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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 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, PM 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 Yanks, 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 Rodr’guez 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, Oly-bronze-1980

1957 Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, composer, dies at 67

1957 Luis Guzman, Actor

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

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, Venezuala, singer, Dueno De Nada

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

1940 Luis Gasca, rocker

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, Mex (world record)

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

1930 Luis de Pablo, composer

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], Juarez Mex, actor, Juarez, Barbarosa

1905 Luis Sandi, composer

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

1902 Jose Luis Sert, Spanish/US architect

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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