2003 Leon Uris, writer, Exodus, dies at 78
1997 Leon Poliakov, historian, dies at 87
1997 Leon Edel, biographer, dies at 89
1996 Leon Lewis, U.S. radio talk show host (WMCA, 1970-80), dies at 81
1996 Lourdes Marie Ciccone Leon, daughter of singer Madonna
1996 Mark Frankel, actor (Leon the Pig Farmer), dies on motorcycle at 34
1996 Leon Shenandoah, native American leader, dies at 81
1996 Leon Garield, writer, dies at 74
1996 Leon Joseph Suenens, cardinal, dies at 91
1995 Leon Day, pitcher (Negro Leagues), dies of heart failure at 78
1994 Leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies
1994 Leon J Ramirez Reine, [Degrelle], Belg/Spanish nazi (Rex), dies at 87
1993 Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor, dies at 97
1993 Leon Ames, U.S. actor (Mr Ed, Peggy Sue got Married), dies at 90
1993 Leon Ames, actor (Father of the Bride), dies at 91 of stroke
1993 Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83
1993 Ramiro de Leon Carpio elected President of Guatemala
1993 Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed
1991 Leon Clements, journalist (Interlijnen), dies at 43
1989 Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs
1985 Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat
1985 Leon Orthel, composer, dies at 79
1982 Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor (Watergate), dies at 77
1981 Pilin Leon of Venezuela, crowned 31st Miss World
1981 Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title
1981 Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even took his gold teeth
1980 Leon Janney, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World, Hawk), dies at 63
1978 Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1974 Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry-Burke's Law), dies at 64
1973 Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer, dies at 77
1969 Leon Searcy, NFL offensive tackle, Pittsburgh Steelers, Jackson Jaguars
1969 Leon Jongen, composer, dies at 85
1968 Leon Lett, NFL defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys
1967 Leon Mba, 1st president of Gabon (1960-67), dies
1966 Leon de Smet, Flemish painter, dies at 85
1964 Leon Meijs, soccer player, Willem II
1962 Leon Hutten, soccer player, RKC
1962 Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62
1962 All star MVP: Leon Wagner (LA Angels)
1962 Mark Frankel, actor, Leon the Pig Farmer
1961 Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer, dies at 76
1961 Lee Rocker, [Leon Drucker], rock bassist, Stray Cats-Gonna Ball
1961 Leon Jeunehomme, Belgian teacher (Pedagogie en Cours), dies at 77
1959 Leon "The Bop" Klaasse, rock drummer/singer, The Pilgrims-Red
1958 Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65
1957 Georgia Senate unanimously approves Sen Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites
1956 Leon N H Jungschlaeger, head milt intelligence Neth-Indies, dies at 52
1956 Death penalty against KPM-director Leon Jungschlaeger
1953 Leon Spinks, U.S., heavyweight boxing champ, 1978, Olympics gold 1976
1952 Leon Wilkerson, rocker, Lynard Skynard
1951 Clifford Leon Anderson, rocker, Cure
1950 Leon J P M Frissen, Dutch MP, CDA
1950 Howard "Leon" Reeder, rock guitarist, Champaign
1950 Leon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at 77
1949 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E)
1949 Leon Redbone, American Musician
1946 Leon Blum elected French premier
1946 Leon Wessels, South Africa lawyer/underminister of Law and Order
1945 Valerie Leon, born in London, England, actress, Blood from Mummy's Tomb
1944 Belgian nazi Leon Degrelle at default to the death sentenced
1943 Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle
1943 Leon Frank Sylvers, rocker
1942 Bayani Mendoza de Leon, composer
1942 Donna Leon, American Author
1942 Leon Haywood, U.S. vocalist/keyboardist, It's Got to be Mellow
1942 Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70
1941 Leon Russell, born in Lawton, Kansas, pianist and singer, Carny
1940 Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62
1940 Leon Trotsky, revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson, dies Aug 21
1939 Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72
1939 Leon Britain, vice president, Commission of European Communities
1939 Leon Kass, American Educator
1938 Alvaro Leon Cassuto, composer
1938 Leon Panetta, Rep-D-CA, 1977-
1937 Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France
1936 Leon Hughes, rocker
1932 Herbert "Sonny" Leon Callahan, Rep-R-Alabama, 1985-
1931 Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29
1931 Leon Schidlowsky, composer
1930 Leon Cooper, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1972
1929 Leon Biriotti, composer
1929 Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey
1928 Leon Hart, NFLer, Heisman Trophy
1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour
1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 mi 604 yds in 1 hr
1928 Leon Fleisher, born in San Francisco, California, pianist/conductor, Annapolis Symph 1973-77
1928 Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky
1925 Leon Virginia Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920), dies at 74
1925 Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council
1924 Leon Uris, born in Baltimore, novelist, Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry
1921 Belgium's Leon Scieur wins Tour de France
1921 Leon Garield, writer
1919 Leon Kirchner, born in Brooklyn, New York, opera composer, Lily
1918 Argeliers Leon, composer
1917 Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91
1917 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72
1917 Leon Janney, born in Ogden, Utah, actor, Hawk
1915 Leon Shenandoah, native American leader
1914 Daniel De Leon, Activist
1913 Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, France, meteorologist
1913 Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, Fr meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57
1912 Leon Dierx, French poet (Amants), dies at 74
1912 Felipe Padilla de Leon, composer
1910 Leon Poliakov, historian
1910 Leon Stein, composer
1910 Gustave Leon Huberti, composer, dies at 67
1910 Leon Walras, French economist (School of Lausanne), dies at 75
1910 Leon Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies
1907 Leon Edel, biographer
1907 Leon Askin, Vienna Austria, actor, Pierre-Charlie Farrell Show
1906 Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor of Ukkel, dies at 64
1905 Leon Orthel, composer
1905 Leon Jaworski, American Public Servant
1905 Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer, dies at 55
1904 Leon N H Jungschlager, head of military intelligence, Neth-Indies
1903 Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, Iowa, jazz cornetist, In a Mist
1903 Leon Ames, Portland Indiana, actor, Mr Ed, Father of the Bride
1902 Leon Belasco, Odessa Russia, actor, Lucky Partners, My Sister Eileen
1901 Leon Czolcosz, assassin of President McKinley, is electrocuted
1901 President William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later
1900 Leon Barzin, Brussels Belgium, conductor, New York City Ballet 1948-58
1900 [Leon] Goose Goslin, baseball hall of famer, AL bat champ 1928
1900 Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author, Kordian into Cham
1899 Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master, Ballets Russes
1897 Leon Boelmann, French organist/composer (Suite Gothique), dies at 35
1896 Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer, dies at 65
1896 Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor
1896 Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer
1891 Leon Cadore, pitcher, pitched all of 26 inning game
1885 Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer
1884 Leon Jongen, composer
1882 Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82), dies at 44
1881 Leon Gambetta forms French government
1881 Leon de Smet, Flemish painter
1881 Leon Errol, Australian actor, Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!
1879 Leon Davidovitsj Trotsky, [Leib Bronstein], Russ revolutionary
1879 Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, President of 1st Soviet,
1879 Leon Jouhaux, born in France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO, Nobel 1951
1872 Leon Blum, French premier, People's front government
1871 Leon Jessel, composer
1870 Leon Gambetta flees Paris in balloon
1868 Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51
1868 Leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies
1867 Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer
1862 Leon Boellmann, French organist/composer, Variations Symphoniques
1855 Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist, stratosphere
1852 Daniel De Leon, Activist
1851 Leon Virginia Bourgeois, French premier, 1895-96, Nobel 1920
1851 Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist, Nobel 1920
1850 Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer
1845 H L Fizeau and J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun
1844 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer
1843 Gustave Leon Huberti, composer
1842 Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor, Ukkel
1838 Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier, 1881-82
1838 Leon Dierx, French poet
1834 Leon Walras, French economist, border use theory
1831 Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer
1826 Leon Minkus, composer
1825 Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Leon
1817 Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer
1591 Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies
1513 Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain
1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon
1513 Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
1508 Juan Ponce de Leon arrives in Puerto Rico
1472 Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies
1472 Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68
1460 Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida
1404 Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect, Della Pittura
1399 John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile and Leon, dies at 58
1369 Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile and Leon, murdered
1350 Alfonso XI, King of Castile and Leon, dies
1334 Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia and Leon
1312 Ferdinand V, king of Castilie/Leon, dies at 26
1295 Sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies
1285 Ferdinand V, king of Castile and Leon
1284 Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castilie/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62
1252 King Alfonso X "el Sabio" of Castilie/Leon crowned
1252 Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castilie/Leon, dies
1230 Alfonso IX, king of Leon/Castilie, dies
1221 Alfonso X, the Wise, king of Castile and Leon, 1252-84
1188 Ferdinand II, king of Castilie/Leon/Asturie/Galicie, dies
1109 Alfonso VI, (imperator totius Hispaniae), king of Leon, dies
1085 King Alfonso VI of Castily/Leon occupy Toledo on Moren
1085 King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies
1028 Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle
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