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2004 Russ Meyer, maker of busty movies, Vixen, dies at 82

1998 Henry Hampton, documentary maker, Eyes on the Prize, dies at 48

1997 Dawn Steel, film maker (When Harry Met Sally), dies at 51

1997 Tomoyuki Tanaka, film maker and producer, Godzilla, dies of a stroke at 86

1997 Jose Ignacio Domecq, wine maker, dies at 82

1996 Uzo Egonu, painter/print maker, dies at 64

1996 Joseph Green, film maker, dies at 96

1995 Peter Shankland, film maker/writer, dies at 94

1995 Frank Cvitanovich, film maker, dies at 68

1995 Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, film maker/teacher, dies at 94

1995 Maria Luisa Bemberg, fil maker, dies at 73

1995 Yahya Ayyash, PLO bomb maker, booby trapped cellular phone at 28

1994 Didier Rocher, son of French cosmetic maker Yves Rocher, dies at 41

1994 Gerard van de Groenekan, furniture maker/designer, dies at 90

1994 Simon Prior, British auto maker, dies of injuries

1994 Donald Judd, U.S. furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at 65

1993 Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82

1993 Alfred Mosher Butts, U.S. architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at 93

1993 Ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76

1987 John Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76

1984 L.A. federal jury acquits auto maker John DeLorean on cocaine charges

1982 Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted

1971 British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt

1970 Louis Zimmer, Flem clock maker (Jubelklok, Wonder Clock), dies at 82

1969 Chris Robinson, Atlanta, rocker, Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker

1969 Rich Robinson, rocker, Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker

1967 Jeff Cease, born in Nashville, guitarist, Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker

1962 Igor Aleinikov, film Maker

1958 Antillean Brewery, maker of Amstel beer, opens

1957 William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89

1953 Ken Burns, epic documentary maker, Civil War, Baseball

1951 Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies

1950 Barry Sheene, British auto maker

1950 Jody Schecter, South African auto maker, World Driver's 1979

1950 Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud

1946 Dawn Steel, film maker

1942 John Meulendijks, Dutch cryptogram maker, People's Daily

1939 Tony Budge, English contractor/tank maker/multi-millionaire

1934 Barry Briggs, NZ auto maker, World Champion 1957, 58, 64, 66

1933 David Bellamy, English botanist/tv-program maker

1931 Uzo Egonu, painter/print maker

1930 Imre Gyongyossy, film Maker

1929 1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel)

1927 Frank Cvitanovich, film maker

1926 Bud Greenspan, documentary maker, Olympic Games

1922 Maria Luisa Bemberg, film maker

1914 Jose Ignacio Domecq, wine maker

1911 Phani Majumdar, film maker

1910 Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker

1906 Jacob C van Marken, Dutch peanut butter maker, Calve-Delft

1906 Jacob C van Marken, peanut butter maker (Calve-Delft), dies at 60

1901 Peter Shankland, film maker/writer

1900 Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, film maker/teacher

1900 Joseph Green, film maker

1898 John Grierson, documentary film maker

1894 Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79

1888 Louis Zimmer, Flemish clock maker, Jubelklok/Wonder Clock

1886 Olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer, Star Maker

1880 Viking Eggeling, Sweden, artist/film maker, Diagonal Symphony

1880 Antoon Jurgens, margarine maker, dies at 75

1878 Andre-Gustave Citroen, France, auto maker

1875 Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76

1874 Francois Coty, Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker

1867 Kathe Kollwitz, Germany, print maker/sculptor, Bauernkrieg

1866 Richard Le Gallienne, English writer, Maker of Gainborg

1865 William Parson, 3rd Earl of Rosse and maker of large telescopes, dies

1863 Edvard Munch, Norway, painter/print maker, The Scream

1863 Henry Ford, Dearborn Township, Michigan, auto maker, Ford

1862 Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius

1859 Louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82

1857 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician and puzzle maker

1854 Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies

1850 Marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud, maker of wax figures, dies

1846 Peter Carl Faberge, Russia, goldsmith/jeweler/egg maker

1830 Johann G Repsold, German instrument maker, dies at 59

1823 Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76

1813 John C Fremont, [Pathfinder], map maker/explorer, western U.S., /Gov, AZ

1810 Oliver Fisher Winchester, rifle maker, Winchester

1807 Claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72

1798 Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker, octobas

1797 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker, Steinway

1793 Eliphalet Remington, U.S. gun maker

1779 Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker, dies at 61

1770 Johann G Repsold, German instrument maker

1768 Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82

1752 Elizabeth Griscom, Betsy, Ross, flag maker

1747 Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker

1742 Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 62

1742 Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70

1718 Thomas Chippendale, England, furniture maker, baptized

1713 Thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies

1679 Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius

1671 Francesco Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius

1596 Nicolo Amati, Italy, violin maker, Stradivari and Guarneri

1471 Albrecht Durer, Nurnberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker



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