2005 Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, Mexican Diplomat 2004 Ronald Reagan, president, governor and actor, dies at 93 1999 Mel Torme, "singer, songwriter", Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, dies at 73 1998 Jeanette Nolan, actress, The Horse Whisperer, dies at 86 1997 J. Anthony Lukas, writer, Pulitizer, Common Ground, suicide at 64 1996 Baldev Singh Chahal, campaigner, dies at 59 1996 Vito Scotti, actor (Nude Bomb, Get Shorty, Big Bus), dies at 78 1995 Bettina Vernon-Warren, dancer, dies at 75 1994 Ish Kabbible, Merwyn A Bogue, cornetist (Kay Kyser), dies at 86 1994 Thomas Millar, historian, dies at 67 1993 Conway Twitty, country star (Linda on My Mind), dies in surgery at 59 1992 Laurence Naismith, actor (Scrooge, Gypsy Girl), dies at 83 1992 Max Lerner, U.S. writer/columnist (New York Post), dies at 88 1990 J Zeldenrust, pathology-anatomy, dies 1990 Vasily V Kuznetsov, President of U.S.S.R. supreme soviet (1982-83, 85), dies 1988 Clarence M Pendleton, chairman of Commission on Civil Rights (1981-88) dies 1984 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader 1981 Philo McCullough, actor (Branded, Ridin' Thru), dies 1980 Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician, dies at 70 1979 Pauline Offner, Zen Theravadin nun, dies at 53 1978 John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71 1977 "Sleepy" John Estes, rocker (Electric), dies at 74 1976 Jean Paul Getty, U.S. oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 1976 Walter Field, entertainer, dies at 101 1973 Max Terhune, actor (Range Justice, Night Riders), dies at 82 1970 "Jopie" Pengel, Johan A, premier Suriname (1963-69), dies at 54 1970 Jay Irving, cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at 69 1967 Edna Park Edwards, entertainer, dies at 72 1966 Natacha Rambova, costume designer, dies at 69 1965 Eleanor Farjeon, English Writer 1953 Bill Tilden, tennis champ, dies at 60 1953 Roland Young, actor (David Copperfield, Irene, Dulcy), dies at 65 1953 William Farnum, actor (Drifter, Scarlet Letter), dies at 76 1944 Riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61 1939 Elijah Beardsworth, world quick shaving champion, dies 1939 Frank Van de Goes, writer/marxist theorist, dies 1932 Henry Taberer, cricket (bowl Trumper only Test wkt for South Africa), dies 1930 Jules Pascin, Julius Pincas, Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist, dies 1927 Paul Lacombe, composer, dies at 89 1923 George H Breitner, impressionist painter, dies at 65 1921 Georges Feydeau, French playwright (Chat and Poche), dies at 58 1919 Eugen Levine, head of 2nd Bavarian soviet republic, assassinated 1916 Horatio H. Kitchener, British General of Sudan, drowns at 65 1915 Brzeska, sculptor, dies 1910 O. Henry, American Writer 1908 Luca Fumagalli, composer, dies at 71 1900 Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28 1894 Immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70 1885 Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80 1880 Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52 1868 Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73 1864 William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 39 1861 John Garland, U.S. Union colonel/Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1861 Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer, dies at 55 1859 Gamaliel Bailey, American Journalist 1852 Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer, dies at 45 1826 Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, composer (Oberon), dies at 39 1816 Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76 1785 Gottfried August Homilius, composer, dies at 71 1722 Johann Kuhnau, composer, dies at 62 1667 Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist (Assertiones Theologicae), dies 1625 Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41 1568 Lamoraal, earl of Egmont/prince of Gavere, beheaded 1568 Philips van Montmorency count of Horne, admiral/statesman, beheaded 1568 Willem Key, painter, dies at about 47 1443 Ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies 1288 Hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle 754 Boniface, Winfrid, English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79 754 Eoda, English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered
