2005 Death Rene Rivkin, Australian Businessman 2000 Death Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77 1996 Death Rene Lacoste, tennis player, dies at 92 1996 Event 128th Belmont: Rene Douglas aboard Editor's Note wins in 2:28.96 1996 Death Rene Clement, film director, dies at 83 1995 Death Rene Mable Neighbour Cloke, illustrator, dies at 90 1995 Death Rene Allio, film Director, dies at 70 1995 Event Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny 1994 Death Alain Cuny, Rene X. Marie, French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at 85 1993 Death Rene Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80 1993 Death Rene Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84 1993 Death Rene Pleven, Prime Minister of France 1950 - 1951, 1951 - 1952, dies 1992 Event Rene Lachemann hired as Florida Marlins 1st manager 1990 Death Rene Enriquez, actor (Hill St. Blues), dies of pancreatic cancer at 56 1989 Death Rene Muawad, assassinated 17 days after elected president of Lebanon 1989 Event Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon 1987 Death Rene Levesque, Quebec premier (1976-85), dies at 65 1984 Death Rene Bernier, composer, dies at 79 1981 Event Mariners manager Maury Wills is fired and replaced by Rene Lachemann 1981 Death Rene Clair, French director (It Happened Tomorrow), dies at 82? 1977 Death Rene Goscinny, French writer (Asterix), dies at 51 1977 Death Rene de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79 1976 Event Rene Levesque's "Parti Quebecois" wins elections in Quebec 1974 Death Rene A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57 1973 Birthday Rene Corbet, NHL left wing for the Colorado Avalanche 1972 Death Rene Leibowitz, composer, dies at 59 1972 Birthday Rene Ingoglia, running back for the Buffalo Bills 1971 Birthday Rene Ponk, soccer player for the FC Utrecht 1971 Birthday Holli Rene Hyche, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, runner 1971 Birthday Rene van Rijswijk, Dutch soccer player, RKC 1970 Birthday Rene Pucher, born in Presov, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1970 Death Rene Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered 1970 Birthday Rene Binken, soccer player, Volendam 1968 Birthday Rene Groen, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1967 Birthday Rene Shuman, Shumans, rockabilly-bandleader/singer 1967 Death Rene Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter, dies at 68 1966 Birthday Rene Arocha, Cubans/US baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals 1965 Birthday Rene Trost, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC 1964 Event Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene" 1962 Death Rene Coty, President of France, dies at 80 1961 Birthday Rene Gonzales, born in Austin, Texas, infielder for the Texas Rangers 1961 Birthday Rene Capo, Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka 1996 Olympics 1960 Birthday Rene Froger, Dutch singer, Everything Can Make a Man Happy 1960 Death Rene Maran, Martiniques writer (Batouala, Prix Goncourt), dies 1954 Death Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42 1954 Birthday Rene Russo, born in Burbank, California, Renee Marie Russo, television, film actress, model, breakthrough role as Lorna Cole in 'Lethal Weapon 3' and 'Lethal Weapon 4', appeared in 'The Thomas Crown Affair' with Pierce Brosnan 1953 Event Rene Coty elected President of France 1953 Event Rene Mayer forms French government 1950 Event Rene Pleven forms French government 1950 Birthday Rene CM van Asten, Dutch actor, Herenstraat 10 1948 Birthday Rene Arnoux, born in France, formula-1 racer, 6th place-1980 1946 Birthday Rene Krijnen, Dutch keyboardist, Les Baroques 1944 Birthday Rene Rivkin, Australian Businessman 1943 Death Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74 1940 Birthday Rene Auberjonois, actor, Clayton-Benson, Star Trek Deep Space 9 1940 Death Rene "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56 1935 Birthday France-Albert Rene, president of Seychelles, 1977- 1933 Birthday Rene Enriquez, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Ray Calletano-Hill Street Blues 1932 Death Rene de Clerq, Flemish poet and writer (Book of Love), dies 1927 Event 47th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats William T Tilden (119 63 119) 1927 Event Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for U.S. Lawn Tennis Association title 1927 Birthday Rene Firino-Martell, cognac manufacturer 1926 Event 46th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats Jean Borotra (64 60 64) 1926 Event Jean Rene Lacoste wins U.S. Tennis Open 1926 Birthday Rene Goscinny, French song/cartoon text writer, Asterix 1925 Death Rene [Raphael] Viviani, French premier (1914-15), dies 1925 Event 45th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats J Borotra (63 63 46 86) 1922 Birthday Rene Levesque, Quebec premier, 1976-85 1921 Birthday Claude Rene Georges Pascal, composer 1918 Birthday Rene de Obaldia, French writer/screenwriter, Fugue Waterloo 1917 Birthday Rene A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet, Juancho Picaflor 1913 Birthday Rene Clement, born in Bordeaux, France, director and writer, Is Paris Burning 1913 Birthday Rene Leibowitz, composer 1912 Birthday Rene Gabriels, Belgian billiard pro, 7 World/9 European championships 1911 Birthday Rene Amengual, composer 1909 Birthday Rene Etiemble, French literature historian, Parlez-vous Franglais 1908 Birthday Rene Simone Mathieu, France, doubles tennis star, Wimbledon 1934 1907 Birthday Rene Char, French poet/painter 1905 Birthday Rene Defossez, composer 1905 Birthday Rene Bernier, composer 1904 Birthday Rene Mable Neighbour Cloke, illustrator 1903 Birthday Rene Wellek, Vienna Austria, writer, Concepts of Criticism 1901 Birthday Rene Jules Dubos, France, U.S. microbiologist/author, Health and Disease 1900 Birthday Rene Crevel, French author, Mon corps et moi, Detours 1898 Birthday Rene Magritte, Belgian surrealistic painter, This is Not a Pipe 1898 Birthday Rene Clair, director, I Married a Witch, It Happened Tomorrow 1898 Birthday Rene de Vos, Dutch actor/composer, Jij Bent Mijn Leven 1897 Birthday Rene Victor, Flemish lawyer/knight, Rechtskundig Weekblad 1896 Birthday Andre Aime Rene Masson, French Surrealist artist, Labyrinth 1887 Birthday Rene Maran, Martinique, author, Batouala, Prix Goncourt 1887 Birthday Rene Cassin, pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize 1968 1883 Birthday Rene "Sascha" Schickele, German writer/founder, Sturmer 1882 Birthday Rene Coty, born in Le Harve, France, president of France, 1953-58 1877 Birthday Rene de Clerq, Flemish poet and author, Emergency Horn 1869 Birthday Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer 1865 Death Rene E de Russy, West Indian/US Brigadier-General, dies at about 75 1863 Birthday Rene [Raphael] Viviani, French historian/social premier, 1914-15 1860 Birthday Rene Lalique, French jewel designer 1848 Death Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies 1839 Birthday Rene F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, born in France, poet, 1st Nobel winner, 1901 1813 Birthday Gabriel Rene Paul, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1790 Birthday Alphonse-Marie Louis de Lamartine, Macon France, writer, Rene 1768 Birthday Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, France, poet and novelist, Atala 1687 Death Renatus Rapinus, Rene Rapin, French poet (Jansenisme), dies 1650 Death Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking 1650 Death Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking 1643 Birthday Rene R Cavelier sieur de La Salle, French explorer 1621 Birthday Renatus Rapinus, Rene Rapin, French jesuit/poet, Hortorum libri IV 1596 Birthday Rene Descartes, born in France, philosopher, he thought, therefore he was 1544 Death Rene of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle 1544 Death Rene van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 1510 Birthday Rene/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII 1480 Death Rene, last heir of house of Anjou, dies
