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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, novelist, 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's Carnegie Deli 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 Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86 1981 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78 1980 Cleveland 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 Strauss, German Philosopher 1973 Leo Durocher resigns as Houston Astro manager 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 Cincinnati 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 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, studied with Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer, dies at 87 1958 "Jackpot Bowling" premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host 1957 Leo Perutz, writer, wrote 11 novels, mathematician, emigrated to Palestine during Nazi Anschluss, 1938, dies in Bad Ischi, Austria 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, born in Havana, Cuba, Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer, conductor, guitarist, studied under Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, composed solo guitar pieces, over 40 film scores, and several guitar concertos 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, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, author, educator, recorded on CRI label, studied composition with Karol Rathaus, Randall Thompson, Nadio Boulander 1922 Leo Tindermans, British statesman 1921 Leo Smit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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 maatre 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, born in Montpelier, France, writer, novelist, aligned with Surrealists, friends with Renee Magritte, Andre Breton, famous for crime novel character Nestor Burma 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, born in Amsterdam, Holland, composer, killed in Poland during the Holocaust 1900 Leo Robin, U.S. writer, Thanks For the Memory 1899 Leo Strauss, German Philosopher 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 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 Leo Burnett, American Businessman 1891 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Rerum novarum 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, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, writer, wrote 11 novels, mathematician, emigrated to Palestine during Nazi Anschluss, 1938 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, born in Aachen, Rhenish Prussia, studied with Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer 1867 Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St. Petersburg 1863 Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/U.S. 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 1664 Andreas Gryphius, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius', dies at age 47 1616 Andreas Gryphius, born in Glogow, Silesia, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius' 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 1562 Hans Leo Hassler, composer 1542 Leo Judae, 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 - 1521 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 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