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66
1951 Pat Bradley, golfer, leader in LPGA career earnings
1950 Yunus I Mahomed, South African attorney/leader, UDF
1950 Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life
1950 Jorg Haider, Austrian polical leader, Austrian Freedom Pary
1950 Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies
1949 Ira Newborn, New York City, orch leader, Manhattan Transfer
1949 Paul Shaffer, Thunder Bay Ont, orch leader, SNL, David Letterman
1949 NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP
1949 Don Baylor, born in Texas, baseball player, Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP
1949 Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco
1948 Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader
1948 Alexander "Alec" Erwin, South African worker's union leader
1947 Stephanus S "Tian" van Merwe, leader, South Africa Democratic Party
1947 Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged
1947 Mosibudi Mangena, South African black leader, On Your Own
1947 Sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed
1946 Julius Streicher, German District Leader (Of Sturmer), hanged
1946 Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed
1946 Ernest Thompson Seton, American Leader
1946 F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government
1945 General Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania
1945 Gene Upshaw, NFL guard, Oakland, NFLPA leader
1945 Marshal Henri Petain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial
1945 Diana Warwick, leader, Association of University Teachers
1945 Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi leader and Chief of Police, committed suicide
1945 Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44
1945 Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried and shot
1945 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason
1945 General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland"
1945 Hans Brunhart, leader of Liechtenstein, 1978-93
1944 Glenn Miller, U.S. jazz composer/orch leader (Danny boy), dies at 40
1944 Glenn Miller, U.S. band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40
1944 Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn
1944 Ernst "Teddy" Thalmann, leader of German KPD, dies
1944 Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49
1944 Gladys Knight, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, leader of Pips, Last Train
1944 Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia
1944 Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader
1944 Eugene Terre Blanche, South Africa leader of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging
1943 H van Zanten, guerrilla leader on North Sumatra, executed
1943 Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed
1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed
1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested
1943 Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested
1943 Henri Polak, Dutch union leader/politician (soc-dem), dies at 74
1942 Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 61
1942 Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader
1942 Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people"
1942 Gustave "Staff" de Clercq, leader Flemish Nationally Covenant, dies
1942 W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded
1942 German 1st tank leader captures Elista, Kalmukkensteppe
1942 Gen B. Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in North Africa
1942 Johan H Westerveld, Lt-colonel/leader Order Service, executed
1942 Henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58
1942 Neil Kinnock, Wales, leader, Labour Party
1942 Huey Newton, Black Panther leader
1942 Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch National Front, dies at 81
1941 Japans invasion leader lands on Luzon, Philippines
1941 Marcus Garvey, U.S. black leader (Back to Africa Movement), dies at 52
1941 Jimmy Hoffa, Jr., son of Jimmy Hoffa/Teamster union leader
1941 Alf Clausen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, orch leader, Mary, Simpsons
1941 Leen Schijvenschuurder, Dutch February strike leader, executed
1940 Ed Garvey, labor leader, Major League Baseball Players Assn
1940 Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, Glasnost Berlin
1940 Willie Stargell, outfielder/1st baseman, Pirates, 1971 NL HR leader
1940 Johnson P Mlambo, South African leader, Pan-African Congress
1940 Julian Bond, born in Nashville, Tennessee, D-Ga, civil rights leader
1939 Hitler named Adolf Eichmann leader of "Referat IV B"
1939 Franklin A Sonn, union leader, South African workers
1939 Eleanor Smeal, leader, National Organization for Women
1939 Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader for the St. Louis Cardinals
1939 Nganani Enos J Mabuza, South African leader, Inyandza National Movement
1939 U.S. worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916)
1938 Ton Regtien, Dutch student leader
1938 Franco, Zaire, composer/guitarist/leader, Masumbuku
1938 James Weldon Johnson, black leader (NAACP), dies in car crash at 67
1938 Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70
1937 Don Sebesky, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, orch leader, Jimmy Dean Show
1937 Hitler informs his military leader of his intentions of going to war
1937 Jacobus H "Koos" van de Merwe, South Africa attorney/CP parliament leader
1937 Alan Tuffin, trade union leader
1937 Raynoma Gordy, [Mayberry], U.S. orchestra leader, Rayber Voices
1937 Eden Pastora Gomez, Nicaraguan contra leader
1936 Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan
1936 Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle
1936 Sepp Blatter, Swiss Leader
1935 Dominico Tromp, Aruba, stage leader
1935 Esmond Bulmer, English cider brewer/Conservative Lower house leader
1935 Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader
1935 Dalai Lama 14, Tibet, spiritual leader of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhists
1935 Denis J. Worrall, South African politician/leader, DP
1934 Robert E Hughes, New York City, orch leader, Rich Little Show
1934 Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March
1934 Jonas Savimbi, Angolian leader of Unita
1933 Alan Tuffin, trade union leader
1933 Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orch leader, Tony Orlando, Marie
1933 Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands
1933 Perry Botkin, Jr., born in New York City, orch leader, Bert Convy Show
1933 Aga Khan, religious leader, Muslims
1932 Roy Hattersley, British journalist/Labour-parliament leader
1932 Ethel L Ennis, U.S. orchestra leader/jazz singer, Once Again
1932 Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine opposition leader; assassinated
1932 Michael Knight, air chief marshall/British leader, NATO
1932 Wilson "Papa" Godett, Curacaos worker's union leader/boxer
1932 Curnick M Ndlovu, Jailed South Africian worker's union leader
1932 Roosje Vos, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 71
1932 Roses Fox, Trade union leader, dies at 71
1932 Air force's Marmaduke Brutal becomes leader of revolutionary junta
1931 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, leader B-sect/guru of rich
1931 Arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47
1931 Del Insko, harness racer, toothpick in mouth, 1969 money leader
1931 Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader
1930 John Daly, British trade union leader
1930 David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader
1930 Buddy Bregman, Chicago, orch leader, Eddie Fisher Show
1930 Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70
1930 Richard Hayman, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, orch leader, Vaughn Monroe Show
1930 Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader
1929 Billy Nair, South Africa union/SACP leader, 20 years in Robbeneiland Prison
1929 Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of South Africa Communist Party
1929 Yasser Arafat, leader, Palestine Liberation Organization
1929 James Last, orchestra leader/composer/arranger
1929 Arthur S. Taylor, Jr., U.S. drummer and band leader, Taylor's Wailers
1928 Peter Matz, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Hullabaloo, Carol Burnette Show
1928 Albert Shanker, American labor leader, Amer Fed of Teachers
1928 Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African Leader
1928 Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies
1928 Jean-Marie le Pen, born in France, leader, National Front party
1928 Ludwig Enneccerus, German leader, dies at 85
1928 Idi Amin, Leader
1928 Ariel Sharon, Israeli Leader
1927 Helenard J "Allan" Hendrickse, leader of South Africa Labour Party
1927 John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house leader, dies at 75
1927 Coretta Scott King, born in Marion, Alabama, civil rights leader
1927 Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist and orch leader, Jazz on a Summer Day
1927 Cesar Chavez, born in Yuma, Arizona, farm labor leader, United Farm Workers
1927 Donn Trenner, born in New Haven, Connecticut, orch leader, ABC's Nightlife
1926 Edgar D Ngoyi, South African ANC leader, 17 years in Robbeneiland Jail
1926 Alan Copeland, born in Los Angeles, California, orch leader/singer, Your Hit Parade
1926 Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47
1926 Lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies
1926 Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader, Southern Christian Leadership
1926 Hans-Jochen Vogel, leader of West Germany's Social Democrats, SPD
1925 Tom Jackson, British union leader, Post Office
1925 James Moody, U.S., jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader
1925 Elliot Lawrence, Philadelphia, orch leader, Guide Right, Howard Cosell
1925 Benjamin Hooks, civil rights leader
1925 British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader
1925 Marty Paich, born in Oakland California, orch leader, Sonny and Cher, Glenn Campbell
1924 Allyn Ferguson, born in San Jose, California, orch leader, Andy Williams Show
1924 Colin Romoff, New York City, orch leader, Andy Williams Show
1924 Terry Gibbs, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Steve Allen Comedy Hour
1924 Louis Bellson, Rock Falls, Illinois, orch leader, Pearl Bailey Show
1924 Rainer Barzel, German leader, CDU-CSU, /minister
1924 Nick Perito, born in Denver, Colorado, orch leader, Don Knotts Show, Big Show
1924 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53
1924 Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader
1923 Wilton S Mkwayi, South African ANC leader
1923 Milt Okun, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Starland Vocal Band Show
1923 [Auguste-]Maurice Barres, French writer/parliament leader, dies at 61
1923 Shimon Peres, Israeli Labor Party leader/prime minister
1923 Jack Parnell, born in London, England, orch leader, Englebert Humperdick Show
1923 Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian communist/leader of PKI, 1951-65
1923 Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader
1923 Mort Lindsey, born in Newark, New Jersey, orch leader, Merv Griffin Show
1923 George H H Lascelles, English earl of Harewood/leader, Covent Garden
1923 Max Nordau, [Sudfeld], German physician/zionists leader, dies at 73
1923 Willem Aantjes, Dutch politicial leader, CDA
1922 British Labour party selects Ramsay MacDonald as leader
1922 Neal Hefti, Hastings, Nebraska, orch leader, Kate Smith Show
1922 Frank Comstock, SD California, orch leader, Jimmie Rodgers Show
1922 Charles Evers, civil rights leader, Amazing Grace
1922 Jack Boddy, British trade union leader
1922 Michael Collins, Irish nationalist leader, killed in ambush
1922 Andre Kloos, Dutch trade union leader, NVV/VARA
1922 Les Baxter, U.S., singer, orchestra leader and composer, Born Again
1922 Ray Anthony, Penn, orch leader, Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme
1921 Harper MacKay, born in Boston, Massachusetts, orch leader, NBC Follies
1921 Whitney M. Young, Jr., civil rights leader, head of Urban League
1921 Billy Taylor, born in Greenville, North Carolina, orch leader, David Frost Show
1921 Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and orchestra leader, Ripley's Game
1921 Syd[ney G] Vincent, British mine workers leader
1921 Bernie Leighton, West Haven, Connecticut, orch leader, Chance of a Lifetime
1920 Mohammed ibn Addoellah, Somalian resistances leader "Mad Molla", dies
1920 Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies
1920 Georges Marchais, political leader, French Communist Party
1920 William Simpson, British trade union leader
1920 Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence
1920 Liam Cosgrave, leader, Fine Gael Party
1920 Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orch leader, Jack Paar Program
1920 Alexander Koltsjak, adm/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed
1920 James Farmer, Marshall, Tex, civil rights leader
1919 Louis Botha, South African Boer leader, dies
1919 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39
1919 Ralph Flanagan, born in Loraine, Ohio, orch leader, Let's Dance
1919 Antoon J. Hubben, Dutch mayor and trade union leader
1919 Luther Henderson, Jr., born in Kansas City, Missouri, orch leader, Polly Bergen Show
1919 Buddy Morrow, orch leader, Jimmie Rodgers Show
1919 Allie Reynolds, New York Yankee pitcher, 1952 AL ERA leader, 2.07,
1919 Bob Boucher, Kent Ohio, orch leader, Music on Ice
1919 Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orch leader, Devil's Wheel
1918 Eddie Safranski, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Jonathan Winters Show
1918 Milton Delugg, born in Los Angeles, California, orch leader, Tonight Show
1918 Dutch SDAP leader Troelstra announces revolution
1918 Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader, Club Seven
1918 Ray Charles, Chicago, orch leader, Perry Como
1918 Gerald Wilson, Shelby Mississippi, orch leader, Redd Foxx
1918 Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot and wounded after speech
1918 Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader
1918 Coleman A Young, civil rights leader, Mayor-D-Detroit
1918 Kirby Stone, born in New York City, jazz combo leader, Baubles Bangles and Beads
1918 Trotsky becomes leader of Reds
1918 Skitch Henderson, born in Birmingham, England, orch leader, Tonight Show
1918 Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader, Communist Party
1917 Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies
1917 Jiang Zemin, Chinese Leader
1917 Ted Steele, born in Hartford, Connecticut, orch leader, Cavalcade of Stars
1917 Buddy Rich, born in Brooklyn, New York, drummer/orch leader, Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go
1917 Harry West, Unionist party leader, Unionist
1917 Ina Ray Hutton, born in Chicago, Illinois, orch leader, Ina Ray Hutton Show
1916 Hal Hastings, New York City, orch leader, Chevrolet on Broadway
1916 Billy May, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Milton Berle Show
1916 Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73
1916 Vic Schoen, Brooklyn New York, orch leader, Patti Page Olds Show
1916 George Wyle, born in New York City, orch leader, Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show
1916 Joel Herron, born in Chicago, Illinois, orch leader, Jaye P Morgan Show
1916 Vic Mizzy, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Don Rickles Show
1915 Serbian leader flees to Albania
1915 Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder
1915 Jack Fascinato, Bevier, Missouri, pianist/orch leader, Kukla Fran and Ollie
1915 Ron Smith, union leader, British Postal Workers
1915 Leon Shenandoah, native American leader
1915 Van Alexander, New York City, orch leader, Gordon MacRae Show
1915 Bobby Hackett, born in Providence, Rhode Island, trumpeteer/orch leader, Air Time '57
1915 Joe Hitchcock, darts player, leader of St. Dunstan's Four
1915 Alvy West, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Andy Williams Show
1914 Glenn Osser, Munising, Michigan, orch leader, Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue
1914 Bai Long, [White Wolf], Chinese Robin Hood/crowd leader, dies
1914 Richard Maltby, orch leader, Vaughn Monroe Show
1914 Bobby Sherwood, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, orch leader, Milton Berle Show
1914 Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orch leader
1914 Ralph Herman, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orch leader, Circus Time
1913 Leroy Holmes, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Tonight Show, 1956-57
1913 Bob Crosby, Spokane, Washington, Bing's brother, orch leader, Bob Crosby Show
1913 Axel Stordahl, Staten Island, New York, orch leader, Frank Sinatra Show
1913 Adhemar Esmein, French Reichts leader, dies at 65
1913 Jimmy Hoffa, missing labor leader
1913 Bert Farber, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone
1913 Tutti Camarata, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, orch leader, Vic Damone Show
1913 Song Jiao-ren, leader Chinese Guomindang-Party, dies
1913 Artur Axmann, nazi youth leader
1913 Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters leader who disappeared in 1975
1913 Edward Gierek, party leader, Polish CP
1912 William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies
1912 Louis Antoine, Belgian miner/sect leader, dies at about 65
1912 Lou Brown, Brooklyn, orch leader, Jerry Lewis Show
1912 Russ Case, born in Hamburg, Iowa, orch leader, Julius La Rosa Show
1912 Paul Weston, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, orch leader, Jim Nabors Hour
1912 Lucius E Burch, Jr., U.S. lawyer/civil rights leader
1912 Victor Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader
1911 George Cates, New York City, orch leader, Lawrence Welk Show
1911 Vaughn Monroe, born in Akron, Ohio, singer/orch leader, Vaughn Monroe Show
1911 Irwin Kostal, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Garry Moore Show
1911 Konstantin Chernenko, U.S.S.R. leader
1911 Frank Devol, Moundsville, West Virginia, orch leader, I'm Dickens He's Fenster
1911 Marinus Ruppert, Dutch chairman, CNV, /trade union leader
1911 Lester Lanin, orchestra leader, 40 Beatle Hits
1911 Lord Lovat, [Shimi], Scottish cattle breeder/leader of clan Fraser
1911 Diego Fabbri, Italian, playwright/leader, Vatican movie bureau
1911 Alvino Rey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, orch leader, King Family
1911 Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, dies
1911 Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader
1911 Leonard Woodcock, labor leader, UAW
1910 Mitchell Ayres, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orch leader, Hollywood Palace
1910 Edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader
1910 Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader
1910 Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader
1910 Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader, ANC/SACP
1910 Ray McKinley, born in Ft. Worth, Texas, orch leader/drummer, Glenn Miller Time
1910 David Rose, born in London, England, orch leader, Red Skelton Show, Stripper
1910 Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove, Missouri, orch leader, NBC Comedy Hour
1910 Bayard Rustin, civil rights leader
1910 Sammy Kaye, born in Rocky River Ohio, orch leader, Sammy Kaye Show
1910 Frans Dohmen, union leader, Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union
1909 Roy Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader
1909 2nd viscount Camrose, British Conserv Lower house leader, 1941-45
1909 Archie Bleyer, born in Corona, New York, orch leader, Arthur Godfrey
1909 Lord Collison, British union leader, agriculture workers
1909 Daniel Raphael Mayer, journalist/resistance leader
1909 Lionel Hampton, orch leader/vibraphone improviser, Depths Below
1908 Ray Carter, born in Chicago, Illinois, orch leader, Arthur Murray Dance Party
1908 Enver Hoxha, post-war leader of Albania, 1944-85
1908 Bernie Green, born in New York City, orch leader, Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show
1908 Raymond Harry Warnow Scott, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Your Hit Parade
1908 John Scott Trotter, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, orch leader, George Gobel Show
1908 Malando, [Arie Maasland], composer/orchestra leader, Ole Guapa
1908 Hank Sylvern, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Jane Froman's USA Canteen
1908 Lawrence Welk, born in Strasburg, North Dakota, orchestra leader, Lawrence Welk Show
1907 Andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader
1907 Howard William Hunter, Mormon Church Leader
1907 Otto Brenner, German worker's union leader
1907 Walter Reuther, labor leader/president, UAW and CIO
1907 Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orch leader, Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith
1907 Felix de Nobel, Dutch orchestra leader
1907 Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader, Don McNeill TV Club
1906 Lord Margadale, English Conserv parliament leader/large landowner
1906 Freddy Martin, born in Cleveland, Ohio, orch leader, started Merv Griffin
1906 Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy
1906 Harry Sosnik, born in Chicago, orch leader, Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade
1906 Kay Kyser, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, orch leader, Kay Kyser's Kollege
1905 Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Stage Show, Mahogany
1905 Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged
1905 John Gart, Russia, orch leader, Paul Winchell Show
1905 Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front
1905 Annunzio Mantovani, born in Venice, Italy, orch leader, Mantovani
1905 Ruth Page, U.S. choreographer/ballet leader, Diaghilev, Pygmalion
1904 Vera Vague, [Barbara Jo Allen], New York City, actress, Follow the Leader
1904 Deng Xiaoping, Chinese party leader, 1976-1983
1904 Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese Leader
1904 Russ Morgan, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Welcome Aboard
1904 Peter Van Steeden, born in Amsterdam Netherlands, orch leader, Break the Bank
1904 Jimmy Dorsey, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Stage Show
1904 John "Pepper" Martin, baseballer, NL stolen base leader 1933,34,36
1903 Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders
1903 August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state
1903 Frankie Carle, born in Providence, Rhode Island, orch leader, Golden Touch
1903 Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iran, Kurd leader, KDP
1902 Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and orchestra leader, RAF Symph Orch
1902 Ray Block, born in France, orch leader, Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason
1902 Guy Lombardo, orch leader, Auld Lang Syne
1902 William D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader
1902 Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed
1901 Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president
1901 Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli, dies
1901 Jimmy Dale, born in Bronx, New York City, orch leader, Sonny and Cher
1901 U.S. captures leader of Philippine rebels, Emilio Aguinaldo
1901 Horace Heidt, Alameda California, orch leader, Swift Show Wagon
1901 Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader
1900 Heinrich Himmler, Nazi SS leader
1900 Victor Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, orch leader, Milton Berle Show, In Old California
1900 Don Redman, Piedmont, West Virginia, orch leader, Sugar Hill Times
1900 Ayatollah Khomeini, Leader
1899 Battle of Magers' fountain - Boer leader Cronje vs Gen Methuen
1899 Pandit Rambharos Gangaram Panday, Suriname relig leader/co-found, VHP
1899 Ezra Taft Benson, American Leader
1899 Raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria, leader OAS
1899 Arvid Pelshe, Latvian Communist leader, CPSU Politburo member
1898 Vincent Lopez, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Welcome Aboard
1898 George Grey, New Zealander Leader
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