2008 Yves Saint Laurent, dies in Paris, France at 71 2004 William Manchester, biographer, Douglas McArthur, dies at 82 2001 Hank Ketcham, cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace, dies at 81 1997 Nikolai Tikhonov, politician, Soviet prime minister 1980-85, dies at 92 1996 Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48 1996 Fernand Schokweiler, judge, dies at 60 1996 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India, dies at 83 1996 Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon, dies at 85 1995 Prudence Hyman, dancer, dies at 80 1995 Ronald Anthony "Tony" Clegg, property trader, dies at 58 1994 Frances Heflin, actress (Mona Tyler-All My Children), dies at 70 1994 Juan J H Rovira, Spanish general, murdered 1994 Willem C L "Wim" van der Grinten, lawyer/KVP-politician, dies at 80 1992 Howard Ralston, actor (Pollyana), dies 1992 Louise Hoff, entertainer, dies at 69 1992 Michael King, actor (Lonely are the Brave), dies at 69 1991 David Ruffin, rock vocalist (Temptations), dies of drug overdose at 50 1990 Eric Barker, actor and writer (Carry on Sergeant, Roommates), dies 1987 Errol W. Barrow, Prime Minister of Barbados 1961 - 1976, dies at 67 1987 Rashid Karame, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65 1985 Richard Greene, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 67 1983 Anna Seghers, writer, dies at 82 1983 Charles Tham, of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha, count of Flanders/Prince, dies 1982 Hendrik Algra, Newspaper publisher/Dutch MP (ARP), dies 1981 Carl Vinson, Representative-D-Georgia 1914 - 1964, dies at 97 1981 Naim Chadir, PLO-representative in Brussels, murdered 1981 Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman 1980 [Richard] Rube Marquard, U.S. baseball pitcher, dies at 90 1979 Jack Mulhall, actor (Buck Rogers, Held for Ransom), dies at 91 1979 Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956), dies 1976 Pieter Balledux, actor/stage manager/resistance fighter, dies at 89 1975 Steve Prefontaine, 5K (Olympics-4-1972), dies at 25 1973 Harvey S Firestone, Jr., U.S. tire manufacturer, dies at 75 1973 Mary Kornman, actress (Desert Trail, Swing it Professor), dies at 57 1973 Walter Greaza, actor (Leonard-Martin Kane, Treasury Men), dies at 76 1971 Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologist (Nature and Destiny of Man), dies at 78 1970 Giuseppe Ungaretti, writer, poet, modernist, academic, best known work 'L'allegria' or 'The Joy', dies in Milan, Italy, at age 82, of bronchopneumonia 1968 Helen Keller, blind and deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87 1968 [Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/interpreter, dies at 57 1964 Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66 1962 Adolf Eichmann, German Criminal 1960 Lester Patrick, NHL coach/star, dies at 76 1955 F Melius Christiansen, composer, dies at 84 1955 Theo Frenkel, actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy), dies 1954 Martin Anderson Nexo, Danish poet and writer (Pelle Erobreren), dies at 84 1952 John Dewey, U.S. philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92 1951 Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian, dies at 85 1950 Valere-Gille, Belgian playwright (Lesson Tombeaux), dies at 83 1948 Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee, blues player, dies at 34 1947 Emil Hacha, lawyer/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 74 1946 Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed 1946 Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Mein Lebensmarchen), dies at 72 1943 Leslie Howard, actor (Romeo and Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at 50 1942 Ernest Pingoud, composer, dies at 53 1942 Vladislav Vancura, Czechoslovakian physician/resistance fighter, executed at 50 1941 Hugh S Walpole, British writer (Killer and the Slain), dies 1941 Hans Berger, German Scientist 1940 Alfred Loisy, French Clergyman 1938 Odon, Edmund, von Horvath, Hungarian/Austrian writer, dies at 36 1935 Alberto Cametti, composer, dies at 64 1926 Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer, dies at 64 1925 Lucien G Guitry, French actor/theater director (l'odeon), dies at 64 1925 Thomas R. Marshall, American Politician 1918 Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer, dies at 83 1918 Jaroslav Novotny, composer, dies at 32 1910 Francis S Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist, dies at 91 1909 Giuseppe Martucci, composer, dies at 53 1876 Christo Botew, writer, dies 1873 Joseph Howe, Canadian Politician 1868 James Buchanan, 15th U.S. president (1857-61), dies at 77 1864 Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of blacks, assassinated in his home by white terrorists in SC 1861 John Q Marr, U.S. Confederate captain, dies in battle at Fairfax Courthouse 1846 Gregory XVI, Bartolomeo A Cappellari]/Mauro, Pope dies at 80 1823 Louis Nicholas Davout, French Field Marshal, dies at 53 1811 William Eaton, American Soldier 1810 Johann Paul Wessely, composer, dies at 47 1763 Johann Caspar Vogler, composer, dies at 67 1729 Matthaeus de Cock, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1725-29), dies at about 65 1713 Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim), dies at 34 1676 Creutz, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle 1676 Uggla, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle 1625 Honore d'urfe, French writer (L'astree), dies at 67 1616 Ieyasu Tokugawa, Japanese Statesman 1568 Duke of Alva, and 18 nobles, beheaded 1568 Gijsbert van Bronkhorst-Batenburg, calvinist leader, beheaded 1557 Joao III, King of Portugal (1521-57), dies at 54 1434 Jagiello, King of Lithuania/Poland, dies 1340 Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies 1191 Philips van de Elzas, count of Vlanderen, dies 193 Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61
