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 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, PM of France (1992-93), 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, Belg 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 PM 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, Fren 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/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89
1964 Pierre Trentin, France, 1K time trials, 1968 Olympics gold
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, Lt Cmdr 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
1939 Pierre Mertens, French/Belgian writer, Lettres Clandestines
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
1935 Pierre Marietan, composer
1935 Pierre Kartner, [Father Abraham], Dutch singer, Smurf Song
1935 Pierre S Du Pont IV, gov-Del
1931 Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host
1930 Pierre Bourdieu, French Sociologist
1930 Pierre Max Dubois, composer
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, Oly-gold-1952, 64
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, [Henri Pierre Groues], French priest who helps poor
1911 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
1910 Pierre Musy, 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, Olympics gold 1928, 32
1902 Mt. 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 Symph Orch 1919-24
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
1857 Pierre Jean de Beranger, French Musician
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, Pˆcheur
1849 Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44
1848 Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer
1846 Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Min 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, Fren 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
1780 Pierre Jean de Beranger, French Musician
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
1706 Pierre Lyonet, zoologist/cryptologist, Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups
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, Fr 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, Fr 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/Neth 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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