2000 Meredith MacRae, actress, Petticoat Junction, dies at 56 2000 Mark Oliphant, Australian Scientist 1996 Frederick Angus Armstrong, journalist, dies at 82 1996 Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge, physicist, dies at 91 1995 Michael Naylor, insurance broker, dies at 59 1994 Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide 1994 Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies 1994 Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide 1993 Leo Ferre, French singer/composer (Mon General), dies at 76 1993 Robert Strong 1991 Nic van Bridges, Flemish poet, dies 1991 Rita Marechal, actress (Good During Only During), dies 1990 Dallas Alinder, dies 1990 Philip Leacock, dies of collapsed lungs at 73 1986 Raymond Loewy, U.S. industrial designer, dies at 92 1984 Al Schacht, Clown prince of baseball, baseball player, dies at 91 1984 Kenny Delmar, comedian (School House), dies at 74 1984 Philippe Wynne, U.S. soul singer (I'll Be Around), dies at 43 1982 George Amadee Tremblay, composer, dies at 71 1979 George De Witt, TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56 1975 Zutty Singleton, U.S. jazz drummer, dies at 77 1974 Carl A Spaats, 1st chief of staff of USAF, dies at 83 1974 Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77 1973 Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car 1970 Preston S Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69 1968 Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76 1968 Westbrook Van Voorhis, announcer (March of Time), dies at 64 1965 Adlai Stevenson, U.S. ambassador to UN/president candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies 1965 Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician 1963 Sivananda, Indian Scientist 1963 Gerald Vann, British Theologian 1959 Grock, Adrien Wettach, Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79 1958 Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered 1958 Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58), assassinated at Baghdad 1958 Franciscus J Feron, vicar-general of Roermond, dies at 62 1958 Noeri el-Said, premier of Iraq, murdered 1956 Jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58 1954 Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87 1943 Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, dies at 74% 1942 Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Netherlands/French/Belgian painter's model, dies 1923 Louis Ganne, composer, dies at 61 1908 William Mason, composer, dies at 79 1904 S J Paul Kruger, general/president South Africa (1883-1904), dies at 78 1904 Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist 1902 Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor, dies at 58 1895 Alexander Ewing, composer, dies at 65 1873 Ferdinand David, Dutch violinist and composer, dies at 63 1830 Anthony FRE Haersolte, member of Executing Regime, dies at 73 1817 G de Stael, writer, dies at 51 1817 Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, Swiss Author 1816 Francisco AG de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66 1812 Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist, dies at 82 1803 Esteban Salas y Castro, composer, dies 1793 Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist, dies in battle at 44 1788 Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60 1779 George Ross, U.S. judge/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 49 1770 David 't Kindt, Flemish architect (Mammelokker, Ghent), dies at 71 1762 Cornelis Hop, Amsterdams regent/diplomat, dies at 77 1744 Immanuel J Pyra, German poet (Temple of True Poetry), dies at 28 1711 Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23 1614 Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64 1298 Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies 1223 Philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies at 57
