1963 Death Adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73 1948 Death Georges Adolphe Hue, composer, dies at 90 1939 Death Adolphe Max, Belgian liberal MP, dies at 69 1928 Death Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65 1913 Event 1st aircraft to loop the loop (Adolphe Pegoud-France) 1913 Event 1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pegoud-France) 1911 Event Adolphe Messimy appointed French minister of War 1894 Death Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 1890 Birthday Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor, Front Page, Star is Born 1877 Death Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80 1877 Death Louis Adolphe Thiers, French Statesman 1874 Death [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77 1869 Birthday Adolphe Max, Belgian Rep, Lib 1862 Birthday Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist 1862 Event Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph 1858 Birthday Georges Adolphe Hue, composer 1856 Death Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52 1814 Birthday Adolphe Sax, Belgium, musician/inventor, saxophone 1803 Birthday Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic, Si j'etait roi 1797 Birthday Louis Adolphe Thiers, French Statesman 1797 Birthday Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic, 1871-77 1796 Birthday [Lambert] Adolphe J. Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology 1796 Birthday Adolphe Quetelet, born in Belgium, mathematician, astronomer, and statistician
