2007 Gian Carlo Menotti, dies at 95, in Monte Carlo, Monaco 2003 David Brown, astronaut, mission specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, 2003 Ilan Ramon, astronaut, first Israeli in space, mission specialist on Columbia, STS-107, dies at 48 2003 Kalpana Chawla, astronaut, first Asian Indian woman in space, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 2003 Laurel Clark, astronaut, physician on the Columbia mission, STS-107, dies at 41 2003 Michael Anderson, astronaut, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 42 2003 Rick Husband, astronaut, commander of Columbia, STS-107 2003 William McCool, astronaut, pilot of Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 2003 Michael P. Anderson, American Astronaut 2002 Hildegard Knef, "actress, singer", Snows of Kilamanjaro, dies at 76 2000 Kenneth Waller, actor, Are You Being Served?, dies at 72 2000 Peter Levi, poet, writer, professor of poetry, University of Oxford, Catholic, spent time in the priesthood, dies 1999 Paul Mellon, art patron/horse owner, dies at 91 1997 Herb Caen, columnist, Lung cancer, dies at 80 1997 Mitchell Goodman, writer, dies at 71 1997 Peter Morris, historian of France, dies at 50 1997 Thelma Moss, psychologist, dies at 78 1996 Clive Burton, neuropathologist, dies at 54 1995 George Abbot, director (Damn Yankees), dies at 107 1995 John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at 74 1995 Michael Caesar, pope of pot, dies of liver cancer at 52 1994 Fouad Fram al-Boustani, Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa), dies at 88 1994 Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83 1992 George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Captains and Kings), dies at 70 1992 Irving R Kaufman, federal judge (Rosenberg Case), dies at 81 1992 Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge 1991 Carol Dempster, actress (Sally of Sawdust, America), dies at 89 1991 H J van Ommeren-Averink, Dutch MP (CPN), dies 1991 James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at 84 1991 Phil Watson, NHL coach (New York Rangers), dies 1988 Heather O'Rourke, (Poltergeist) star, dies of intestinal ailment at 12 1988 Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75 1987 Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at 82 1987 Sala Burton, Representative-D-California 1983 - 1987, died of colon cancer 1986 Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84 1986 Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58 1983 Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies 1981 Donald W. Douglas, U.S. aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88 1981 Ernst Pepping, composer, dies at 79 1981 Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer, dies at 72 1981 Wanda Hendrix, actress (Sierra, Ride the Pink Horse), dies 1980 Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72 1980 Romolo Valli, actor (Boom, La Viaccia), dies at 54 1979 Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60 1977 Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, U.S., sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72 1976 Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 1976 Werner C Heisenberg, physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies at 74 1976 Werner Heisenberg, German Physicist 1975 Richard Wattis, actor (Dick and Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62 1971 Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies 1970 Blaz Arnic, Slovenian composer, best known for his nine symphonies, The Society of Slovene Composers consider him the great Slovenian symphonic master of the 20th century, dies at 69 1968 Lawson Little, amateur golfer (U.S./British Opens 1934,35), dies at 57 1967 Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th birthday 1966 Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis, U.S. comic (General), dies at 69 1966 Hedda Hopper, Elda Furry, U.S. gossip columnist, dies at 75 1966 Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record and dies in descent 1966 William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at 71 1959 Madame Sul-To-Wan, Conley, actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85 1958 Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies 1957 Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66 1954 Julius P Hoste, Belgian minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69 1950 Harry Blomberg, Swedish author (Jacobs Drom), dies at 56 1949 Herbert Stothart, composer, dies at 63 1946 Hans Betghe, writer, dies at 70 1945 Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72 1944 Martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72 1944 Piet Mondrian, abstract painter (Composition in Blue), dies at 71 1937 Marguerite Audoux, writer, dies 1929 August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59 1922 William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49 1916 Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 1910 Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44 1908 Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44 1905 Oswald Aschenbach, German painter, dies at 77 1904 Peter Prime Minister Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76 1903 George G Stokes, British physicist/president Royal Society, dies at 83 1902 Salomon Jaoassohn, composer, dies at 70 1889 Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78 1883 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies 1878 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 1877 Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71 1875 William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58 1873 Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies 1871 Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51 1869 Frederik W. Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 1851 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53 1839 Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 1838 Abraham de Veer, Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71 1832 Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71 1824 Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64 1818 Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74 1795 Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66 1747 Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies 1743 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85 1733 August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 1694 John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73 1691 Alexander VIII, Pietro Ottoboni, Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80 1691 George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56 1669 Abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31 1666 Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies 1650 Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking 1542 Hieronymus Aleander, Girolamo Aleandro, Italian diplomat, dies at 61 1502 Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies 1328 Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies 1294 Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies 1248 Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies 1204 Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered 656 Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25
