2004 Carl Wayne, Colin David Tooley, actor, lead vocalist 'The Move', 1960's Birmingham rock group, dies of esophageal cancer, at age 61 2002 Lionel Hampton, vibrophonist, dies at 94 2002 George Porter, English Scientist 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales, first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, mother of Princes William and Harry, noted for philanthropy, dies in Paris, at age 36, killed in a car crash 1996 Harald James Penrose, pilot, dies at 92 1996 Ljuba Welitsch, opera singer, dies at 83 1996 Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader, dies at 85 1995 Beant Singh, Prime Minister of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73 1995 David Farrar, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), dies at 87 1995 David Richard Holloway, literary Editor, dies at 71 1995 Hajime Miterai, industrialist, dies at 56 1995 Horst Janssen, graphic Artist, dies at 65 1995 John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93 1994 Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88 1994 Barbara Hammer Avedon, scriptwriter, dies at 69 1994 Norman "Doc" Jones, bassist, dies at 68 1993 Gerben Wagenaar, Dutch resistance fighter (communist), dies at 80 1991 Leigh Watson, U.S. aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93 1990 Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, New York Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack 1986 Henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88 1986 Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president of Finland, dies at 85 1981 Joseph H Hirschhorn, U.S. art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82 1979 E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911 - 1914, dies 1979 Sally Rand, stripper, dies at 75 1976 Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81 1975 Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24 1973 John Ford, U.S. director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78 1973 Raymond Keane, dies at 66 1973 Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies 1969 Ottmar Gerster, composer, dies at 72 1969 Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45 1968 Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60 1968 George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies 1967 Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet and writer (9th wave), dies at 76 1967 Michael Fitzmaurice, dies of lymphoma at 59 1967 Ilya Ehrenburg, Ukrainian Writer 1966 Kasimir Edschmid, Karl E Schmidt, German writer, dies at 75 1964 Carole Coleman, singer (Face the Music), dies at 42 1963 George F Broque, cubist painter, dies at 81 in Paris 1959 Charles Delaney, dies at 67 1949 Andre Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium), dies 1949 Paul Hoffer, composer, dies at 53 1948 Andrei A Zjdanov, Rus politician (against kosmopolitism), dies at 52 1946 Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer and conductor, dies at 63 1945 Stefan Banach, Polish Mathematician 1944 Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide 1942 Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle 1941 Marian Zwetajewa, writer, dies 1940 Johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58 1935 Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh), dies 1934 Johan H A Schaper, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies 1931 Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar, dies 1931 Hall Caine, British Novelist 1927 Harry Johnston, British Explorer 1920 Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher, dies 1918 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36 1910 Emils Darzins, composer, dies at 34 1902 Mathilde Wesendonk, German author and poet, dies at 73 1892 George William Curtis, American Author 1888 Mary Ann Nicholls, a 42-year-old prostitute, was found stabbed to death in London, 1st of at least five murders by Jack the Ripper 1885 Dubose Heyward, U.S. writer (Porgy-Mamba's daughters), dies 1879 William Barber, 6th U.S. chief engraver (1844-79), dies 1875 Oskar Peschel, German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies at 49 1873 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, Governor-General (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70 1867 [Pierre-]Charles Baudelaire, French poet (Journaux Intimes), dies at 46 1867 Charles Baudelaire, French Poet 1864 Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician (ADA), dies at 39 1862 George William Taylor, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1862 Ignaz Assmayer, composer, dies at 72 1837 Henri Klimrath, French lawyer (Etude sur lesson costumes), dies at 30 1832 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer, dies at 53 1805 Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer, dies at 95 1795 Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 68 1688 John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress), dies 1667 Johann Rist, composer, dies at 60 1638 John Ward, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba, dies at 67 in Essex, England 1631 Nicolaus Erich, composer, dies at 43 1616 Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43 1604 Giovanale Ancina, composer, dies at 58 1590 Floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht, dies 1422 Henry V, King of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19), dies 1240 Raymundus Nonnatus, found Mercedariers (protect pregnant women), dies 1218 Al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din, brother of Saladin, dies 1158 Sancho III, King of Castilie, dies 1057 Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies
