2007 Ian Smith, dies in Capetown, South Africa, at 88 1997 Gary Burris, murderer (Kenneth Chambers), executed in Indiana 1997 Robert Palmer, rock critic, dies at 52 1996 Bert Geoffrey Achong, electron microscopist, dies at 67 1995 Ahmed Abel-Wadoud Karadawi, academic/activist, dies at 50 1995 Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater, Olympic and World figure skating champion, dies of heart attack at 28 1994 John Lucarotti, scriptwriter, dies at 68 1993 Christopher Frank, French writer, dies at 51 1993 Emile Ardolino, director (Dirty Dancing), dies at 50 of AIDs 1993 Heather Farr, golfer, dies of cancer at 28 1992 John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack 1991 Gina Petrushka, actress (Exorcist, Sybil), dies 1989 Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71 1985 Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65 1984 Alexander Moyzes, composer, dies at 78 1983 Marcel Dalio, actor (Casablanca), dies at 83 1983 Richard Loo, actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest 1977 Maxie Wander, writer, dies 1976 Trofim Lysenko, Russian Celebrity 1975 Francisco Franco, y Bahamonde, Span dictator (1936-75), dies at 82 1973 Allan Sherman, parodist (Camp Granada, Harvey and Sheila), dies at 48 1968 Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50 1968 Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies 1965 Gabriella VM Elisabeth, queen of the Belgians, dies at 89 1965 Katharine Anthony, American Writer 1964 John Tasker Howard, composer, dies at 73 1962 Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, dies 1960 Jacob Cohen, Hebrew poet and writer, dies 1952 Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86 1950 Francesco Cilea, composer, dies at 84 1947 Wolfgang Borchert, German author (Draussen vor of the Tur), dies at 26 1945 Francis William Aston, British Scientist 1944 Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies 1939 Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72 1936 Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed 1933 Augustine Birrell, English Author 1927 Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56 1925 Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80 1910 Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82 1900 Peter S Koyer, Danish painter/sculptor/graphic artist, dies at 49 1899 Carl A E Ahlqvist, A Oksanen, Finnish translator, dies at 63 1898 John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies 1894 Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64 1887 Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont and Receiver), dies at 77 1882 Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62 1863 James Bruce, Count of Elgin and Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52 1856 Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81 1851 Wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75 1827 Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer, dies at 58 1774 Abraham Tucker, British Philosopher 1764 Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies 1758 Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish composer/violist, dies at 64 1750 Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50 1741 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies 1737 Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great Britain, dies 1713 Thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies 1678 Charles Dujardin, painter/etcher (Learned Dog), dies at about 56 1675 Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Netherlands (1664-68) 1669 Arnold Geulincx, South Netherlands philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45 1527 Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic 1518 Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies 1480 Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies 1347 Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle 967 Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies
