2002 Leo McKern, actor, Rumpole of the Bailey, dies at 82
2000 Leo Gordon, actor/writer, War and Remembrance, dies at 78
1997 Leo Rosten, writer/humourist (Joys of Yiddish), dies at 88
1996 James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66
1996 Leo Avery, abbot of Quarr, dies at 58
1996 James Leander "Leo" Nichols, honorary consul, dies at 65
1996 Leo Malet, writer, dies at 86
1995 Leo Kaplan, lawyer (ASCAP), dies at 89
1994 Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Story of Ruth), dies at 83
1994 Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine), dies at 80
1993 James Leo Herlihy, novelist (Midnight Cowboy), dies at 66
1993 Leo Ferre, French singer/composer (Mon General), dies at 76
1992 Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports Fund), dies at 79
1992 Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies
1991 Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86
1991 Leo Geerts, [Marcel van der Linden], Belgian writer/critic, dies
1991 Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies
1991 Leo N Wright, U.S. saxophonist (I Left My Heart in SF), dies at 57
1989 Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash
1988 Leo Steiner, New York Carnegie Deli's owner, dies
1985 At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game
1984 Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84
1982 Leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86
1981 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78
1980 Cleve Dan Spillner, 545 ERA, is 2 outs from a no-hitter when White Sox rookie Leo Sutherland singles
1978 Leo J. Ryan, (Rep-Cal) and 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 members
1978 Leo Genn, actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Henry V), dies at 72
1975 Leo Koswal, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1975 Leo Insam, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998
1974 Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government
1973 Leo Durocher resigns as Houston Astro manager
1973 Leo Strauss, German Philosopher
1972 Leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80
1972 Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros
1971 Leo Burnett, American Businessman
1970 Leo Stefan, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1970 Leo Stefan, Chelyabinsk RUS, hockey forward, Team Germany
1970 Leo Araguz, NLF/WLAF punter, Oakland Raiders, Rhein Fire
1969 Leo Gorcey, actor (Bowery Boys), dies at 53
1968 Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt
1968 Leo Sowerby, composer (Pulitzer Prize), dies at 73
1968 Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million
1967 Leo Gomez, born in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, infielder for the Chicago Cubs
1966 Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria)
1966 Leo Goeas, guard for the Baltimore Ravens
1966 Cincinnati Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader
1965 Leo Groenewegen, CFL guard for the Edmonton Eskimos
1965 Leo Spies, composer, dies at 65
1964 Leo Weismantel, German writer (Das Totenliebespar), dies at 76
1964 Leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66
1962 Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds
1961 Leo Carrillo, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid), dies at 81
1960 Melissa Leo, American Actress
1960 Leo Weiner, Hungarian composer (Toldi), dies at 75
1958 Leo Kenter, Dutch drummer, Trockener Kecks-More! More! More!
1958 Leo Blech, composer, dies at 87
1958 "Jackpot Bowling" premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host
1956 Leo Baeck, President of World Union for Progressive Judaism, dies at 83
1955 Leo Barnes, Irish saxophonist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry, Don't Go
1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant
1948 Eddie Sawyer replaces Ben Chapman in Philadelphia, New York Giants Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott and Burt Shotton replaces Durocher as Dodger manager
1948 Leo Sayers, rocker, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
1948 Leo Sayer, [Gerard], England, singer, When I Need Love
1947 Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year
1946 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66
1946 Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Mein Lebensmarchen), dies at 72
1946 Leo Gullotta, actor, Sinbad of the 7 Seas
1945 Leo Kottke, born in Athens, Georgia, guitarist, Ice Water, Greenhouse
1945 Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him
1944 Leo Justinus Kauffmann, composer, dies at 43
1944 Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80
1944 Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies
1944 Leo Burmester, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Flo, Chiefs, Abbys, Odd Jobs
1943 Leo Lyons, Standbridge Beds, rock bassist, Ten Years After
1943 Leo Frijda, resistance fighter, executed at 20
1943 Leo Frankowski, U.S., sci-fi author, High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord
1942 Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer trainer
1942 Leo Ascher, composer, dies at 61
1941 Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61
1940 Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot"
1940 Leo H Ferrier, Suriname writer, Atman
1939 Leo Brouwer, composer
1938 Leo Durocher, hits 2,000th Dodger home run
1938 Leo Avery, abbot of Quarr
1937 Leo Lacroix, France, skier 1964 Olympic silver
1933 Leo N Wright, U.S. saxophonist, I left my heart in SF
1931 James Leander "Leo" Nichols, honorary consul
1931 Leo Bentley bowls 3 consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio
1929 Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament
1929 12th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Hillcrest CC Los Angeles
1929 Mel Ott (Giants) homers off Leo Sweetland (Phillies) in doubleheader
1928 11th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Five Farms CC Baltimore
1928 Leo P[atrick] Kelley, U.S., sci-fi author, Dead Moon, Vacation in Space
1926 Leo Derksen, Dutch journalist, Telegraph/Sunday Newspaper
1926 Russian Politburo throws out Leo Trotsky and followers
1925 Leo Fall, Austria operetta composer (That Pink von Stambul), dies
1925 Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher
1925 Leo Esaki, [Esaki Reona], Japan, physicist, Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973
1924 Frank Liedel, [Leo van Assche], Flemish writer, Kaperbrief
1924 Leo Nomellini, NFL defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers
1924 Leo Buscaglia, born in Los Angeles, California, "Dr. Hug", psycholigist, Love
1922 Leo V Gordon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War
1922 Leo Kraft, composer
1922 Leo Tindermans, British statesman
1921 Leo Smit, Philadelphia Penn, pianist/composer
1920 Leo McKern, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared
1919 Leo Pliatzky, senior civil servant
1917 Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I
1917 Leo Abse, biographer/MP
1916 Leo Horn, Dutch soccer referee/columnist/businessman
1915 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
1915 David Leo Diamond, born in Rochester, New York, composer, Paderewski Prize-1943
1915 Leo Gorcey, born in New York City, actor, Mannequin, Road to Zanzibar
1915 Leo Vroman, Dutch/U.S. poet and biologist
1914 Leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76
1914 Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic, Dance Magazine
1913 Leo A. Ketelaars, Dutch oratorio vocalist
1913 Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder, Sports funds
1912 Leo Cherne, New York City, economist/commentator, All Star News
1911 Leo Ferre, French singer/composer, Silly-aime, Ni Dieu ni maŚtre
1911 Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor, Galitzianer Cowboy
1910 Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82
1910 Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War and Peace), dies at 82
1909 Leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite)
1909 Leo Fender, Anaheim California, rocker, Fender guitars
1909 Leo Malet, writer
1908 Leo Rosten, writer and humourist
1907 Leo Castelli, Trieste, American art dealer
1907 Leo O'Brien, cricketer, Australian batsman in 5 Tests 1932-36
1906 Leo Durocher, born in Massachusetts, baseball manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants
1905 Leo Genn, born in London, England, actor, Affair in Monte Carlo
1904 Leo Joseph Suenens, Cardinal, Belgium
1903 Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], Pope (1878-1903), dies at 93
1902 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education, 1946/54-58
1902 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Church in US"
1901 Leo Justinus Kauffmann, composer
1901 Leo Poos, nazi police officer, caught Dutch underground agents
1901 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Graves De Communi Re
1900 Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite
1900 Leo Smit, composer
1900 Leo Robin, U.S. writer, Thanks For the Memory
1899 Leo Strauss, German Philosopher
1899 Leo Spies, composer
1899 Leo J Weisgerber, German linguist
1899 Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67
1898 Leo Szilard, Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist
1896 Leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor
1896 Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield
1895 Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids, Michigan, composer, Pulitzer 1946
1894 German emperor Wilhelm II fires chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg
1894 German emperor Wilhelm II fires Chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg
1893 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus
1892 Leo Ornstein, Kremenchug Russia, composer, Bio in Sonata Form
1892 Leo Ornstein, composer
1892 Leo G Carroll, Weedon England, actor, Topper, Man From Uncle
1891 Pope Leo XIII's encyclical "Rerum novarum" published
1891 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Rerum novarum
1891 Leo Burnett, American Businessman
1891 Leo Delibes, French ballet composer (Lakme), dies at 54
1890 Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in missions
1890 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Sapientiae Christianae
1888 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Libertas
1888 Leo Weismantel, German writer, Der Reiter der Apocalypse
1885 Pope Leo XIII proclaims extraordinary jubilee
1885 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Immortale Dei
1885 Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)
1885 Leo Weiner, Hungary, composer, Fasching
1884 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry"
1883 Leo Delibes' opera "Lakme," premieres in Paris
1882 Leo Perutz, writer
1882 Leo van Puyfielde, Flemish art historian
1881 Leo Carrillo, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Pancho-Cisco Kid
1881 Leo Carrillo, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, American Empire, Cisco Kid
1881 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud
1880 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary, Congo
1880 Leo Ascher, composer
1880 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage
1879 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris
1878 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism)
1878 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Inscrutabili
1873 Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor, Othello
1873 Leo Delibes' opera "Le Roi l'a Dit," premieres in Paris
1873 Leo Baeck, rabbi/president, World Union for Progressive Judaism
1871 Leo Blech, composer
1867 Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St. Petersburg
1863 Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist, bakelite
1837 Leo van Gheluwe, composer
1836 Leo Delibes, Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer, Coppelia
1831 Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia
1829 Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68
1828 Leo Tolstoy, Russia, novelist, War and Peace, Anna Karenina,
1828 Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer, War and Peace, Anna Karenina,
1827 Dutch King Willem I/Pope Leo XII sign concord
1824 Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee
1810 Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope, 1878-1903
1810 Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], 256th pope, 1878-1903
1760 Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italy, Pope, 1823-29
1744 Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50
1694 Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer
1669 Leo Allatios, Greek/Italian theologist/literary, dies at about 82
1612 Hans Leo Hassler, composer, dies at 49
1605 Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V
1605 Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69
1590 Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther
1562 Hans Leo Hassler, composer
1542 Leo Jud[ae], Swiss pastor/church reformer
1535 Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope, 1605
1521 Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45
1521 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
1521 Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V
1517 Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen
1515 Battle at Marignano: France beats Habsburgers and Pope Leo X
1513 Giovanni de' Medici chosen Pope Leo X
1475 Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope, 1513-21
1054 Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51
1054 Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome
1049 Bruno count of Egesheim and Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX
1048 Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin count Bruno van Egisheim/Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX
1002 Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim and Dagsburg], Pope, 1049-54
965 John XIII Crescentii elected to succeed Pope Leo VIII
965 Leo VIII, Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies
963 Leo VIII elected Pope
939 Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies
936 Duke Alberik II of Spoleto appoints his son Pope Leo VII
912 Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45
904 Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies and plunders Thessalonica
866 Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor, 886-912, /writer, Problematica
855 St. Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
855 Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies
847 St. Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
820 Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered
816 Pope Stephen IV, [V] elected to succeed Leo III
816 Leo III, Italian Pope (795-816), dies
803 Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies
800 Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor
799 Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome
795 St. Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
795 Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I
780 Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies
749 Leo IV, the Khazar, Byzantine emperor, 775-80
741 Leo III de Isaurier, Byzantine Emperor (717-41), dies
683 St. Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
683 Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies
682 St. Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
474 Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies
474 Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies
461 St. Leo I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
461 Leo I the Great, Italian Pope (440-61), dies
440 Pope Leo I the Great, installed
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