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2002 Jam Master Jay, American Musician

1999 Al Hirt, jazz master, trumpeter, dies at 76

1997 "Master Class," closes at Golden Theater New York City after 601 performances

1997 Judy Flannery, master triathelete, killed by a car at 56

1996 50th Tony Awards: Master Class and Rent win

1996 Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master, dies at 89

1996 John Terence Reese, bridge master, dies at 82

1995 "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater New York City for 601 performances

1992 "Master Builder" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances

1992 "Master Builder" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 45 performances

1988 [John] Hein Donner, chess grand master, dies at 61

1984 Tigran Petroshan, Russian chess grand master, dies at 55

1983 Stephen Murray, actor (Guilty, Silent Dust, Master Spy), dies at 70

1978 Philip Ahn, Los Angeles California, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), dies at 66

1977 Czech chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously and only loses 10

1975 101st Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4

1968 Carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at 85

1965 Jam Master Jay, American Musician

1960 Jaap van Sweden, Dutch violinist and concert master

1959 Timothy Van Patten, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, White Shadow, Master

1956 Lajos Asztalos, International Chess Master (1950), dies at 67

1952 Vivian Richards, West Indian master blaster

1947 Michael Mavor, Head Master, Rugby School

1946 Lev Alburt, U.S.S.R., International Chess Master, 1976

1946 Donald Trump, billionaire/master builder, Trump Towers/Plaza/Castle

1946 Tina Aumont, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Master of Love, Casanova

1945 Goran Antunac, born in Yugoslavia, International Chess Master, 1975

1943 Jan Adamski, Poland, International Chess Master, 1976

1942 John Lewis, Head Master, Eton College

1939 A C F Verity, master, Dulwich College

1939 N R Bomford, head master, Harrow School

1938 Alec Broers, master, Churchill College Cambridge

1937 David Summerscale, head master, Westminster School England

1936 John Albert, professor, Master of University College Oxford

1934 Bob Hepple, master, Clare College Cambridge

1934 Roy Massey, Master of Choristers, Hereford Cathedral

1933 Dr. Robert Stevens, Master, Pembroke College, Oxford

1932 John Lyons, Cambridge England, Master, Trinity Hall

1931 His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI

1931 Johan [Eliza J] de Master, art critic/writer, dies

1930 Anne Macfarlane, Master, Court of Protection

1929 Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57

1928 Paul Greening, master of Queen's household

1928 Frank Ross Anderson, Canada, International Chess Master, 1954

1927 [Jan] Hein Donner, Dutch chess master

1927 Robert Matthews, master, Clare College Cambridge England

1927 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice

1926 James Hele, high master, St. Paul's School

1925 Peter Leng, Master General of the Ordnance

1924 Michael McCrum, master, Corpus Christi College Cambridge

1924 Theo Olof, German/Neth violinist, prodigy, concert master

1923 Herman Krebbers, Dutch violist/concert master

1923 Richard Worsley, quarter master General

1923 Miles Wingate, deputy master, Trinity House

1923 Clifton Williams, born in Traskwood, Arkansas, band master, Sinfonians

1923 Leah Chase, master chef, in the creole tradition

1917 Francis Jackson, organist and master of Music/York minister

1915 Edward Miller, Master, Fitzwilliam College Cambridge

1913 John Terence Reese, bridge master

1911 Philip Ahn, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Master Kan-Kung Fu

1909 Vladimir Alatortsev, U.S.S.R., International Chess Master, 1950

1908 Jack Jacob, senior master, British Supreme Court

1907 Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget

1907 De Master's Dutch government resigns

1906 Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master

1905 Dutch government of De Master begins

1904 Charles Kleins "Music Master," premieres in New York City

1901 Charles H. Goren, bridge master, 26 U.S. Titles

1899 Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master, Ballets Russes

1898 Abraham J D van Oosten, Dutch poet and author, His Master's Voice

1897 Robert Ringling, circus master

1893 Harry Blomberg, Swedish author, Master Jacob

1884 Paul Abadie, French master builder (Sacre-Coeur, Paris), dies at 71

1883 Carl Oscar Ahues, Germany, International Chess Master, 1950

1873 Louis Zimmermann, violinist and 1st concert master of Concert building

1872 Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, born in Russia, dance master, Imperial Ballet

1867 Frank Lloyd Wright, Richland Center Wisconsin, master builder, Guggenheim

1856 Violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author, Satan the master

1846 Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81

1836 Yamaoka Tesshu, Japanese swordsman/master of kendo

1831 Jan G Palm, Curacao, bandmaster/choir master/composer

1817 Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72

1812 Paul Abadie, French master builder, renovated Notre Dame

1798 Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66

1778 Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master

1753 George Washington becomes a master mason

1751 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czech master builder, dies at 62

1744 Giacomo Quarenghi, Ital/Russian master builder, Hermitage Theater

1743 Robert Jasper van de Capellen, master of Marsch/politician

1738 Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72

1733 Jacques-Denis Antoine, French master builder, Hotel Maillebois Paris

1731 Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master

1719 Steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried

1708 Henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67

1705 Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/band master

1689 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Bavarian master builder, Prague

1678 Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried

1676 Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried

1669 Pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61

1667 Thomas de Keyser, Amsterdam master builder/painter, buried

1666 Georg Baehr, German master builder, Frauenkirche, Dresden

1653 Adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71

1638 Paul Moreelse, Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about 66

1627 Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67

1621 Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56

1590 Joost Jansz Bilhamer, master builder/cartographer, dies at about 49

1585 Heinrich Schutz, German royal chaplain master/composer, Daphne

1567 Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37

1565 Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam

1557 Sebastiaan Van Noyen, military master builder, dies

1483 Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter and master builder, Madonna Sistina

1462 Gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies

1434 Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60

1397 Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56

1314 Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies

1180 Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies



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