2007 Beverly Sills, dies of lung cancer at 78 2003 Ivan Allen, American Politician 2000 Joey Dunlop, Irish Celebrity 1999 Mario Puzo, writer, The Godfather, dies at 78 1998 Kay Thompson, American Author 1997 James Stewart, actor, It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, dies at 89 1996 Hugh Davson, physiologist/writer, dies at 86 1995 Gail Gordon, actor (Our Miss Brooks, Lucy Show), dies of cancer at 89 1995 George Seldes, journalist, dies at 104 1995 Gervase F Ashworth Jackson-Stops, architectural adviser, dies at 48 1995 Krissy Taylor, born in Miami, Florida, model, sister of supermodel, Niki Taylor, dies of respitory problems at 17 1994 Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US 1994 Marion Williams, gospel singer, dies of diabetes at 66 1994 Maung Maung, premier of Burma (1988), dies at 69 1994 Ralph C Rinzler, folklorist (Greenbriar Boys), dies at 59 1993 Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56 1993 Fred Gwynne, actor (Herman-Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66 1992 Borisav Pekic, Serbian writer/politician, dies 1992 Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, dies at 42 1992 Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer/Claudia Cardinale's husband, dies 1992 Jose Monje, Camaron de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer, dies 1991 Lee Remick, actress (Days of Wine and Roses), dies of cancer at 55 1990 Muntu Myeza, South Africa anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39 1990 Snooky Lanson, singer, dies at 76 1989 Andrei A. Gromyko, Russian Politician 1987 Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia 1987 Michael Bennet, choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44 1984 Ramiro Cortes, composer, Fulbright Fellow, taught composition at University of California, University of Utah, dies at 50 in Salt Lake City, Utah 1982 Poul Rovsing Olsen, composer, dies at 59 1981 Robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies 1977 Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78 1977 Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist 1976 Frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73 1975 James Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr. om Love), dies at 70 1973 Betty Grable, U.S. actress (How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 56 1973 George Macready, U.S., actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place), dies at 73 1973 Swede Savage, dies of injuries at Indianapolis 500 1972 Joseph F Smith, Jr., leader U.S. mormon chuch, dies at 95 1971 Edward Ballantine, composer, dies at 84 1970 Jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies 1968 Francis Brennan, U.S. cardinal of Philadelphia, dies at 74 1965 Theodora E "Betsy" Ranucci-Beckmann, actress (Klatergoud), dies at 88 1964 Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, biggest NASCAR money winner, dies in crash 1961 Ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61 1952 Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56 1951 Earnest F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon, dies at 75 1949 Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67 1946 Anthony Overton, publisher/cosmetics manufacturer/banker, dies at 81 1940 Ben[jamin] Turpin, U.S. comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies 1940 Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69 1939 Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor of Rotterdam (1906-22), dies 1937 Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atlantic, dies at 40 1937 Fred L Noonan, U.S. navigator, disappeared over Pacific Ocean 1936 Harry Northrup, actor (Who's Knocking at My Door), dies at 60 1935 Alfred Dreyfus, french colonel, dies 1932 Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10), dies at 43 1930 Anders Randolf, actor (Love of Sunya, Dangerous Curves), dies at 59 1929 Gladys Brockwell, actress (Oliver Twist), dies at 34 1926 Emile Coue, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion), dies 1918 Mohammed V Resjad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies 1917 Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor and director (Hamlet), dies 1917 William Henry Moody, American Politician 1915 General Porfirio [Jose de la Cruz] Diaz, president Mexico, dies 1914 Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78 1911 Felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54 1895 William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72 1878 Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61 1863 Stephen Hinsdale Weed, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 28 1861 Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31 1850 Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62 1843 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88 1822 Denmark Vesey, and 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, South Carolina 1798 John Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies 1794 Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65 1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66 1778 Jean Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher 1743 Spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies 1708 Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/Lieutenant-General/baron Enfield, dies 1700 Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77 1663 Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64 1644 William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24 1619 Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies 1566 Nostradamus, Michel de Nostre-Dam, French astrologist, dies at 62 1504 Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies 1298 Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43 936 Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies 783 Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies
