2002 Death Leo McKern, actor, Rumpole of the Bailey, dies at 82 2000 Death Leo Gordon, actor/writer, War and Remembrance, dies at 78 1997 Death Leo Rosten, writer/humourist (Joys of Yiddish), dies at 88 1996 Death James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66 1996 Death Leo Avery, abbot of Quarr, dies at 58 1996 Death James Leander "Leo" Nichols, honorary consul, dies at 65 1996 Death Leo Malet, writer, novelist, dies at 86 1995 Death Leo Kaplan, lawyer (ASCAP), dies at 89 1994 Death Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Story of Ruth), dies at 83 1994 Death Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine), dies at 80 1993 Death James Leo Herlihy, novelist (Midnight Cowboy), dies at 66 1993 Death Leo Ferre, French singer/composer (Mon General), dies at 76 1992 Death Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports Fund), dies at 79 1992 Death Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies 1991 Death Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86 1991 Death Leo Geerts, Marcel van der Linden, Belgian writer/critic, dies 1991 Death Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies 1991 Death Leo N Wright, U.S. saxophonist (I Left My Heart in SF), dies at 57 1989 Event Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash 1988 Death Leo Steiner, New York's Carnegie Deli owner, dies 1985 Event At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game 1984 Death Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84 1982 Death Leo Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86 1981 Death Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78 1980 Event Cleveland Dan Spillner, 545 ERA, is 2 outs from a no-hitter when White Sox rookie Leo Sutherland singles 1978 Death Leo J. Ryan, (Rep-Cal) and 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 members 1978 Death Leo Genn, actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Henry V), dies at 72 1975 Birthday Leo Koswal, soccer player, Dordrecht '90 1975 Birthday Leo Insam, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 1974 Event Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government 1973 Death Leo Strauss, German Philosopher 1973 Event Leo Durocher resigns as Houston Astro manager 1972 Death Leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80 1972 Event Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros 1971 Death Leo Burnett, American Businessman 1970 Birthday Leo Stefan, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 1970 Birthday Leo Stefan, Chelyabinsk RUS, hockey forward, Team Germany 1970 Birthday Leo Araguz, NLF/WLAF punter, Oakland Raiders, Rhein Fire 1969 Death Leo Gorcey, actor (Bowery Boys), dies at 53 1968 Event Cincinnati trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt 1968 Death Leo Sowerby, composer (Pulitzer Prize), dies at 73 1968 Event Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million 1967 Birthday Leo Gomez, born in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, infielder for the Chicago Cubs 1966 Event Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria) 1966 Birthday Leo Goeas, guard for the Baltimore Ravens 1966 Event Cincinnati Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader 1965 Birthday Leo Groenewegen, CFL guard for the Edmonton Eskimos 1964 Death Leo Weismantel, German writer (Das Totenliebespar), dies at 76 1964 Death Leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66 1962 Event Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds 1961 Death Leo Carrillo, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid), dies at 81 1960 Birthday Melissa Leo, American Actress 1960 Death Leo Weiner, Hungarian composer (Toldi), dies at 75 1958 Birthday Leo Kenter, Dutch drummer, Trockener Kecks-More! More! More! 1958 Death Leo Blech, studied with Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer, dies at 87 1958 Event "Jackpot Bowling" premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host 1957 Death Leo Perutz, writer, wrote 11 novels, mathematician, emigrated to Palestine during Nazi Anschluss, 1938, dies in Bad Ischi, Austria 1956 Death Leo Baeck, President of World Union for Progressive Judaism, dies at 83 1955 Birthday Leo Barnes, Irish saxophonist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry, Don't Go 1948 Event Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant 1948 Event Eddie Sawyer replaces Ben Chapman in Philadelphia, New York Giants Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott and Burt Shotton replaces Durocher as Dodger manager 1948 Birthday Leo Sayers, rocker, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing 1948 Birthday Leo Sayer, Gerard, England, singer, When I Need Love 1947 Event Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year 1946 Death Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66 1946 Death Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Mein Lebensmarchen), dies at 72 1946 Birthday Leo Gullotta, actor, Sinbad of the 7 Seas 1945 Birthday Leo Kottke, born in Athens, Georgia, guitarist, Ice Water, Greenhouse 1945 Event Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him 1944 Death Leo Justinus Kauffmann, composer, dies at 43 1944 Death Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80 1944 Death Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies 1944 Birthday Leo Burmester, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Flo, Chiefs, Abbys, Odd Jobs 1943 Birthday Leo Lyons, Standbridge Beds, rock bassist, Ten Years After 1943 Death Leo Frijda, resistance fighter, executed at 20 1943 Birthday Leo Frankowski, U.S., sci-fi author, High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord 1942 Birthday Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer trainer 1942 Death Leo Ascher, composer, dies at 61 1941 Death Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61 1940 Event Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot" 1940 Birthday Leo H Ferrier, Suriname writer, Atman 1939 Birthday Leo Brouwer, born in Havana, Cuba, Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer, conductor, guitarist, studied under Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, composed solo guitar pieces, over 40 film scores, and several guitar concertos 1938 Event Leo Durocher, hits 2,000th Dodger home run 1938 Birthday Leo Avery, abbot of Quarr 1937 Birthday Leo Lacroix, France, skier 1964 Olympic silver 1933 Birthday Leo N Wright, U.S. saxophonist, I left my heart in SF 1931 Birthday James Leander "Leo" Nichols, honorary consul 1931 Event Leo Bentley bowls 3 consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio 1929 Event Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament 1929 Event 12th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Hillcrest CC Los Angeles 1929 Event Mel Ott (Giants) homers off Leo Sweetland (Phillies) in doubleheader 1928 Event 11th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Five Farms CC Baltimore 1928 Birthday Leo P[atrick] Kelley, U.S., sci-fi author, Dead Moon, Vacation in Space 1926 Birthday Leo Derksen, Dutch journalist, Telegraph/Sunday Newspaper 1926 Event Russian Politburo throws out Leo Trotsky and followers 1925 Death Leo Fall, Austria operetta composer (That Pink von Stambul), dies 1925 Event Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher 1925 Birthday Leo Esaki, Esaki Reona, Japan, physicist, Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973 1924 Birthday Frank Liedel, Leo van Assche, Flemish writer, Kaperbrief 1924 Birthday Leo Nomellini, NFL defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers 1924 Birthday Leo Buscaglia, born in Los Angeles, California, "Dr. Hug", psycholigist, Love 1922 Birthday Leo V Gordon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War 1922 Birthday Leo Kraft, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, author, educator, recorded on CRI label, studied composition with Karol Rathaus, Randall Thompson, Nadio Boulander 1922 Birthday Leo Tindermans, British statesman 1921 Birthday Leo Smit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pianist/composer 1920 Birthday Leo McKern, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared 1919 Birthday Leo Pliatzky, senior civil servant 1917 Event Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I 1917 Birthday Leo Abse, biographer/MP 1916 Birthday Leo Horn, Dutch soccer referee/columnist/businessman 1915 Event Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life 1915 Birthday David Leo Diamond, born in Rochester, New York, composer, Paderewski Prize-1943 1915 Birthday Leo Gorcey, born in New York City, actor, Mannequin, Road to Zanzibar 1915 Birthday Leo Vroman, Dutch/U.S. poet and biologist 1914 Death Leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76 1914 Birthday Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic, Dance Magazine 1913 Birthday Leo A. Ketelaars, Dutch oratorio vocalist 1913 Birthday Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder, Sports funds 1912 Birthday Leo Cherne, New York City, economist/commentator, All Star News 1911 Birthday Leo Ferre, French singer/composer, Silly-aime, Ni Dieu ni maatre 1911 Birthday Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor, Galitzianer Cowboy 1910 Death Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82 1910 Death Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War and Peace), dies at 82 1909 Event Leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite) 1909 Birthday Leo Fender, Anaheim California, rocker, Fender guitars 1909 Birthday Leo Malet, born in Montpelier, France, writer, novelist, aligned with Surrealists, friends with Renee Magritte, Andre Breton, famous for crime novel character Nestor Burma 1908 Birthday Leo Rosten, writer and humourist 1907 Birthday Leo Castelli, Trieste, American art dealer 1907 Birthday Leo O'Brien, cricketer, Australian batsman in 5 Tests 1932-36 1906 Birthday Leo Durocher, born in Massachusetts, baseball manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants 1905 Birthday Leo Genn, born in London, England, actor, Affair in Monte Carlo 1904 Birthday Leo Joseph Suenens, Cardinal, Belgium 1903 Death Leo XIII, Vincenzo G Pecci, Pope (1878-1903), dies at 93 1902 Birthday Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education, 1946/54-58 1902 Event Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Church in US" 1901 Birthday Leo Justinus Kauffmann, composer 1901 Birthday Leo Poos, nazi police officer, caught Dutch underground agents 1901 Event Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Graves De Communi Re 1900 Event Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite 1900 Birthday Leo Smit, born in Amsterdam, Holland, composer, killed in Poland during the Holocaust 1900 Birthday Leo Robin, U.S. writer, Thanks For the Memory 1899 Birthday Leo Strauss, German Philosopher 1899 Birthday Leo J Weisgerber, German linguist 1899 Death Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 1898 Birthday Leo Szilard, Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist 1896 Birthday Leo Pappenheim, conductor 1896 Event Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield 1895 Birthday Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids, Michigan, composer, Pulitzer 1946 1894 Event German emperor Wilhelm II fires chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg 1894 Event German emperor Wilhelm II fires Chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg 1893 Event Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus 1892 Birthday Leo Ornstein, Kremenchug Russia, composer, Bio in Sonata Form 1892 Birthday Leo Ornstein, composer 1892 Birthday Leo G Carroll, Weedon England, actor, Topper, Man From Uncle 1891 Event Pope Leo XIII's encyclical "Rerum novarum" published 1891 Birthday Leo Burnett, American Businessman 1891 Event Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Rerum novarum 1891 Death Leo Delibes, French ballet composer (Lakme), dies at 54 1890 Event Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in missions 1890 Event Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Sapientiae Christianae 1888 Event Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Libertas 1888 Birthday Leo Weismantel, German writer, Der Reiter der Apocalypse 1885 Event Pope Leo XIII proclaims extraordinary jubilee 1885 Event Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Immortale Dei 1885 Event Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt) 1885 Birthday Leo Weiner, Hungary, composer, Fasching 1884 Event Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry" 1883 Event Leo Delibes' opera "Lakme," premieres in Paris 1882 Birthday Leo Perutz, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, writer, wrote 11 novels, mathematician, emigrated to Palestine during Nazi Anschluss, 1938 1882 Birthday Leo van Puyfielde, Flemish art historian 1881 Birthday Leo Carrillo, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Pancho-Cisco Kid 1881 Birthday Leo Carrillo, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, American Empire, Cisco Kid 1881 Event Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud 1880 Birthday Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary, Congo 1880 Birthday Leo Ascher, composer 1880 Event Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage 1879 Event Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris 1878 Event Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism) 1878 Event Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Inscrutabili 1873 Birthday Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor, Othello 1873 Event Leo Delibes' opera "Le Roi l'a Dit," premieres in Paris 1873 Birthday Leo Baeck, rabbi/president, World Union for Progressive Judaism 1871 Birthday Leo Blech, born in Aachen, Rhenish Prussia, studied with Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer 1867 Event Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St. Petersburg 1863 Birthday Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/U.S. chemist, bakelite 1837 Birthday Leo van Gheluwe, composer 1836 Birthday Leo Delibes, Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer, Coppelia 1831 Birthday Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia 1829 Death Leo XII, Annibale Sermattei, Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68 1828 Birthday Leo Tolstoy, Russia, novelist, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, 1828 Birthday Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, 1827 Event Dutch King Willem I/Pope Leo XII sign concord 1824 Event Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee 1810 Birthday Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope, 1878-1903 1810 Birthday Leo XIII, Vincenzo G Pecci, 256th pope, 1878-1903 1760 Birthday Leo XII, Annibale Sermattei, Italy, Pope, 1823-29 1744 Death Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50 1694 Birthday Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer 1669 Death Leo Allatios, Greek/Italian theologist/literary, dies at about 82 1664 Death Andreas Gryphius, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius', dies at age 47 1616 Birthday Andreas Gryphius, born in Glogow, Silesia, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius' 1612 Death Hans Leo Hassler, composer, dies at 49 1605 Event Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V 1605 Death Leo XI, Alessandro O de' Medici, Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69 1562 Birthday Hans Leo Hassler, composer 1542 Death Leo Judae, Swiss pastor/church reformer 1535 Birthday Leo XI, Alessandro O de' Medici, Italy, Pope, 1605 1521 Death Leo X, Giovanni de' Medici, Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45 1521 Event Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith" 1521 Event Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V 1517 Event Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen 1515 Event Battle at Marignano: France beats Habsburgers and Pope Leo X 1513 Event Giovanni de' Medici chosen Pope Leo X 1475 Birthday Leo X, Giovanni de' Medici, Italy, Pope, 1513 - 1521 1054 Death Leo IX, Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg, Pope (1049-54), dies at 51 1054 Event Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome 1049 Event Bruno count of Egesheim and Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX 1048 Event Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin count Bruno van Egisheim/Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX 1002 Birthday Leo IX, Bruno count of Egesheim and Dagsburg, Pope, 1049-54 965 Event John XIII Crescentii elected to succeed Pope Leo VIII 965 Death Leo VIII, Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies 963 Event Leo VIII elected Pope 939 Death Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies 936 Event Duke Alberik II of Spoleto appoints his son Pope Leo VII 912 Death Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 904 Event Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies and plunders Thessalonica 866 Birthday Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor, 886-912, writer, Problematica 855 Event St. Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 855 Death Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies 847 Event St. Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope 820 Death Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered 816 Event Pope Stephen IV, V, elected to succeed Leo III 816 Death Leo III, Italian Pope (795-816), dies 803 Death Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies 800 Event Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor 799 Event Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome 795 Event St. Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 795 Event Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I 780 Death Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies 749 Birthday Leo IV, the Khazar, Byzantine emperor, 775-80 741 Death Leo III de Isaurier, Byzantine Emperor (717-41), dies 683 Event St. Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 683 Death Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies 682 Event St. Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 474 Death Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies 474 Death Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies 461 Event St. Leo I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 461 Death Leo I the Great, Italian Pope (440-61), dies 440 Event Pope Leo I the Great, installed
