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1997 Rudolf Bing, opera manager (New York Met Opera), dies at 95

1996 Minnesota Fats, [Rudolf Wanderone Jr], billiard hustler, dies at 82

1995 Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92

1994 Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czech actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at 72

1992 Rudolf Ising, cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies), dies at 88

1991 Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies

1986 Rudolf Schock, German opera/operetta singer, dies at 71

1985 Rudolf Povarnitsin of U.S.S.R. sets new high jump world record (7'10"12)

1984 Rudolf Hagelstange, German author (Zeit fur ein Lacheln), dies at 72

1982 Rudolf Maros, composer, dies at 65

1980 Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68

1979 Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, dies at 39

1979 German DR frees dissidents Rudolf Bahro and Nico Hubner

1977 Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in German DR

1973 Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist

1973 Rudolf Kubin, composer, dies a day after 64th birthday

1972 Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite), dies at 92

1972 Rudolf Ganz, composer, dies at 95

1972 Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69

1971 Rudolf Mauersberger, composer, dies at 82

1969 Rudolf Forster, actor (Threepenny Opera, Tonio Kroeger), dies at 84

1969 Rudolf Martin, Germany, actor, Anton-All My Children

1969 Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, composer, dies at 53

1969 Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87

1962 Hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic (Vredens Son), dies at 64

1961 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris

1960 Rudolf Moser, composer, dies at 68

1960 Rudolf Nelson, composer, dies at 81

1959 K Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67

1958 Rudolf von Laban, Czech/Ger choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78

1957 U.S. sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years and $3,000

1955 Rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60

1953 Rudolf Leonhard, writer, dies

1952 Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist, Scorpions-Virgin Killer

1946 Rudy/Rudolf [von Bittner] Rucker, U.S., sci-fi author, Wetware

1945 Rudolf Varnlund, Swedish playwright (Upproret), dies at 45

1945 Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67

1944 Rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries

1944 Rudolf Schmundt, gen/Hitler's Army adjunct, dies from wounds

1941 Rudolf Harbig runs world record 1k (2:21.5)

1941 Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland

1941 Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy

1941 Rudolf Hilferding, Germ economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63

1940 Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz

1940 Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, Glasnost Berlin

1938 Rudolf G Binding, German poet and writer, dies at 70

1938 Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer and choreographer, Kirov

1937 Rudolf Otto, German Theologian

1936 Rudolf W de Korte, Dutch Unilever-director/minister EA, L

1934 Rudi Carrell, [Rudolf W. Kesselman], Dutch showmaster

1934 Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany

1934 Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Germany

1934 Rudolf Schuster, Czechoslovakian Statesman

1933 Rudolf Hess and Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler government

1931 Rudolf Komorous, composer

1931 Rudolf W. Canne, Fries playwright (Peaske), dies at 60

1931 Rudolf Kelterborn, composer

1930 Rudolf Hapke, historian (Entstehung Holland Wirtschaft), dies at 45

1929 Rudolf Kittel, German theologist, dies at 76

1929 Rudolf W. Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28

1929 Rudolf Mossbauer, Germany, physicist, Nobel 1961

1926 Rudolf C Eucken, German philosopher (Nobel 1908), dies at 80

1925 Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at 64

1924 Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in New York City

1922 Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, South African Politician

1920 Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czech actor, Short Cut, Golden Eels

1920 Rudolf Halaczinsky, composer

1920 Rudolf Karpati, born in Hungary, sabres, Olympics gold 1956, 60

1917 Rudolf Bruci, composer

1917 Rudolf Maros, composer

1916 Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, Austrian composer, Vom Tode

1915 Rudolf Schock, German opera/operette singer

1915 Rudolf Kirchschlager, president of Austria, 1974-86

1913 Rudolf Diesel, German Inventor

1912 Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist, Julliard

1912 Rudolf Hagelstange, German author and poet, Spielball der Gotter

1912 Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer, True Face of Peace

1910 Rudolf Holzmann, composer

1910 Rudolf Dellinger, composer, dies at 53

1910 Rudolf Kempe, born in Niederpoyritz, Germany, conductor, Tonhalle Orch 1965-72

1909 Rudolf Kubin, composer

1908 Rudolf Petzold, composer

1907 Rudolf Peieris, physicist

1906 Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec

1905 Rudolf Baumbach, writer of German student drinking songs, dies at 64

1905 Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92

1903 Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies

1903 Rudolf Serkin, born in Eger, Bohemia, pianist, Marlboro Sch of Music

1902 Max Rudolf, born in Frankfurt, Germany, conductor, Goteberg Symphony Orch

1902 Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer

1902 Rudolf Moralt, German conductor, Vienna Philharmonic

1901 Rudolf W. Nilsen, Norwegian poet, Hverdagen

1900 Rudolf Varnlund, Swedish playwright, Heliga Familjen

1898 Hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic, Fiskerne, Slaven

1895 Rudolf Kattnigg, composer

1894 Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Fuhrer, only prisoner at Spandau

1893 Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer, dies at 73

1892 Ferde, Ferdinand Rudolf von, Grofe, born in New York, composer

1892 K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist, Amsterdam Concert Hall

1892 Rudolf Moser, composer

1891 Rudolf Carnap, philosopher, German Logical Positivist

1889 Rudolf Mauersberger, composer

1888 Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Cologne Germany, actor, Metropolis, Spies

1887 Rudolf F. W. Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer

1884 Rudolf Forster, Grobming Austria, actor, Threepenny Opera

1884 Rudolf Piskacek, composer

1881 Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer

1881 Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist

1880 Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer

1879 Rudolf von Laban, Czech/German choreographer, modern dance

1879 Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer, Bohemian suite

1878 Rudolf Nelson, composer

1877 Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance

1877 Rudolf Borchardt, writer

1877 Rudolf Ganz, composer

1873 Rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist

1870 Rudolf W. Canne, Fries playwright, Der de Wier Us

1870 Viteslav Augustin Rudolf Novak, Slovak composer, Quasi una ballata

1869 Rudolf Otto, German Theologian

1867 Rudolf Viole, composer, dies at 42

1867 Rudolf Georg Binding, German songwriter/writer, Legenden Der Zeit

1858 Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, Diesel motor

1857 Rudolf Dellinger, composer

1854 Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, South African Politician

1853 Rudolf Kittel, German theologist, Psalms

1846 Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Germany, Idealist philosopher, Nobel 1908

1840 Rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs

1830 Rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit

1825 Rudolf Viole, composer

1824 Rudolf von Benningsen, German lawyer/politician

1821 Rudolf Virchow, German politician/antropologist, cell pathology

1819 Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer

1812 Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter

1802 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer, dies at 42

1760 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer

1612 Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at 59

1611 Emperor Rudolf forces out king of Bohemia

1609 Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion

1609 Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion

1609 Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion

1607 Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia

1594 Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague)

1576 Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as arch duke of Austria

1552 Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany, 1576-1612

1455 Rudolf van Diepholt, bishop/cardinal of Utrecht (1448-55), dies

1448 Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal

1444 Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist

1307 Rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies

1307 German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia

1298 Albert I, son of Rudolf of Habsburg, crowned Holy Roman Emperor

1291 Rudolf I, King of Germany and Holy Roman Empire, dies

1278 Battle of Marchfeld: Rudolf van Habsburg defeats Ottokar II

1273 Earl Rudolf van Habsburg becomes Roman Catholics-German king

1080 Rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies

1032 Koenraad II succeeds Rudolf III as king of Bourgundy

1032 Rudolf III, last independent king of Bourgundy, dies



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