2004 William Mitchell, food scientist, invented Pop Rocks, dies at 92 2000 John Tukey, American Scientist 1996 Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93 Evelyn Levine, composer, dies at 94 1995 Eleanore Griffin, screenwriter, dies George Romney, politician, dead Heart attack, dies at 88 Jaime de Mora y Aragon, actor/publicist (Last Judgement), dies at 70 Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist, dies at 76 1994 Marino Iandioro, canned tomato pioneer, dies at 64 Thomas Davis, U.S. movie editor/son of MGM-chief Frank D, dies at 26 1993 Daniel Fuchs, U.S., screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84 Matthew B Ridgway, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1953-55), dies at 98 1992 Mary Wells, U.S. soul singer (My Guy), dies at 49 Ron Webber, dies of cancer at 60 1990 Brent Mydland, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots), dies at 38 1987 Joe Liggins, U.S. composer (I've a Right to Cry), dies at 71 1986 Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, New York at 94 1984 Ed "Psycho" Gein, mass murderer (Psycho based on him), dies at 78 George Gallup, pioneer of public opinion polls, dies 1982 Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54 1981 Donald Lybbert, composer, dies at 58 1980 Alan Hoskins, dies Kenneth Tynan, English Critic 1977 Gena Branscombe, composer, dies at 95 Hans-Otto Borgmann, composer, dies at 75 Karac Plant, son of Robert Plant, dies of respratory failure at 6 1975 Leigh Whipper, actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98 1974 Arthur K Watson, U.S. businessman (IBM), dies at 55 Charlotte MT "Lotte" Bartschart, actress (Dolle Lola), dies at 82 1973 Mike Burke, President (New York Yankees)/dir (Madison Square Garden), dies 1970 Claud Allister, actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet), dies at 81 1969 Raymond Walburn, actor (Spoilers, Dixie), dies after illness at 81 1968 Lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies 1967 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 79 1959 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (Amor), dies at 54 1957 Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered 1956 Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46 1954 Hans Lodeizen, Johan Frederik, poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26 1953 Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies 1952 Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33 Evita Peron, Argentinian Statesman 1946 Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies 1944 Reza Sjah Pahlawi, Reza Chan, cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies 1942 Titus, Anno S, Brandsma, philosopher (Dachau), dies 1941 Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb 1925 William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 1920 Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83 1918 Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies 1916 Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52 1915 James Murray, philologist, dies 1910 Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71 1902 Charles Kendall Adams, historian, educator, served as second President of Cornell University 1885 - 1892, President, University of Wisconsin 1892 - 1901, dies at age 67, in Redlands, California 1881 George Borrow, writer, dies 1872 Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84 1863 Samuel Houston, 1st President of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70 1836 Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45 1826 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82 1819 George Leonard, American Lawyer 1806 K vs. Gunderode, writer, dies at 26 1801 Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86 1770 Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 1728 John Friend, physician/politician, dies 1719 Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 1712 Thomas Osborne, English Prime Minister 1690 - 1694, dies at 80 1680 John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies 1677 Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68 1630 Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies 1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima 1533 Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies 1471 Paul II, Pietro Barbo, Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54 1342 Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies 811 Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle 796 Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)
