2004 Death Emiel Petrone, CD/DVD developer, dies at 61 1996 Death Udom Patpongsiri, property developer, dies at 79 1996 Death Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property Developer, dies at 81 1994 Death James Winston Watts, developer of the Frontal Lobotomy, dies at 90 1993 Death Taikichiro Mori, Japanese real estate developer, dies at 88 1992 Death C V Wood, Jr., theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at 71 1988 Death Felix Wankel, developer of Wankel rotary engine, dies 1983 Death Jose Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80 1971 Death Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies 1963 Death Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, architect/urban developer, dies at 78 1959 Death John H Kliegl, developer of Klieg light, dies at 89 1959 Death Hinsdale Smith, developer of roll-down auto windows, dies at 88 1953 Birthday Robert Pittman, TV executive/developer, MTV 1950 Death Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45 1947 Birthday John Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1945 Birthday Peter Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1942 Birthday Peter Kalikow, Queens New York City, real estate developer/publisher, New York Post 1942 Birthday Stuart Lipton, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1942 Birthday John Whittaker, English real estate developer, Peel Holdings 1939 Birthday Christopher Wates, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1935 Birthday Lord Peter Palumbo, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1933 Birthday David Rowland, English real estate developer/broker/multi-millionaire 1933 Birthday Sheldon Adelson, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, property developer, billionaire businessman, investing in gambling and leisure businesses, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Forbes' third riches person in the U.S. in 2008 1933 Birthday John Hall, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1932 Birthday Everard Goodman, English real estate developer, TOPS Estates 1924 Birthday Peter Prowtiny, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1916 Birthday Udom Patpongsiri, property developer 1915 Birthday Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property developer 1914 Birthday Jacob B. Bakema, urban developer, St. Louis Missouri 1904 Birthday James Winston Watts, developer, Frontal Lobotomy 1885 Birthday Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect and urban developer 1872 Death Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80 1868 Death Linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies 1857 Birthday Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer, 1st sound-on-film recording 1840 Birthday John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer, pneumatic rubber tire 1831 Birthday John Morrissey, boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track 1809 Birthday Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer, reading system for blind
