2010 Event Santiago, Nuevo Leon's mayor, Edelmiro Cavazos is found dead, handcuffed and blindfolded after being abducted Sunday night 2003 Death Leon Uris, writer, Exodus, dies at 78 1997 Death Leon Poliakov, historian, dies at 87 1997 Death Leon Edel, biographer, literary critic, wrote biography of Henry James, won Pulitzer Prize, dies at 89 1996 Death Leon Lewis, U.S. radio talk show host (WMCA, 1970-80), dies at 81 1996 Birthday Lourdes Marie Ciccone Leon, daughter of singer Madonna 1996 Death Mark Frankel, actor (Leon the Pig Farmer), dies on motorcycle at 34 1996 Death Leon Shenandoah, native American leader, dies at 81 1996 Death Leon Garield, writer, dies at 74 1996 Death Leon Joseph Suenens, cardinal, dies at 91 1994 Death Leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies 1994 Death Leon J Ramirez Reine, Degrelle, Belg/Spanish nazi (Rex), dies at 87 1993 Death Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor, dies at 97 1993 Death Leon Ames, U.S. actor (Mr Ed, Peggy Sue got Married), dies at 90 1993 Death Leon Ames, actor (Father of the Bride), dies at 91 of stroke 1993 Death Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83 1993 Event Ramiro de Leon Carpio elected President of Guatemala 1993 Death Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed 1991 Death Leon Clements, journalist (Interlijnen), dies at 43 1989 Event Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs 1985 Death Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat 1982 Death Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor (Watergate), dies at 77 1981 Event Pilin Leon of Venezuela, crowned 31st Miss World 1981 Event Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title 1981 Event Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even took his gold teeth 1980 Death Leon Janney, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World, Hawk), dies at 63 1978 Event Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1978 Event Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1974 Death Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry-Burke's Law), dies at 64 1973 Death Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer, dies at 77 1969 Birthday Leon Searcy, NFL offensive tackle, Pittsburgh Steelers, Jackson Jaguars 1969 Death Leon Jongen, composer, dies at 85 1968 Birthday Leon Lett, NFL defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys 1967 Death Leon Mba, 1st president of Gabon (1960-67), dies 1966 Death Leon de Smet, Flemish painter, dies at 85 1964 Birthday Leon Meijs, soccer player, Willem II 1962 Death Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62 1962 Event All star MVP: Leon Wagner (LA Angels) 1962 Birthday Mark Frankel, actor, Leon the Pig Farmer 1961 Death Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer, dies at 76 1961 Birthday Lee Rocker, Leon Drucker, rock bassist, Stray Cats-Gonna Ball 1961 Death Leon Jeunehomme, Belgian teacher (Pedagogie en Cours), dies at 77 1959 Birthday Leon "The Bop" Klaasse, rock drummer/singer, The Pilgrims-Red 1958 Death Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65 1957 Event Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites 1956 Death Leon N H Jungschlaeger, head military intelligence Netherlands-Indies, dies at 52 1956 Event Death penalty against KPM-director Leon Jungschlaeger 1953 Birthday Leon Spinks, U.S., heavyweight boxing champ, 1978, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1952 Birthday Leon Wilkerson, rocker, Lynard Skynard 1951 Birthday Clifford Leon Anderson, rocker, Cure 1950 Birthday Leon Frissen, born in Beek, Netherlands, Queen's Governor of the province of Limburg, Netherlands, or Queen's Commissioner 1950 Birthday Howard "Leon" Reeder, rock guitarist, Champaign 1950 Death Leon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at 77 1949 Event 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E) 1949 Birthday Leon Redbone, American Musician 1946 Event Leon Blum elected French premier 1946 Birthday Leon Wessels, South Africa lawyer/underminister of Law and Order 1945 Birthday Valerie Leon, born in London, England, actress, Blood from Mummy's Tomb 1944 Event Belgian nazi Leon Degrelle at default to the death sentenced 1943 Event Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle 1943 Birthday Leon Frank Sylvers, rocker 1942 Birthday Bayani Mendoza de Leon, composer 1942 Birthday Donna Leon, American Author 1942 Birthday Leon Haywood, U.S. vocalist/keyboardist, It's Got to be Mellow 1942 Death Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70 1941 Birthday Leon Russell, born in Lawton, Kansas, pianist and singer, Carny 1940 Death Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 1940 Event Leon Trotsky, revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson, dies Aug 21 1939 Death Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72 1939 Birthday Leon Britain, vice president, Commission of European Communities 1939 Birthday Leon Kass, American Educator 1938 Birthday Alvaro Leon Cassuto, composer 1938 Birthday Leon Panetta, born in Monterey, California, Representative-D-California 1977 - 1993 1937 Event Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France 1932 Birthday Leon Hughes, born in Los Angeles, California, born Thomas Leon Hughes, member of The Coasters with Bobby Nunn, Carl Gardner, Billy Guy 1931 Death Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist 'In a Mist', dies at 29 1931 Birthday Leon Schidlowsky, composer 1930 Birthday Leon Cooper, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1972 1929 Birthday Leon Biriotti, composer 1929 Event Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey 1928 Birthday Leon Hart, NFLer, Heisman Trophy 1928 Event Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour 1928 Event Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 miles 604 yards in 1 hour 1928 Birthday Leon Fleisher, born in San Francisco, California, pianist/conductor, Annapolis Symph 1973-77 1928 Event Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky 1925 Death Leon Virginia Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920), dies at 74 1925 Event Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council 1924 Birthday Leon Uris, born in Baltimore, novelist, Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry 1921 Event Belgium's Leon Scieur wins Tour de France 1921 Birthday Leon Garield, writer 1919 Birthday Leon Kirchner, born in Brooklyn, New York, opera composer, Lily 1918 Birthday Argeliers Leon, composer 1917 Death Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91 1917 Death Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 1917 Birthday Leon Janney, born in Ogden, Utah, actor, Hawk 1915 Birthday Leon Shenandoah, native American leader 1914 Death Daniel De Leon, Activist 1913 Birthday Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, France, meteorologist 1913 Death Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57 1912 Death Leon Dierx, French poet (Amants), dies at 74 1912 Birthday Felipe Padilla de Leon, composer 1910 Birthday Leon Poliakov, historian 1910 Birthday Leon Stein, composer 1910 Death Gustave Leon Huberti, composer, dies at 67 1910 Death Leon Walras, French economist (School of Lausanne), dies at 75 1910 Death Leon Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies 1907 Birthday Leon Edel, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, biographer, literary critic, wrote biography of Henry James, won Pulitzer Prize, wrote on James Joyce, taught literature at Sir George Williams University, now Concordia University 1907 Birthday Leon Askin, Vienna Austria, actor, Pierre-Charlie Farrell Show 1906 Death Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor of Ukkel, dies at 64 1905 Birthday Leon Jaworski, American Public Servant 1905 Death Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer, dies at 55 1904 Birthday Leon N H Jungschlager, head of military intelligence, Netherlands-Indies 1903 Birthday Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, Iowa, jazz cornetist 'In a Mist' 1903 Birthday Leon Ames, Portland Indiana, actor, Mr Ed, Father of the Bride 1902 Birthday Leon Belasco, Odessa Russia, actor, Lucky Partners, My Sister Eileen 1901 Death Leon Czolcosz, assassin of President McKinley, is electrocuted 1901 Event President William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later 1900 Birthday Leon Barzin, Brussels Belgium, conductor, New York City Ballet 1948-58 1900 Birthday [Leon] Goose Goslin, baseball hall of famer, AL bat champ 1928 1900 Birthday Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author, Kordian into Cham 1899 Birthday Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master, Ballets Russes 1897 Death Leon Boelmann, French organist/composer (Suite Gothique), dies at 35 1896 Death Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer, dies at 65 1896 Birthday Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor 1896 Birthday Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer 1891 Birthday Leon Cadore, pitcher, pitched all of 26 inning game 1885 Birthday Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer 1884 Birthday Leon Jongen, composer 1882 Death Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82), dies at 44 1881 Event Leon Gambetta forms French government 1881 Birthday Leon de Smet, Flemish painter 1881 Birthday Leon Errol, Australian actor, Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde! 1879 Birthday Leon Davidovitsj Trotsky, Leib Bronstein, Russian revolutionary 1879 Birthday Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, President of 1st Soviet, 1879 Birthday Leon Jouhaux, born in France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO, Nobel 1951 1872 Birthday Leon Blum, French premier, People's front government 1871 Birthday Leon Jessel, composer 1870 Event Leon Gambetta flees Paris in balloon 1868 Death Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51 1868 Death Leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies 1867 Birthday Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer 1862 Birthday Leon Boellmann, French organist/composer, Variations Symphoniques 1855 Birthday Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist, stratosphere 1852 Birthday Daniel De Leon, Activist 1851 Birthday Leon Virginia Bourgeois, French premier, 1895-96, Nobel 1920 1851 Birthday Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist, Nobel 1920 1850 Birthday Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer 1845 Event H L Fizeau and J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun 1844 Birthday Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer 1843 Birthday Gustave Leon Huberti, composer 1842 Birthday Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor, Ukkel 1838 Birthday Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier, 1881 - 1882 1838 Birthday Leon Dierx, French poet 1834 Birthday Leon Walras, French economist, border use theory 1831 Birthday Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer 1826 Birthday Leon Minkus, composer 1825 Event Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Leon 1817 Birthday Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer 1591 Death Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies 1513 Event Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain 1513 Event Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon 1513 Event Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida 1508 Event Juan Ponce de Leon arrives in Puerto Rico 1472 Death Leon Battista Alberti, Italian authors, poet, philosopher, and architect, 'Della Pittura', dies at 68 1460 Birthday Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida 1404 Birthday Leon Battista Alberti, born in Genoa, Italy, Italian authors, poet, philosopher, and architect, 'Della Pittura' 1399 Death John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile and Leon, dies at 58 1369 Death Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile and Leon, murdered 1350 Death Alfonso XI, King of Castile and Leon, dies 1334 Birthday Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia and Leon 1312 Death Ferdinand V, king of Castilie/Leon, dies at 26 1295 Death Sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies 1285 Birthday Ferdinand V, king of Castile and Leon 1284 Death Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castilie/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 1252 Event King Alfonso X "el Sabio" of Castilie/Leon crowned 1252 Death Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castilie/Leon, dies 1230 Death Alfonso IX, king of Leon/Castilie, dies 1221 Birthday Alfonso X, the Wise, king of Castile and Leon, 1252-84 1188 Death Ferdinand II, king of Castilie/Leon/Asturie/Galicie, dies 1109 Death Alfonso VI, (imperator totius Hispaniae), king of Leon, dies 1085 Event King Alfonso VI of Castily/Leon occupy Toledo on Moren 1085 Death King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies 1028 Death Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle
