2013 Event In Belgium, King Albert II abdicates his throne to son, Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, due to health reasons 2004 Death Philippe de Broca, director, King of Hearts, dies at 69 1997 Death Philippe Rossillon, administrator, dies at 66 1995 Death Philippe Casado, Moroccan/French cyclist, dies at 30 1994 Death Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter, dies at 85 1992 Death Philippe Soupault, writer, dies 1988 Death Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux Vineyard manager, dies in Paris at 86 1984 Death Philippe Wynne, U.S. soul singer (I'll Be Around), dies at 43 1980 Event Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot 1974 Event Philippe Petit walks tightrope strung between twin towers 1974 Birthday Philippe De Rouville, Victoriaville, NHL goalie for the Pittsburgh Penguins 1973 Birthday Philippe Boucher, born in St. Apollinaire, California, NHL defense, Los Angeles Kings, Olympic Gold 1998 1963 Birthday Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lieutenant Colonel FAF/astronaut 1954 Birthday Philippe Alliot, race driver, grand prix 1951 Death Henri Philippe Petain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies 1951 Death Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66 1951 Birthday Philippe Henri Edmonds, cricketer, in Zambia England slow left-arm 1949 Birthday Philippe Petit, born in Nemours, France, juggler/aerialist 1945 Event Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason 1943 Birthday J. Philippe Rushton, Canadian Psychologist 1941 Death Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62 1938 Birthday Philippe Wynne, U.S. soul singer, Detroit Spinners, Ghetto Child 1936 Birthday Philippe Boesmans, composer 1936 Birthday Philippe de Montebello, Paris, art exhibitionist, Treasures of Tut 1934 Birthday Philippe Capdenat, composer 1934 Birthday Philippe Entremont, born in Rheims, France, concert pianist 1934 Birthday Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orchestra 1930 Birthday Philippe Noiret, Lille France, actor, Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino 1914 Birthday Philippe Aries, French historian 1913 Event Belgian Philippe Thys wins Tour de France 1908 Birthday Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter 1902 Birthday Philippe de Rothschild, Paris, manager, Bordeaux Vineyard 1890 Death Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77 1884 Birthday Philippe van Isacker, Belgian minister 1879 Birthday Philippe Gaubert, composer 1869 Death Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer/publisher, dies at 73 1860 Birthday Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer, Colombia-Panama 1839 Death Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 1838 Death Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 1830 Event Revolution in France replaces Charles X with Louis Philippe 1813 Birthday Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer 1795 Birthday Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer, Atlas Universel 1781 Birthday Charles Philippe Lafont, composer 1775 Birthday Philippe Libon, composer 1764 Death Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80 1745 Birthday Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry 1700 Birthday Philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer, Contourlijnen 1688 Death Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant Indiscreet), dies at 53 1674 Death Philippe de Champaigne, painter, dies 1635 Birthday Philippe Quinault, French playwright, L'amant indiscret 1549 Birthday Philippe du Plessis, France, author 1493 Death Philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies 1361 Death Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69 1314 Death Philippe IV, the Handsome, King of France (1285-1314), dies 1291 Birthday Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet 1285 Death Philippe III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85), dies 1223 Death Philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies at 57 1076 Birthday Philippe Comtois, born in Montreal, Quebec, 3m springboard diver 1996 Olympics
