2013 Event The Liberal Political Party of Canada choses Justin Trudeau, son of Pierre Trudeau, as its new leader 2007 Death Abbe Pierre, dies in Paris, France, following a lung infection, at 94 2004 Death Pierre Berton, journalist/historian, Klondike Fever, dies at 84 2004 Death Pierre Salinger, journalist/political press officer, dies at 79 2000 Death Pierre Elliott Trudeau, former Canadian Prime Minister, dies at 80 2000 Death Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Statesman 1996 Event 4th Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe 17-11 at St. Pierre Wales 1996 Death Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran, dies at 58 1996 Death Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist, dies at 73 1996 Death Pierre Debizet, resistance fighter/special agent, dies at 72 1995 Death Pierre Olaf, cabaret artist/clown, dies at 67 1995 Death Pierre Schaeffer, composer/radio innovator, dies at 85 1995 Death Jorge Peixinho, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, dies in Lisbon, Portugal 1995 Death Pierre Tisseyre, publisher (Circle du livre de France), dies at 85 1994 Death Pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87 1994 Death Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81 1993 Death Pierre Beregovoy, Prime Minister of France 1992 - 1993, commits suicide at 67 1993 Event New York Islanders beat Washington Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot 1992 Death Pierre Culliford [Peyo], Belgian cartoonist (Smurfs), dies at 64 1992 Death Pierre Billotte, French military man (IIGM), dies 1989 Death Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82 1986 Death Pierre Wigny, Belgian minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61), dies at 81 1984 Event Pierre Mauroy resigns as premier of France 1984 Event John Turner succeeds Pierre Trudeau as premier of Canada 1984 Death Pierre Cochereau, composer, dies at 59 1984 Event Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced he is stepping down 1982 Death Pierre Mendes-France, premier France (1954-55), dies 1980 Event Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections 1979 Event Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau 1976 Event Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title 1975 Death Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24 1975 Death Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at 77 1972 Event Pierre Trudeau forms Canadian government 1972 Birthday Pierre Allard, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1972 Death Pierre Brasseur, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 66 1972 Event Pierre Messmer appointed French premier 1972 Birthday Martin St. Pierre, born in Ripon, Quebec, 20k walker in 1996 Olympics 1970 Event KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Birthday Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch soccer player, NAC, Celtic 1969 Birthday Pierre Turgeon, Rouyn, NHL center, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens 1969 Death Pierre Capdevielle, composer, dies at 63 1968 Death Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed 1968 Event Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM 1967 Death Pierre Moulaert, composer, dies at 60 1967 Death Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (English paint box), dies at 80 1966 Death Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63 1966 Death Pierre Mercure, composer, dies at 38 1965 Event Pierre Harmel forms Belgium government 1965 Death Pierre Cardevielle, French composer and conductor (L'ile Rouge), dies at 59 1965 Death Pierre Ngendandumwe, premier of Burundi, murdered 1964 Birthday Pierre Vercheval, CFL guard for the Toronto Argonauts 1964 Event Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville 1964 Death Pierre Monteux, French/U.S. conductor, Concert Building Orchestra, dies at 89 1964 Birthday Pierre Trentin, France, 1K time trials, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1963 Death Pierre Blanchar, actor (Man From Nowhere), dies at 71 1962 Death Pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48 1960 Death Pierre Reverdy, French author and poet (North-South), dies at 70 1958 Event Pierre Pflimlin forms French government 1958 Birthday Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco 1958 Birthday Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco/bobsledder 1988 Olympics 1955 Birthday Pierre Bokma, Dutch actor, Avonden, Leedvermaak 1955 Birthday Pierre J Thuot, Groton Conn, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-36, 49, 62 1955 Death Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher 1954 Event Pierre Mendes-France forms French government 1953 Birthday Monique St. Pierre, Weisbaden Germany, playmate of year, Nov, 1978 1953 Death Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82 1949 Death Pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88 1947 Death Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79 1946 Birthday Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, born in Cameroon, astronaut, STS-18 1946 Birthday Pierre van der Linden, Dutch drummer, Brainbox 1945 Death Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 1945 Death Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52 1944 Death Pierre Vienot, French ambassador to London/writer, dies 1940 Birthday Jorge Peixinho, born in Montijo, Portugal, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group 1939 Birthday Pierre Mertens, French/Belgian writer, Lettres Clandestines 1939 Birthday Heinz Holliger, born in Langenthal, Switzerland, studied with Pierre Boulez, composer, world's most famous oboe player 1938 Birthday Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran 1937 Death Pierre de Coubertin, baron/revivor of Olympics, dies at 74 1936 Death Pierre Maurice, composer, dies at 68 1936 Birthday Michel Decoust, born in Paris, France, composer, conductor, studied with Pierre Boulez, teacher, founder, Pantin Conservatoire Municipal de Musique 1935 Birthday Pierre Marietan, composer 1935 Birthday Pierre Kartner, Father Abraham, Dutch singer, Smurf Song 1935 Birthday Pierre S Du Pont IV, gov-Del 1932 Birthday Francois Bayle, born in Taomasina, Madagascar, composer, Musique concrete, acousmatic music, studied with Pierre Schaeffer, Karlheinz Stockhausen 1931 Birthday Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host 1930 Birthday Pierre Bourdieu, French Sociologist 1930 Birthday Pierre Max Dubois, composer 1929 Birthday Luc Ferrari, born in Paris, France, composer, concentrated on musical composition, collaborated with Pierre Schaeffer from 1957 - 1966, extended notion of abstract music, interested in breaking barriers that force musical tradition 1928 Birthday Pierre Olaf, Cauderan France, actor, Kraft Music Hall 1927 Birthday Pierre Henry, composer 1927 Birthday Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter/director, Cobra 1927 Birthday John Pierre Herman Joubert, composer, Chamber Music for brass quintet 1927 Birthday Pierre Mercure, composer 1926 Birthday Pierre Janssen, art museum director 1926 Birthday Pierre "Peyo" Culliford, Brussels Belgium, cartoonist, Smurfs 1925 Birthday Pierre Beregovoy, French premier, 1992-93 1925 Event Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee 1925 Birthday Pierre Baugniet, Belgium, pairs ice skater 1948 Olympics gold 1925 Birthday Pierre Salinger, newsman, ABC, press secretary, John Kennedy 1925 Death Pierre Louys, PF Louis, French writer (Aphrodite), dies 1925 Birthday Pierre Boulez, born in Montbrison, France, composer and conductor, Visage Nuptial 1924 Death Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 76 1924 Birthday Pierre Cochereau, composer 1923 Death Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud, French sea officer/writer, dies 1922 Birthday Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist 1922 Birthday Pierre Cardin, Paris, France, fashion designer, Unisex 1921 Birthday Pierre Laporte, Canada, journalist/statesman, Revolution Script 1921 Birthday Lancelot Pierre, cricketer, 1 Test WI vs. England 1948, 0-28 1920 Birthday Pierre A. Lauffer, Antillian poet, Patria 1920 Birthday Pierre Berton, Canadian Author 1920 Birthday Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola, France, equest jumper, Gold Medal 1952, 1964 Olympics 1919 Death Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78 1919 Birthday Pierre Trudeau, 15th Canadian PM, 1968-79, 1980-84 1917 Birthday Pierre Dubois, Dutch literary 1916 Birthday Pierre Emmanuel, French poet, Sodome 1916 Birthday Pierre Messmer, PM, France 1915 Birthday Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer, Capitaine Bruno 1915 Birthday Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer/theory, Capitaine Bruno 1914 Birthday Pierre A Balmain, France, fashion designer, 1940's "New Look" 1914 Birthday Pierre Froidebise, composer 1912 Birthday Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees 1911 Event 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m) 1910 Birthday Pierre Musy, born in Switzerland, 4-man bobsled 1936 Olympics gold 1910 Birthday Pierre Schaeffer, French engineer/composer 1907 Birthday Pierre Moulaert, composer 1907 Birthday Pierre E J Pflimlin, premier France 1906 Birthday Pierre Fournier, born in Paris, France, violon cellist, Paris Conservatoire 1906 Birthday Pierre [Louis] Boileau, born in Paris, France, novelist, Vertigo 1906 Death Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies 1906 Birthday Pierre Cardevielle, French composer and conductor, Amants Captifs 1906 Death Pierre L Goossens, Belgian archbishop of Malines/Cardinal, dies at 78 1905 Birthday Pierre Brasseur, Espinasse, French actor, Enfants du Paradis 1905 Death Pietro/Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, 1st French Congo Governor (1890-98), die 1905 Death Pierre de Braza, founder (French Congo), dies 1905 Event Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville 1905 Event Pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville 1905 Event Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon 1905 Birthday Pierre Mendes-France, French Premier, 1954-55 1904 Death Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies 1903 Event Nobel for physics awarded to Pierre/Marie Curie 1903 Birthday Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer 1902 Birthday Pierre Brunet, France, figure skater pair, Gold Medal 1928, 1932 Olympics 1902 Event Mount Pelee erupts, wipes out St. Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000 1902 Event Marie and Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium 1902 Event Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium 1902 Birthday Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist 1898 Event Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovers radium 1898 Death Pierre C Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (Pantheon), dies at 73 1898 Birthday Enny de Leeuwe, Engelina, actress, Anatevka, wife of Pierre Mols 1897 Birthday Pierre Fresnay, born in Paris, France, actor, Grand Illusion 1893 Birthday Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist/essayist, Gilles 1892 Birthday Pierre Blanchar, born in Philippeville, Algeria, actor, Magnificent Sinner 1889 Birthday Pierre Reverdy, French author and poet, Coeur de Chevre 1886 Birthday Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet, Fugitives and Constants 1886 Birthday Pieter "Pierre" Balledux, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter 1883 Event French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar 1882 Event Pierre de Brazza meets Henry Morton Stanley 1882 Event Belgian King Leopold II receives Pierre de Brazza 1882 Birthday Pierre H Ritter, Jr., Dutch literary/head, Utrecht Newspaper 1882 Event Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris 1881 Birthday Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist 1881 Death Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65 1880 Event Henry Stanley and Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo 1880 Event Pierre de Brazza signs treaty with King Makoko of Congo 1875 Birthday Pierre Monteux, born in Paris, France, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919 - 1924 1873 Birthday Charles Pierre Peguy, Orleans Fr, Catholic writer, God Speaks 1871 Death Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41 1870 Birthday Pierre Louijs, France, novelist/poet, Aphrodite, Woman and Puppet 1868 Birthday Pierre Maurice, composer 1868 Event Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse 1867 Birthday Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator 1866 Event Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle 1863 Birthday Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron, revived Olympic games 1861 Birthday Pierre M M Duhem, French naturalist/philosopher/historian 1861 Birthday Pierre Breville, composer 1859 Birthday Pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist 1859 Birthday Pierre Curie, France, physicist, Nobel 1903 1858 Death Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer, dies at 73 1856 Death Pierre J David, David d'Angers, French sculptor, dies at 67 1852 Birthday Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator, French Africa 1850 Birthday Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud, French sea officer/writer, Pacheur 1849 Death Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44 1848 Birthday Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer 1846 Birthday Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Minister of Foreign affairs/premier 1845 Death Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher, dies at 82 1845 Death Pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies 1842 Death Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist and composer, dies at 70 1842 Death Pierre, earl the Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 1841 Birthday Pierre Auguste Renoir, Limoges France, Impressionist painter/sculptor 1838 Birthday Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun 1830 Death Pierre Rode, composer, dies at 56 1829 Birthday Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer 1827 Birthday Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal 1827 Death Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 1827 Death Pierre Laplace, French Mathematician 1825 Death Pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64 1824 Birthday Pierre C Puvis de Chavannes, French painter, Pantheon 1821 Birthday Pierre Dupont, song writer 1818 Birthday Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, U.S. Confederate gen, Hero of Sumter 1815 Birthday Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican representative of the people 1813 Birthday Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname, 1855-59 1809 Birthday Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician, libertarian socialist 1804 Birthday Pierre F Verhulst, Belgium, mathematician, logistic curve 1799 Death Pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies 1798 Death Pierre Dutillieu, composer, dies at 44 1797 Death Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 1793 Death Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader, guillotined at 40 1793 Event Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America 1789 Death Pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist/cryptologist, dies at 82 1788 Birthday Pierre J David, David d'Angers, French sculptor 1785 Death Pierre Talon, composer, dies at 63 1785 Birthday Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer 1784 Death Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74 1774 Birthday Pierre Rode, composer 1771 Birthday Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist and composer 1770 Birthday Pierre earl de Cambronne, French general, Waterloo, Elba 1768 Death Pierre van Maldere, composer, dies at 39 1764 Event St. Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue 1763 Birthday Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher 1760 Birthday Pierre Gaveaux, composer 1758 Death Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60 1757 Death Pierre Prowo, composer, dies at 60 1754 Birthday Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Washington D.C. 1754 Birthday Pierre Dutillieu, composer 1753 Birthday Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader 1753 Death Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer, dies at 55 1749 Birthday Pierre Laplace, French Mathematician 1744 Birthday Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer 1738 Death Pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies 1735 Birthday Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, composer 1732 Birthday Pierre de Baumarchais, France, playwright, Barber of Seville 1731 Death Pierre Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 50 1729 Birthday Pierre van Maldere, composer 1728 Event Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris 1722 Event Pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance," premieres in Paris 1721 Birthday Pierre Talon, composer 1720 Event Pierre de Marivaux' "Arlequin Poli Par l'Amour," premieres in Paris 1717 Death Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75 1717 Birthday Pierre de La Garde, composer 1713 Birthday Pierre de Jelyotte, composer 1710 Death Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75 1709 Birthday Pierre Leclair, composer 1706 Death Pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59 1706 Death Pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79 1698 Birthday Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, heliometer 1697 Birthday Pierre Prowo, composer 1697 Birthday Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer 1688 Birthday Pierre De Marivaux, Paris, France, writer, Marianne 1684 Death Pierre Corneille, French lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42 1681 Birthday Pierre Danican Philidor, composer 1674 Event Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris 1670 Event Pierre Corneille's "Tite et Berenice," premieres in Paris 1665 Death Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 1665 Birthday Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician 1665 Death Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician (principle of F), dies at 63 1664 Event Pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris 1663 Birthday Pierre Drevet, French engraver 1659 Event Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris 1656 Death Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 64 1655 Death Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, dies at 63 1647 Birthday Pierre Bayle, French/Netherlands theologist/philosopher/writer 1640 Event Pierre de Fermat writes to Marin Mersenne about Fermat's church thesis 1640 Event Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris 1637 Death Pierre Vernier [Peter Werner], French mathematician, dies 1634 Death Pierre De La Barre, composer, dies at 42 1631 Event Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler 1629 Death Pierre the Berulle, French cardinal/founder (French Oratorio), dies 1627 Birthday Pierre Verdier, composer 1612 Birthday Paul de La Pierre, composer 1606 Birthday Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist, El Cid, Horace 1603 Death Pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian, dies 1592 Birthday Pierre de La Barre, composer 1592 Birthday Pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher 1590 Death Pierre de Loyseleur de Villiers, S Netherlands theologist, dies at about 60 1575 Birthday Pierre de Berulle, French cardinal 1567 Death Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 1545 Death Pierre Brully, Peter Brulius, calvinist minister, burned to death 1523 Birthday Pierre de Ronsard, poet 1518 Death Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies 1493 Birthday Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France 1420 Death Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies 1392 Event Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails 1378 Death Gregory XI, Pierre R the Beaufort, last French Pope (1370-78), dies 1352 Death Clement VI, Pierre Roger, Pope (1342-52), dies 1302 Death Pierre Flote, French 1st legist/chancellor of king Philip IV, dies 1276 Death Innocent V, Pierre the Tarantaise, Pope (1276), dies at about 36 1276 Event Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V 1142 Death Pierre Abelard, French philosopher (Sic et Non, Heloise), dies at 62
