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2007 Abbe Pierre, dies in Paris, France, following a lung infection, at 94
2004 Pierre Berton, journalist/historian, Klondike Fever, dies at 84 2004 Pierre Salinger, journalist/political press officer, dies at 79 2000 Pierre Elliott Trudeau, former Canadian Prime Minister, dies at 80 2000 Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Statesman 1996 4th Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe 17-11 at St. Pierre Wales 1996 Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran, dies at 58 1996 Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist, dies at 73 1996 Pierre Debizet, resistance fighter/special agent, dies at 72 1995 Pierre Olaf, cabaret artist/clown, dies at 67 1995 Pierre Schaeffer, composer/radio innovator, dies at 85 1995 Jorge Peixinho, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, dies in Lisbon, Portugal 1995 Pierre Tisseyre, publisher (Circle du livre de France), dies at 85 1994 Pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87 1994 Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81 1993 Pierre Beregovoy, Prime Minister of France 1992 - 1993, commits suicide at 67 1993 New York Islanders beat Washington Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot 1992 Pierre Culliford [Peyo], Belgian cartoonist (Smurfs), dies at 64 1992 Pierre Billotte, French military man (IIGM), dies 1989 Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82 1986 Pierre Wigny, Belgian minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61), dies at 81 1984 Pierre Mauroy resigns as premier of France 1984 John Turner succeeds Pierre Trudeau as premier of Canada 1984 Pierre Cochereau, composer, dies at 59 1984 Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced he is stepping down 1982 Pierre Mendes-France, premier France (1954-55), dies 1980 Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections 1979 Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau 1976 Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title 1975 Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24 1975 Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at 77 1972 Pierre Trudeau forms Canadian government 1972 Pierre Allard, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1972 Pierre Brasseur, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 66 1972 Pierre Messmer appointed French premier 1972 Martin St. Pierre, born in Ripon, Quebec, 20k walker in 1996 Olympics 1970 KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch soccer player, NAC, Celtic 1969 Pierre Turgeon, Rouyn, NHL center, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens 1969 Pierre Capdevielle, composer, dies at 63 1968 Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed 1968 Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM 1967 Pierre Moulaert, composer, dies at 60 1967 Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (English paint box), dies at 80 1966 Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63 1966 Pierre Mercure, composer, dies at 38 1965 Pierre Harmel forms Belgium government 1965 Pierre Cardevielle, French composer and conductor (L'ile Rouge), dies at 59 1965 Pierre Ngendandumwe, premier of Burundi, murdered 1964 Pierre Vercheval, CFL guard for the Toronto Argonauts 1964 Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville 1964 Pierre Monteux, French/U.S. conductor, Concert Building Orchestra, dies at 89 1964 Pierre Trentin, France, 1K time trials, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1963 Pierre Blanchar, actor (Man From Nowhere), dies at 71 1962 Pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48 1960 Pierre Reverdy, French author and poet (North-South), dies at 70 1958 Pierre Pflimlin forms French government 1958 Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco 1958 Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco/bobsledder 1988 Olympics 1955 Pierre Bokma, Dutch actor, Avonden, Leedvermaak 1955 Pierre J Thuot, Groton Conn, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-36, 49, 62 1955 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher 1954 Pierre Mendes-France forms French government 1953 Monique St. Pierre, Weisbaden Germany, playmate of year, Nov, 1978 1953 Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82 1949 Pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88 1947 Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79 1946 Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, born in Cameroon, astronaut, STS-18 1946 Pierre van der Linden, Dutch drummer, Brainbox 1945 Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 1945 Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52 1944 Pierre Vienot, French ambassador to London/writer, dies 1940 Jorge Peixinho, born in Montijo, Portugal, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group 1939 Pierre Mertens, French/Belgian writer, Lettres Clandestines 1939 Heinz Holliger, born in Langenthal, Switzerland, studied with Pierre Boulez, composer, world's most famous oboe player 1938 Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran 1937 Pierre de Coubertin, baron/revivor of Olympics, dies at 74 1936 Pierre Maurice, composer, dies at 68 1936 Michel Decoust, born in Paris, France, composer, conductor, studied with Pierre Boulez, teacher, founder, Pantin Conservatoire Municipal de Musique 1935 Pierre Marietan, composer 1935 Pierre Kartner, Father Abraham, Dutch singer, Smurf Song 1935 Pierre S Du Pont IV, gov-Del 1932 Francois Bayle, born in Taomasina, Madagascar, composer, Musique concrete, acousmatic music, studied with Pierre Schaeffer, Karlheinz Stockhausen 1931 Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host 1930 Pierre Bourdieu, French Sociologist 1930 Pierre Max Dubois, composer 1929 Luc Ferrari, born in Paris, France, composer, concentrated on musical composition, collaborated with Pierre Schaeffer from 1957 - 1966, extended notion of abstract music, interested in breaking barriers that force musical tradition 1928 Pierre Olaf, Cauderan France, actor, Kraft Music Hall 1927 Pierre Henry, composer 1927 Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter/director, Cobra 1927 John Pierre Herman Joubert, composer, Chamber Music for brass quintet 1927 Pierre Mercure, composer 1926 Pierre Janssen, art museum director 1926 Pierre "Peyo" Culliford, Brussels Belgium, cartoonist, Smurfs 1925 Pierre Beregovoy, French premier, 1992-93 1925 Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee 1925 Pierre Baugniet, Belgium, pairs ice skater 1948 Olympics gold 1925 Pierre Salinger, newsman, ABC, press secretary, John Kennedy 1925 Pierre Louys, PF Louis, French writer (Aphrodite), dies 1925 Pierre Boulez, born in Montbrison, France, composer and conductor, Visage Nuptial 1924 Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 76 1924 Pierre Cochereau, composer 1923 Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud, French sea officer/writer, dies 1922 Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist 1922 Pierre Cardin, Paris, France, fashion designer, Unisex 1921 Pierre Laporte, Canada, journalist/statesman, Revolution Script 1921 Lancelot Pierre, cricketer, 1 Test WI vs. England 1948, 0-28 1920 Pierre A. Lauffer, Antillian poet, Patria 1920 Pierre Berton, Canadian Author 1920 Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola, France, equest jumper, Gold Medal 1952, 1964 Olympics 1919 Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78 1919 Pierre Trudeau, 15th Canadian PM, 1968-79, 1980-84 1917 Pierre Dubois, Dutch literary 1916 Pierre Emmanuel, French poet, Sodome 1916 Pierre Messmer, PM, France 1915 Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer, Capitaine Bruno 1915 Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer/theory, Capitaine Bruno 1914 Pierre A Balmain, France, fashion designer, 1940's "New Look" 1914 Pierre Froidebise, composer 1912 Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees 1911 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m) 1910 Pierre Musy, born in Switzerland, 4-man bobsled 1936 Olympics gold 1910 Pierre Schaeffer, French engineer/composer 1907 Pierre Moulaert, composer 1907 Pierre E J Pflimlin, premier France 1906 Pierre Fournier, born in Paris, France, violon cellist, Paris Conservatoire 1906 Pierre [Louis] Boileau, born in Paris, France, novelist, Vertigo 1906 Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies 1906 Pierre Cardevielle, French composer and conductor, Amants Captifs 1906 Pierre L Goossens, Belgian archbishop of Malines/Cardinal, dies at 78 1905 Pierre Brasseur, Espinasse, French actor, Enfants du Paradis 1905 Pietro/Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, 1st French Congo Governor (1890-98), die 1905 Pierre de Braza, founder (French Congo), dies 1905 Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville 1905 Pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville 1905 Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon 1905 Pierre Mendes-France, French Premier, 1954-55 1904 Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies 1903 Nobel for physics awarded to Pierre/Marie Curie 1903 Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer 1902 Pierre Brunet, France, figure skater pair, Gold Medal 1928, 1932 Olympics 1902 Mount Pelee erupts, wipes out St. Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000 1902 Marie and Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium 1902 Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium 1902 Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist 1898 Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovers radium 1898 Pierre C Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (Pantheon), dies at 73 1898 Enny de Leeuwe, Engelina, actress, Anatevka, wife of Pierre Mols 1897 Pierre Fresnay, born in Paris, France, actor, Grand Illusion 1893 Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist/essayist, Gilles 1892 Pierre Blanchar, born in Philippeville, Algeria, actor, Magnificent Sinner 1889 Pierre Reverdy, French author and poet, Coeur de Chevre 1886 Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet, Fugitives and Constants 1886 Pieter "Pierre" Balledux, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter 1883 French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar 1882 Pierre de Brazza meets Henry Morton Stanley 1882 Belgian King Leopold II receives Pierre de Brazza 1882 Pierre H Ritter, Jr., Dutch literary/head, Utrecht Newspaper 1882 Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris 1881 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist 1881 Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65 1880 Henry Stanley and Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo 1880 Pierre de Brazza signs treaty with King Makoko of Congo 1875 Pierre Monteux, born in Paris, France, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919 - 1924 1873 Charles Pierre Peguy, Orleans Fr, Catholic writer, God Speaks 1871 Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41 1870 Pierre Louijs, France, novelist/poet, Aphrodite, Woman and Puppet 1868 Pierre Maurice, composer 1868 Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse 1867 Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator 1866 Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle 1863 Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron, revived Olympic games 1861 Pierre M M Duhem, French naturalist/philosopher/historian 1861 Pierre Breville, composer 1859 Pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist 1859 Pierre Curie, France, physicist, Nobel 1903 1858 Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer, dies at 73 1856 Pierre J David, David d'Angers, French sculptor, dies at 67 1852 Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator, French Africa 1850 Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud, French sea officer/writer, Pacheur 1849 Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44 1848 Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer 1846 Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Minister of Foreign affairs/premier 1845 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher, dies at 82 1845 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies 1842 Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist and composer, dies at 70 1842 Pierre, earl the Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 1841 Pierre Auguste Renoir, Limoges France, Impressionist painter/sculptor 1838 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun 1830 Pierre Rode, composer, dies at 56 1829 Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer 1827 Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal 1827 Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 1827 Pierre Laplace, French Mathematician 1825 Pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64 1824 Pierre C Puvis de Chavannes, French painter, Pantheon 1821 Pierre Dupont, song writer 1818 Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, U.S. Confederate gen, Hero of Sumter 1815 Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican representative of the people 1813 Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname, 1855-59 1809 Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician, libertarian socialist 1804 Pierre F Verhulst, Belgium, mathematician, logistic curve 1799 Pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies 1798 Pierre Dutillieu, composer, dies at 44 1797 Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 1793 Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader, guillotined at 40 1793 Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America 1789 Pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist/cryptologist, dies at 82 1788 Pierre J David, David d'Angers, French sculptor 1785 Pierre Talon, composer, dies at 63 1785 Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer 1784 Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74 1774 Pierre Rode, composer 1771 Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist and composer 1770 Pierre earl de Cambronne, French general, Waterloo, Elba 1768 Pierre van Maldere, composer, dies at 39 1764 St. Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue 1763 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher 1760 Pierre Gaveaux, composer 1758 Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60 1757 Pierre Prowo, composer, dies at 60 1754 Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Washington D.C. 1754 Pierre Dutillieu, composer 1753 Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader 1753 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer, dies at 55 1749 Pierre Laplace, French Mathematician 1744 Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer 1738 Pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies 1735 Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, composer 1732 Pierre de Baumarchais, France, playwright, Barber of Seville 1731 Pierre Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 50 1729 Pierre van Maldere, composer 1728 Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris 1722 Pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance," premieres in Paris 1721 Pierre Talon, composer 1720 Pierre de Marivaux' "Arlequin Poli Par l'Amour," premieres in Paris 1717 Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75 1717 Pierre de La Garde, composer 1713 Pierre de Jelyotte, composer 1710 Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75 1709 Pierre Leclair, composer 1706 Pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59 1706 Pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79 1698 Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, heliometer 1697 Pierre Prowo, composer 1697 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer 1688 Pierre De Marivaux, Paris, France, writer, Marianne 1684 Pierre Corneille, French lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42 1681 Pierre Danican Philidor, composer 1674 Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris 1670 Pierre Corneille's "Tite et Berenice," premieres in Paris 1665 Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 1665 Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician 1665 Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician (principle of F), dies at 63 1664 Pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris 1663 Pierre Drevet, French engraver 1659 Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris 1656 Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 64 1655 Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, dies at 63 1647 Pierre Bayle, French/Netherlands theologist/philosopher/writer 1640 Pierre de Fermat writes to Marin Mersenne about Fermat's church thesis 1640 Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris 1637 Pierre Vernier [Peter Werner], French mathematician, dies 1634 Pierre De La Barre, composer, dies at 42 1631 Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler 1629 Pierre the Berulle, French cardinal/founder (French Oratorio), dies 1627 Pierre Verdier, composer 1612 Paul de La Pierre, composer 1606 Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist, El Cid, Horace 1603 Pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian, dies 1592 Pierre de La Barre, composer 1592 Pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher 1590 Pierre de Loyseleur de Villiers, S Netherlands theologist, dies at about 60 1575 Pierre de Berulle, French cardinal 1567 Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 1545 Pierre Brully, Peter Brulius, calvinist minister, burned to death 1523 Pierre de Ronsard, poet 1518 Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies 1493 Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France 1420 Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies 1392 Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails 1378 Gregory XI, Pierre R the Beaufort, last French Pope (1370-78), dies 1352 Clement VI, Pierre Roger, Pope (1342-52), dies 1302 Pierre Flote, French 1st legist/chancellor of king Philip IV, dies 1276 Innocent V, Pierre the Tarantaise, Pope (1276), dies at about 36 1276 Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V 1142 Pierre Abelard, French philosopher (Sic et Non, Heloise), dies at 62 |
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