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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