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1994 Albert de Courtray, French archbishop of Lyon/cardinal, dies at 71

1993 Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61

1991 80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1)

1991 Klaus Barbie, Gestapo chief of Lyon, dies of cancer at 77

1987 Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life in France

1983 Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia

1979 Ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78

1972 Sandrine Testud, born in Lyon, France, tennis star, 1993 Strasbourg

1963 Sophie Favier, Lyon France, actress, Sans Interdits

1948 Southside Johnny Lyon, New Jersey, rocker, Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home

1948 William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as Prime Minister of Canada

1946 Sue Lyon, born in Davenport, Iowa, actress, Lolita, Night of the Iguana

1944 French troops liberate Lyon

1944 Klaus Barbie, Gestapo head of Lyon France leaves for Auschwitz

1943 William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

1936 EW Brundin and FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants

1929 Charles Lyon, General-Secretary, Transport Salaried Staffs Association

1921 William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM

1913 Klaus Barbie, gestapo chief, Lyon

1912 Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees

1904 Louis-Eugene-Felix Neel, Lyon France, physicist, Nobel 1970

1901 Ben Lyon, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, I Cover the Waterfront, Night Nurse

1874 William Lyon Mackenzie King, L, 10th Canadian PM, 1921-30, 1935-48

1865 SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire and sinks, killing 400

1865 William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

1861 William Lyon MacKenzie, Canadian Journalist

1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-General Lyon killed

1861 Nathaniel Lyon, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 43

1861 Battle of Boonville, MI-Brigadier General Lyon defeats Confederate forces

1837 Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada

1834 Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor

1822 Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France)

1818 Nathaniel Lyon, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1798 Rep Matthew Lyon, Vermont spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold,Connecticut, in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument

1797 Mary Lyon, U.S., educator, Mount Holyoke, Hall of Fame

1795 William Lyon MacKenzie, Canadian Journalist

1794 James Lyon, composer, dies at 59

1735 James Lyon, composer

1630 Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies

852 Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at 76

840 Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies

197 Lucius Septimius Severus' army beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon


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