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1996 Death - Luis Miguel Domiguin, bullfighter, dies at 69

1996 Death - Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher, dies at 86

1994 Death - Luis Ocana, Span cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at 48

1994 Death - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician, assassinated

1994 Death - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican President candidate, assassinated at 44

1994 Death - Lili Damita, wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 89

1993 Death - Luis Falco, U.S. choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50

1993 Death - Luis Kutner, U.S. co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at 84

1992 Death - Luis Alcoriza, actor/writer/director (Tiburoneros), dies of emphysema

1991 Death - Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45

1991 Death - Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at 78

1990 Event - Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty

1990 Death - Luis Trenker, dies at 97

1990 Event - Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as president of Uruguay

1989 Event - Luis Alberto Lacelle elected president of Uruguay

1989 Event - Luis Alberto Lacalle becomes President of Uruguay

1989 Death - Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered

1988 Death - Luis Barragan, born in Mexico City, Mexico, architect, modernist, minimalist, important 20th century architect, significant landscape designer, self-taught, influenced by writings of Ferdinand Bac, dies

1988 Death - Luis W. Alvarez, physicist (Nobel-1968), dies at 77

1986 Death - Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86

1984 Event - Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, and Luis Aparicio inducted into Hall of Fame

1984 Event - Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and D Drysdale elected to Hall of Fame

1983 Death - Luis Bunuel, director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83

1983 Death - Jose Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80

1982 Event - Luis A Monge elected President of Costa Rica

1980 Event - Guinee-Bissau premier Vieira fires president Luis Cabral

1977 Event - Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight

1975 Death - Thornton N Wilder, U.S. writer (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 78

1973 Death - Luis Carrero Blanco, Prime Minister of Spain 1973, assassinated by ETA

1973 Death - Luis Van Rooten, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 66

1973 Event - Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain

1972 Death - Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer, dies at 90

1972 Birthday - Luis Figo, born in Almada, Portugal, professional soccer player, midfielder, 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year, won 127 caps for the Portuguese national soccer team

1970 Event - Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as president of Mexico

1970 Birthday - Luis Lopez, infielder for the San Diego Padres

1970 Birthday - Luis Miguel, born in Vera Cruz, Mexico, spanish singer

1968 Event - Nobel prize for physics awarded to Luis Alvarez (bubble chamber)

1968 Death - Luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71

1968 Event - Cleveland Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minnesota Twins

1967 Birthday - Luis Gonzalez, born in Tampa, Florida, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs

1967 Death - Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at 44

1966 Birthday - Armando Reynoso, San Luis Potosi Mexico, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies

1966 Birthday - Luis Sojo, born in Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder, Seattle Mariners

1966 Birthday - Luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder for the Seattle Mariners

1965 Birthday - Luis Alicea, born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals

1964 Birthday - Luis Polonia, Santiago City, Dominican Republic, outfielder, New York Yankees, Orioles

1963 Death - Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire), dies at 61

1963 Birthday - Pedro Luis Estrada, born in Brooklyn, New York, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List

1962 Death - Luis Alberni, actor (Topaze), dies at 76

1962 Death - Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer, dies at 75

1962 Birthday - Luis Enrique, spanish singer, Luces del Alma

1960 Birthday - Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Statesman

1960 Birthday - Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Leader

1960 Death - Luis da Costa, composer, dies at 80

1958 Birthday - Jose Luis, Clerc Argentina, tennis star

1957 Birthday - Luis Mariano Delis Fournier, Cuba, discus thrower, Olympic-bronze-1980

1957 Death - Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, composer, dies at 67

1956 Event - Frank Robinson (NL) and Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year

1956 Birthday - Luis Guzman, born in Cayey, Puerto Rico, actor, voice-over actor, cast in "Boogie Nights", "Magnolia", Punch-Drunk Love"

1955 Death - Luis de Freitas Branco, composer, dies at 65

1955 Birthday - Loren Lloyd Roberts, born in San Luis Obispo, California, PGA golfer, Nestle-1994, 95

1949 Birthday - Ricardo Luis Carreras, New York City, bantamweight boxer 1972 Olympics bronze

1946 Birthday - Luis Avalos, Havana Cuba, actor, Condo, E/R, I Had 3 Wives

1945 Birthday - Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled in Netherlands

1944 Death - Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, President of Philippines (1935-42), dies at 65

1943 Birthday - Jose Luis Rodriguez, born in Caracas, Venezuela, singer, Dueno De Nada

1940 Birthday - Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees

1935 Birthday - Russell Luis Schweickart, Neptune, New Jersey, astronaut, Apollo 9

1935 Event - Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina chosen 1st president of Philippines

1934 Birthday - Luis Felipe Pires, composer

1933 Event - Temp reaches 136 degrees F (57.8 degrees C) at San Luis Potosi, Mexico (world record)

1933 Death - Luis Sanchez Cerro, President of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza

1930 Birthday - Luis de Pablo, born in Bilbao, Spain, founder, Alea, Nueva Musica, teacher, composer, chamber music works include 'Ex voto for Violin and Viola' 1995

1929 Event - Luis Bunuel releases "Un Chien Andalou," 24-minute film

1928 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey)

1928 Death - Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36

1928 Birthday - Jose Luis de Delas, composer

1926 Birthday - Luis Miguel Dominguin, Spain, matador

1926 Event - Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills 2 in San Luis Obispo, California

1925 Event - Arthur Heinman coins term "motel," opens Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo

1925 Birthday - Luis Antonio Escobar, composer

1923 Event - Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

1922 Birthday - Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua, 1956-63

1922 Birthday - Luis Echeverria Alvarez, president Mexico

1921 Death - Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48

1919 Birthday - Luis H P Daal, Antillean literary

1915 Death - Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuit/writer (Pequeneces, Boy), dies at 64

1914 Birthday - Rafael Jose Luis Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer, restaurateur

1909 Birthday - Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher

1906 Birthday - Luis Van Rooten, Mexico City Mexico, actor, One Man's Family

1906 Birthday - Luis Maria Millet, composer

1905 Birthday - Gilbert Roland, Luis Alonso, born in Juarez, Mexico, actor, Juarez, Barbarosa

1905 Birthday - Luis Sandi, composer

1902 Birthday - Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet, El arbol, Un Rio, Un Amor

1902 Birthday - Jose Luis Sert, Spanish/U.S. architect

1902 Birthday - Luis Barragan, born in Mexico City, Mexico, architect, modernist, minimalist, important 20th century architect, significant landscape designer, self-taught, influenced by writings of Ferdinand Bac

1900 Birthday - Luis Brunel, Calanda Spain, director, Tristana, Phantom of Liberty

1899 Birthday - Jorge Luis Borges, born in Argentina, writer of fiction, essays, Labyrinths

1898 Death - Luis Pales Matos, Puerto Rican poet (Tuntun the paso y griferia), dies

1897 Birthday - Luis Gianneo, composer

1892 Birthday - Luis Trenker, Sankt Ulrich, actor, Berge in Flammen

1891 Birthday - Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer

1890 Birthday - Luis de Freitas Branco, composer

1889 Birthday - Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, composer

1887 Birthday - Martin Luis Guzman, Mexico, novelist, Eagle and the Serpent

1887 Birthday - Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer

1887 Event - Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgre Luis," premieres in Paris

1886 Birthday - Luis Alberni, Spain, actor, Topaze

1882 Birthday - Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer

1879 Birthday - Luis da Costa, composer

1878 Birthday - Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, 1st president of Philippines, 1935-42

1875 Death - Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33

1872 Birthday - Luis Villalba Munoz, composer

1859 Birthday - Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist, founded Federalist Party

1859 Birthday - Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist

1851 Birthday - Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuiet/writer, Pequeneces, Boy

1841 Birthday - Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet

1821 Death - Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curaeaos admiral/supreme commander, dies at 39

1798 Event - Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California

1782 Birthday - Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curacao commander of Colombian fleet

1772 Event - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California

1661 Death - Don Luis Mendez de Haro, premier of Spain (1643-61), dies at about 63

1657 Event - Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal

1648 Death - Luis de Nain, painter, dies

1627 Death - Luis de Gongora y Argote, poet and writer, dies

1613 Birthday - Luis de Garay, composer

1596 Death - Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico

1591 Death - Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies

1580 Death - Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portugal's national poet (Os Lusiados), dies

1576 Death - Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Netherlands (1573-76), dies at 70

1573 Event - Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands

1572 Event - Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusiados" in Portugal

1540 Death - Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48

1492 Birthday - Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory, humanist and reformer













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