2003 Death Maurice Gibb, singer/songwriter, the Bee Gees, dies at 53 1998 Death Maurice Schumann, French foreign minister (1969-73), dies 1996 Death Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist, dies at 97 1995 Death Monica Maurice, industrialist, dies at 87 1995 Death Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95 1994 Death Maurice Ashley, historian, dies at 87 1994 Death Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer, dies at 77 1993 Death Maurice Bessy, French film historian (Cinemonde), dies at 82 1993 Death Maurice Dolbier, U.S. actor and writer (Nowhere near Everest), dies at 81 1993 Death Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, Prime Minister of France 1957, dies 1992 Death Maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79 1992 Death Maurice Ohana, pianist/composer, dies 1992 Death Maurice le Roux, French conductor and composer (Contes immoraux), dies 1992 Death Maurice J Hill, writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at 89 1992 Death Maurice L Kusell, dies 1991 Death Maurice Binder, title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73 1990 Death Maurice Braddell, actor (Things to Come), dies 1990 Death Maurice Girodias, French publisher, dies at 71 1989 Death Maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87 1986 Death [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain 1957 - 1963, dies at 92 1985 Death Maurice Copeland, actor (Ralph-Those Young Charmings), dies at 74 1983 Death Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup 1983 Death Maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55 1982 Death Maurice Gilliams, Flemish literary (Sources of Insomnia), dies at 82 1982 Death Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker, dies at 73 1981 Death Maurice Fernandes, cricket captain (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 vs. Eng), dies 1976 Birthday Maurice Taylor, NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers 1976 Death Maurice Johnstone, composer, dies at 75 1976 Death Maurice Jacobson, composer, dies at 80 1975 Event Bee Gees Maurice Gibb weds Yvonne Spencely 1975 Birthday Maurice Rozenthal, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1974 Birthday Maurice Greene, born in Kansas City, Kansas, 100m runner 1973 Death Maurice Dallimore, actor (Collector), dies at 60 1972 Birthday Maurice Kelly, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions 1972 Death Maurice Thiriet, composer, dies at 66 1972 Event NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques 1972 Birthday Maurice Harrell, NFL tight end for the San Diego Chargers 1972 Death Maurice A Chevalier, French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies at 83 1972 Death Maurice Chevalier, French Actor 1971 Birthday Maurice Hofman, Dutch soccer player, MVV 1970 Death Edward M Forster, British writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91 1969 Birthday Maurice Miller, CFL linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos 1969 Birthday Maurice Graef, soccer player, VVW, Roda JC 1969 Birthday Maurice Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan batsman and 1996 World Cup captain 1967 Birthday Pauline Maurice, Welland Ontario, softball outfielder 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Maurice Hurst, NFL cornerback for the New England Patriots 1966 Death Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70 1965 Death Maurice Yvain, composer, dies at 74 1964 Death Maurice Gosfield, actor (Doberman-Phil Silvers Show), dies at 51 1964 Death Maurice Schoemaker, composer, dies at 73 1964 Death Maurice Thorez, Secretary-General French Communist Party, dies at 64 1964 Birthday Maurice Douglass, NFL safety for the New York Giants 1963 Birthday Rupert Graves, actor, Damage, Handful of Dust, Maurice 1963 Birthday Maurice Benard, actor, Sonny Corinthos-General Hospital 1961 Death Maurice Delage, composer, dies at 81 1961 Death Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 1958 Event Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled 1958 Birthday James Wilby, Burma, actor, Howards End, Maurice 1957 Event Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Mont, became 1st NHLer to score 500 goals 1956 Birthday Maurice Cheeks, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Philadelphia '76ers 1956 Death Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80 1956 Death Andre Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies 1956 Death Paul Leautaud, Maurice Boissard, French writer (Petit ami), dies at 84 1955 Death Maurice Utrillo, French painter (Cathedrale St-Denis), dies at 71 1955 Event Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montreal 1953 Death Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), dies at 83 1952 Event Maurice Olley of General Motors begins designing the Corvette 1950 Birthday Mac Maurice Wilkins, discus thrower, 1st to break 70m 1949 Birthday Maurice Gibb, Manchester Eng, rocker, Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever 1949 Event Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty and the Beast," premieres 1949 Birthday Maurice Willis Wright, composer 1949 Death Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Dramatist 1949 Death P-M-B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies at 86 1949 Death Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911), dies 1946 Birthday Maurice Saatchi, English advertising CEO, Saatchi and Saatchi 1945 Death Maurice Rose, 1st U.S. general in Nazi Germany, killed in action at 45 1945 Event Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals 1944 Birthday Maurice Jackson, U.S. singer, Independents-Leaving You 1943 Birthday Ben Kingsley, Scarborough England, actor, Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice 1943 Birthday Maurice Foster, cricketer, West Indies batsman of 70's 1941 Birthday Maurice White, born in Memphis, Tennessee, nicknamed Reese, rocker, singer, songwriter, record producer, founded band Earth, Wind and Fire 1941 Death Maurice Charles Emile Barlier, French resistance fighter, executed at 35 1941 Birthday Maurice Henry Weddington, composer 1940 Death Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40 1938 Birthday Maurice Hinchey, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York 1993 - 1938 Event 64th Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8 1937 Death Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62 1936 Death Pierre Maurice, composer, dies at 68 1936 Birthday Maurice Shock, rector, Lincoln College in Oxford 1930 Birthday Maurice Peress, born in New York City, conductor, KC Philharmonic 1974-80 1930 Event Maurice Allom takes Test hat-trick England vs. New Zealand Christchurch 1929 Event Belgium Maurice Dewaele wins Tour de France 1929 Birthday Maurice Strong, Canadian Businessman 1929 Birthday Maurice Simon, jazz musician 1928 Event "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel, 1st performed publicly (Paris) 1928 Birthday Maurice Sendak, New York City, author/illustrator, Where The Wild Things Are 1927 Birthday Maurice Ronet, born in Nice, France, actor, Frantic, Sphinz, Circle of Love 1927 Birthday Maurice Ingvar Karkoff, composer 1927 Birthday Maurice Bejart, France, ballet choreographer, Rite of Spring 1925 Birthday Maurice Binder, New York City, photographer/film titler, James Bond 1924 Birthday Maurice Jarre, Lyons France, composer, Dr. Zhivago-Academy Award 1966 1924 Event Test Cricket debuts of Herbert Sutcliffe and Maurice Tate vs. South Africa 1924 Death Maurice du Plessys, French poet (Le Feu Sacre), dies at 59 1923 Death [Auguste-]Maurice Barres, French writer/parliament leader, dies at 61 1923 Death Maurice Barres, French Politician 1923 Birthday Maurice Le Roux, composer 1921 Birthday Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Montreal Canadien, MVP-1947 1920 Event Maurice Ravels ballet "La Valse," premieres in Paris 1920 Birthday Maurice Cranston, political scientist 1920 Event Maurice Ravel's "Le tombeau de Couperin," premieres 1919 Birthday Maurice Girodias, French publisher 1918 Birthday Maurice Druon, Kessel, French writer/journalist, Prix Goncourt 1918 Birthday Maurice Laing, life president, John Laing 1917 Birthday Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire 1916 Birthday Maurice Wilkins, England, physicist, worked with DNA, Nobel 1962 1916 Birthday Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer 1915 Birthday Maurice Laing, English contractor/multi-millionaire 1915 Birthday Maurice B. Latey, commentator, BBC World Service 1914 Birthday Maurice Ohana, British?/French? pianist/composer, La Celestine 1913 Birthday Maurice Wilkes, inventor, stored program concept for computers 1912 Birthday Maurice Dallimore, born in England, actor, Collector, Lad: A Dog 1911 Event 31st U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (64 64 62) 1911 Event Maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris 1911 Birthday Maurice Schumann, French statesman/writer, La Voix du couvre-feu 1909 Birthday Maurice Denham, Beckenham England, actor, Mr Love, Damn the Defiant 1909 Birthday Maurice Heath, air marshal 1908 Event Maurice Maeterlinck's "L'oiseau Blue," premieres in Moscow 1908 Birthday Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker 1908 Birthday Maurice Adams, surgeon/British rear admiral 1908 Birthday Monica Maurice, industrialist 1908 Birthday Maurice Stans, born in Shaokopee, Minnesota, Maurice Hubert Stans, President Richard Nixon's finance chairmen, acquitted in Watergate, U.S. Deputy Postmaster General 1955 - 57, U.S. Secretary of Commerce 1969 - 1972 1908 Event 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole" 1908 Birthday Maurice, Jean Jacques, Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher 1907 Birthday Maurice Ashley, historian 1907 Birthday Maurice Stacey, chemist 1907 Birthday Maurice Couve de Murville, France premier, 1968-69 1906 Birthday Maurice Thiriet, composer 1906 Event 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine" 1906 Event Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs," premieres in Paris 1905 Birthday Maurice Charles Emile Barlier, French resistance fighter 1905 Event Maurice Rouvier forms government in France 1904 Event Maurice Ravel's "Sheherazade," premieres in Paris 1903 Birthday Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer 1902 Event Maurice Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte," premieres in Paris 1902 Birthday Maurice Durufle, French organist/composer 1901 Event Maurice Ravel composition "Jeux d'eau" premieres 1901 Birthday Maurice Evans, Dorchester England, actor, Maurice-Bewitched 1900 Birthday Maurice Johnstone, composer 1900 Birthday Maurice Gilliams, Flemish writer/poet/essayist, Maria's Life 1900 Birthday Maurice Leyland, prolific cricket left-handed batsman, England 1900 Birthday Maurice Thorez, Secretary-General, French Communist Party 1900 Birthday Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter 1900 Event Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso," premieres in Paris 1900 Birthday Maurice Jaubert, composer 1899 Birthday Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist 1896 Birthday Maurice Jacobson, composer 1895 Birthday Maurice Roelants, Belgian author, Jazz Player 1895 Birthday Maurice Tate, cricketer, great England pace bowler of 20's 1894 Birthday [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, London, C, British Prime Minister, 1957-63 1891 Birthday Maurice Yvain, composer 1890 Birthday Maurice Schoemaker, composer 1890 Birthday Maurice E McLoughlin, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1912 1888 Birthday Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls, Gigi 1883 Birthday Maurice Utrillo, France, painter, Port St. Martin, Montmartre 1879 Birthday Maurice Delage, composer 1876 Birthday Maurice de Vlaminck, born in Paris, Fauvist painter, Village in the Snow 1875 Birthday Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo 1875 Birthday Maurice Joseph Ravel, born in Cibourne, France, composer, Bolero 1872 Birthday Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo 1872 Birthday Paul Leautaud, Maurice Boissard, France, writer, Petit ami 1870 Birthday Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist, nappism 1868 Birthday Pierre Maurice, composer 1864 Birthday Maurice de Plessys, French poet, Palace Occidental 1862 Birthday [Auguste-]Maurice Barres, French writer/member of parliament 1862 Birthday Maurice Barres, French Politician 1862 Birthday P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet, Blue Bird, Nobel 1911 1862 Birthday Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Dramatist 1859 Birthday Maurice Donnay, French playwright, Lovers 1838 Death Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat 1821 Death Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55 1755 Death Maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59 1754 Birthday Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat 1745 Death Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer, dies at 57 1696 Birthday Maurice Greene, composer 1687 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer 1625 Death Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57 1604 Event Spanish garrison of Sluis surrenders to count Maurice
