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1996 Luis Miguel Domiguin, bullfighter, dies at 69
1996 Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher, dies at 86 1994 Luis Ocana, Span cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at 48 1994 Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician, assassinated 1994 Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican President candidate, assassinated at 44 1994 Lili Damita, wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 89 1993 Luis Falco, U.S. choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50 1993 Luis Kutner, U.S. co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at 84 1992 Luis Alcoriza, actor/writer/director (Tiburoneros), dies of emphysema 1991 Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45 1991 Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at 78 1990 Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty 1990 Luis Trenker, dies at 97 1990 Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as president of Uruguay 1989 Luis Alberto Lacelle elected president of Uruguay 1989 Luis Alberto Lacalle becomes President of Uruguay 1989 Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered 1988 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 Luis W. Alvarez, physicist (Nobel-1968), dies at 77 1986 Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86 1984 Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, and Luis Aparicio inducted into Hall of Fame 1984 Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and D Drysdale elected to Hall of Fame 1983 Luis Bunuel, director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83 1983 Jose Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80 1982 Luis A Monge elected President of Costa Rica 1980 Guinee-Bissau premier Vieira fires president Luis Cabral 1977 Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight 1975 Thornton N Wilder, U.S. writer (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 78 1973 Luis Carrero Blanco, Prime Minister of Spain 1973, assassinated by ETA 1973 Luis Van Rooten, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 66 1973 Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain 1972 Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer, dies at 90 1972 Luis Figo, Portuguese Athlete 1970 Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as president of Mexico 1970 Luis Lopez, infielder for the San Diego Padres 1970 Luis Miguel, born in Vera Cruz, Mexico, spanish singer 1968 Nobel prize for physics awarded to Luis Alvarez (bubble chamber) 1968 Luis Gianneo, composer, dies at 71 1968 Cleveland Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minnesota Twins 1967 Luis Gonzalez, born in Tampa, Florida, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs 1967 Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at 44 1966 Armando Reynoso, San Luis Potosi Mexico, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies 1966 Luis Sojo, born in Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder, Seattle Mariners 1966 Luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder for the Seattle Mariners 1965 Luis Alicea, born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals 1964 Luis Polonia, Santiago City, Dominican Republic, outfielder, New York Yankees, Orioles 1963 Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire), dies at 61 1963 Pedro Luis Estrada, born in Brooklyn, New York, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1962 Luis Alberni, actor (Topaze), dies at 76 1962 Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer, dies at 75 1962 Luis Enrique, spanish singer, Luces del Alma 1960 Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Statesman 1960 Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Leader 1960 Luis da Costa, composer, dies at 80 1958 Jose Luis, Clerc Argentina, tennis star 1957 Luis Mariano Delis Fournier, Cuba, discus thrower, Olympic-bronze-1980 1957 Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, composer, dies at 67 1956 Frank Robinson (NL) and Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year 1956 Luis Guzman, born in Cayey, Puerto Rico, actor, voice-over actor, cast in "Boogie Nights", "Magnolia", Punch-Drunk Love" 1955 Luis de Freitas Branco, composer, dies at 65 1955 Loren Lloyd Roberts, born in San Luis Obispo, California, PGA golfer, Nestle-1994, 95 1949 Ricardo Luis Carreras, New York City, bantamweight boxer 1972 Olympics bronze 1946 Luis Avalos, Havana Cuba, actor, Condo, E/R, I Had 3 Wives 1945 Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled in Netherlands 1944 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, President of Philippines (1935-42), dies at 65 1943 Jose Luis Rodriguez, born in Caracas, Venezuela, singer, Dueno De Nada 1940 Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees 1935 Russell Luis Schweickart, Neptune, New Jersey, astronaut, Apollo 9 1935 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina chosen 1st president of Philippines 1934 Luis Felipe Pires, composer 1933 Temp reaches 136 degrees F (57.8 degrees C) at San Luis Potosi, Mexico (world record) 1933 Luis Sanchez Cerro, President of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza 1930 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 Luis Bunuel releases "Un Chien Andalou," 24-minute film 1928 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey) 1928 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36 1928 Jose Luis de Delas, composer 1926 Luis Miguel Dominguin, Spain, matador 1926 Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills 2 in San Luis Obispo, California 1925 Arthur Heinman coins term "motel," opens Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo 1925 Luis Antonio Escobar, composer 1923 Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title 1922 Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua, 1956-63 1922 Luis Echeverria Alvarez, president Mexico 1921 Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48 1919 Luis H P Daal, Antillean literary 1915 Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuit/writer (Pequeneces, Boy), dies at 64 1914 Rafael Jose Luis Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer, restaurateur 1909 Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher 1906 Luis Van Rooten, Mexico City Mexico, actor, One Man's Family 1906 Luis Maria Millet, composer 1905 Gilbert Roland, Luis Alonso, born in Juarez, Mexico, actor, Juarez, Barbarosa 1905 Luis Sandi, composer 1902 Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet, El arbol, Un Rio, Un Amor 1902 Jose Luis Sert, Spanish/U.S. architect 1902 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 Luis Brunel, Calanda Spain, director, Tristana, Phantom of Liberty 1899 Jorge Luis Borges, born in Argentina, writer of fiction, essays, Labyrinths 1898 Luis Pales Matos, Puerto Rican poet (Tuntun the paso y griferia), dies 1897 Luis Gianneo, composer 1892 Luis Trenker, Sankt Ulrich, actor, Berge in Flammen 1891 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer 1890 Luis de Freitas Branco, composer 1889 Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, composer 1887 Martin Luis Guzman, Mexico, novelist, Eagle and the Serpent 1887 Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer 1887 Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgre Luis," premieres in Paris 1886 Luis Alberni, Spain, actor, Topaze 1882 Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer 1879 Luis da Costa, composer 1878 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, 1st president of Philippines, 1935-42 1875 Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33 1872 Luis Villalba Munoz, composer 1859 Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist, founded Federalist Party 1859 Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist 1851 Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuiet/writer, Pequeneces, Boy 1841 Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet 1821 Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curaeaos admiral/supreme commander, dies at 39 1798 Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California 1782 Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curacao commander of Colombian fleet 1772 Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California 1661 Don Luis Mendez de Haro, premier of Spain (1643-61), dies at about 63 1657 Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal 1648 Luis de Nain, painter, dies 1627 Luis de Gongora y Argote, poet and writer, dies 1613 Luis de Garay, composer 1596 Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico 1591 Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies 1580 Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portugal's national poet (Os Lusiados), dies 1576 Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Netherlands (1573-76), dies at 70 1573 Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands 1572 Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusiados" in Portugal 1540 Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 1492 Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory, humanist and reformer |
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