1991 Death Vercors, Jean Bruller, French writer (Silence of Mer), dies 1927 Birthday Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USAF/astronaut, Mer 9, Gem 5 1918 Death Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies in Paris at 55 1905 Event Claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres 1902 Birthday Vercors, Jean Bruller, French writer, Le Silence de la Mer 1862 Birthday Claude Debussy, St. Germain-en-Laye, composer, La Mer, Clair de lune
