2014 Event Former Haitian leader Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies of a heart attack at age 63; known for an oppressive regime, he fled the country in 1986 but returned in 2011, pleading not guilty to charges of corruption and human rights violations 2014 Event 'Nympheas', a painting in Claude Monet's 'Water Lilies' series, is auctioned today for a price of $54 million; this is only the second-highest price paid for a Monet - another painting in the series sold in 2008 for $80.3 million at auction 2011 Event Burial services for Claude Choules, aged 110, the last living veteran of World War I, take place in West Australia's port of Fremantle 2002 Death Claude Brown, American Writer 1996 Death Claude Ake, political scientist, dies at 57 1996 Death Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier, dies at 85 1996 Death Claude Mauriac, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust, dies at 81 1996 Death Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist, dies at 86 1994 Event St. Maarten "Godfather" Claude Wathey sentenced to 1 years 1994 Death Claude Akins, actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo), dies of cancer at 75 1993 Death Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Spy Who Loved Me), dies at 78 1993 Event Designer Claude Montana (44) weds his model Wallis Franken (44) 1991 Death Claude Gallimard, French publisher, dies 1990 Event Expos President Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman 1990 Death Claude Spaak, Belgian dramatist, dies 1989 Death Claude Pepper, Representative-D-Florida 1963 - 1989, Senator-D-Florida 1936 - 1951 1987 Event FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr. in California 1986 Event Claude Brochu becomes CEO of Montreal Expos 1985 Event French author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature 1985 Death Claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78 1983 Death Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84 1981 Death Claude Auchinleck, British Soldier 1978 Death Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75 1978 Death Claude Dauphin, French actor (Les Miserables, Mado), dies at 75 1975 Birthday Claude N'Goran, born in Adzope Ivory Coast, tennis pro 1969 Birthday Claude Lambert, born in Montreal, Quebec, boxer 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Claude Lapointe, Lachine, NHL center for the Calgary Flames 1967 Death Claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at 77 1965 Death Claude Adonai Champagne, composer, dies at 74 1965 Birthday Claude Lemieux, Buckingham Que, NHL forward, Team Canada, Colorado 1965 Death Claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55 1960 Birthday Jean Claude Van Damme, Belgian Actor 1960 Death Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies 1954 Death Claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66 1951 Birthday Jean Claude Duvalier, Haitian Statesman 1948 Death Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57 1948 Death Claude McKay, Jamaican Writer 1948 Event 12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279 1947 Birthday Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks, drummer, Allman Brothers 1946 Birthday Claude Vorilhon, French Celebrity 1946 Event Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances 1945 Birthday Claude D. Marks, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, FALN member, FBI most wanted 1945 Birthday Claude van de Berge, Rony MF Pauwels, Flemish writer, Graph Theory 1944 Birthday Claude Nicollier, born in Vevey, Switzerland, astronaut, STS-61-K, 46, 61, 75 1942 Birthday Claude Miller, director, Garde a Vue, Little Thief, Wild Child 1939 Birthday Claude Osteen, baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds 1939 Birthday Claude Ake, political scientist 1937 Birthday Claude Lelouch, movie director, A Man and A Woman, Cat and Mouse, Bolero 1937 Birthday Claude Brown, American Writer 1936 Birthday Claude Albert Coppens, composer 1936 Birthday Claude Brasseur, born in Paris, France, actor, Josepha, Pardon Mon Affair 1934 Birthday Claude Jarman, Jr., born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Rio Grande, Inside Straight 1934 Birthday Claude Berri, born in Paris, France, director, Le Sex Shop, L'Homme Blesse 1933 Birthday Claude King, born in Keithville, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, performed on Louisiana Hayride television and radio show, billed alongside Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Tex Ritter 1932 Birthday Karl Kroeger, born in Louisville, Kentucky, composer, studied with Claude Almand, head, American Music Collection, New York Public Library 1931 Death Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer], French writer (La fille perdue), dies 1930 Birthday Claude Chabrol, born in Paris, France, director, Les Cousins, Ophelia 1927 Birthday Claude Laydu, actress, Diary of a Country Priest 1926 Death Claude [Oscar] Monet, French painter (impressionist), dies at 86 1926 Death Claude Monet, French Artist 1926 Birthday Claude, Buddy, Young, NFL running back, Yankees, Texans, Colts 1924 Birthday Claude Andre Francois Ballif, composer 1923 Death Claude Antoine Terrasse, composer, dies at 56 1921 Birthday Claude Rene Georges Pascal, composer 1920 Death Claude Tozer, cricketer, dashing NSW batsman, shot to death 1918 Birthday Claude Akins, Nelson Georgia, actor, BJ and Bear, Movin' On, Lobo 1918 Death Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies in Paris at 55 1916 Death Claude Newberry, South Africa cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies 1916 Birthday Claude Shannon, information theorist 1915 Event Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pittsburgh (Federal League), 10-0 1915 Event Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude 1914 Birthday Claude Mauriac, born in France, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust 1914 Birthday Claude Gallimard, France, publisher 1913 Birthday Claude Simon, born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, writer, prize-winning author, 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature, identified with the nouveau roman movement 1910 Birthday Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier 1910 Event 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England) 1909 Birthday Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist 1909 Birthday Claude Thornhill, composer 1908 Birthday Claude Levi-Strauss, Belgium, social anthropologist, Structure Anthro 1905 Event Claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres 1903 Birthday Claude Dauphin, Corbell France, actor, April in Paris, Deported 1900 Birthday Claude Pepper, born in Dudleyville, Alabama, Representative-D-Florida 1963 - 1989, Senator-D-Florida 1936 - 1951 1898 Birthday Albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician, Nobel 1974 1891 Birthday Claude Adonai Champagne, composer 1890 Birthday Claude McKaye, Jamaica/US author, Songs of Jamaica, Banjo 1889 Birthday Claude Rains, London, actor, Invisible Man, Casablanca 1889 Birthday Claude McKay, Jamaican Writer 1888 Birthday Claude Delvincourt, composer 1884 Birthday Claude "Auk" Auchinleck, British Field Marshal North-Africa 1884 Birthday Claude Auchinleck, British Soldier 1881 Birthday Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer, 1912-22 1878 Death Claude Bernard, French Psychologist 1870 Birthday Georges Claude, inventor, neon light 1868 Birthday Claude Anet, Jean Schopfer, French writer, Fille Perdue 1867 Birthday Claude Antoine Terrasse, composer 1862 Birthday Claude Debussy, St. Germain-en-Laye, composer, La Mer, Clair de lune 1844 Death Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies 1840 Birthday Claude Monet, France, impressionist, Water Lilies 1813 Birthday Claude Bernard, French Psychologist 1807 Death Claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72 1801 Birthday Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer, My Uncle Benjamin 1797 Birthday Claude Ambroise Seurat, born in Troyes, France, World's skinniest man 1785 Birthday Claude Louis Marie Navier 1771 Death Claude A Helvetius, French encyclopedist (L'esprit), dies at 56 1763 Birthday Claude Chappe, French engineer, optical telegraph 1749 Birthday Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer 1723 Death Claude F Tserclaes, South Netherlands earl of Tilly, dies at 74 1715 Birthday Claude Helvetius, Paris, France, philosopher 1707 Birthday Claude Prosper, Paris, France, novelist 1688 Death Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 1684 Death Claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44 1653 Death Claudius Salmasius, Claude Saumaise, French linguistic, dies at 65 1638 Death Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56 1604 Death Claude de la Tremoille, French duke of Thouars/huguenot, dies 1598 Birthday Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized 1598 Event Countess Charlotte of Nassau marries duke Claude de la Tremoille 1588 Birthday Claudius Salmasius, Claude Saumaise, French linguist 1585 Birthday Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian 1581 Birthday Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist 1573 Death Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered Admiral Coligny, dies 1571 Death Claude Togniel d'Espence, French theologist (Sorbonne), dies at 60 1550 Death Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 1496 Birthday Claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise
