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1990 Xavier Cugart, bandlander, dies of heart failure at 90

1966 Francis Xavier Bushman, actor (Ben-Hur), dies at 83

1965 Xavier Hernandez, Port Arthur, Texas, pitcher for the Houston Astros

1963 Xavier McDaniel, NBA forward, Seattle SuperSonics

1957 Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X": "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until X-Files)

1950 Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47

1946 Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint

1946 Robert Xavier Rodriguez, composer

1941 Xavier Cugat and Orchestra record "Babalu"

1932 Abbe Lane, Brooklyn, aka Mrs. Xavier Cugat/singer, Xavier Cugat Show

1932 Franz Xavier Arens, composer, dies at 75

1931 Xavier Benguerel, composer

1925 1st U.S. University for Blacks, Xavier University, opens in New Orleans

1921 Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75

1919 Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, composer, dies at 55

1915 Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in U.S., opens in NO LA

1914 Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36

1912 Xavier Montsalvatge, Spanish composer, El gato con botas

1903 Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet, Nocturno de los Angeles

1900 Xavier Cugat, born in Barcelona, Spain, bandleader, married Abbe Lane, Charo

1892 Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer, dies at 62

1891 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73

1887 Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player

1878 Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer

1874 Xavier FMG earl Merode, Belgian pontifical defense minister, dies at 54

1863 Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, composer

1863 Franz Xavier Gruber, composer, dies at 75

1856 Franz Xavier Arens, composer

1850 Francesca Xavier Cabrini, Mother Cabrini, 1st U.S. saint

1845 Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator

1830 Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer

1829 Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer, dies at 66

1820 Xavier F M G, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope, in Rome

1817 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer

1787 Franz Xavier Gruber, Austria, organist/composer, Silent Night

1766 Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer

1763 Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer

1506 Francis Xavier, saint and Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, and Japan


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