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79 - Gaius Plinius Secundus, [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies
383 - Flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25
383 - Gratian, Roman Emperor (b. 359)
471 - Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 458)
882 - Louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19
1192 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
1227 - Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies
1270 - Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56
1282 - Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218)
1330 - Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)
1346 - Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle
1554 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies
1556 - David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54
1580 - Frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies
1632 - Thomas Dekker, English dramatist (b. ca. 1572)
1649 - Richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36
1688 - Henry Morgan, Welsh lt-governor of Jamaica
1699 - King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
1711 - Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician
1742 - Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38
1773 - Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29
1774 - Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59
1776 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)
1789 - Mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies
1791 - Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies
1792 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)
1822 - F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85
1835 - Ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Ill at 22
1840 - K L Immermann, writer, dies at 44
1842 - Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80
1846 - Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian nature investigator/diplomat, dies at 73
1867 - Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791)
1868 - Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60
1868 - Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar (Iowa), dies at 62
1868 - Jacob van Lennep, Dutch 2nd member of parliament, dies at 66
1900 - Friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 55
1900 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
1901 - Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever
1904 - William Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827)
1908 - Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1852)
1924 - Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. 1818)
1925 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (b. 1852)
1929 - Frederick Burton, cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies
1930 - Siegfried Wagner, composer, dies at 61
1936 - Grogorij J Zinovjev, Russian revolutionary, dies
1938 - Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Jama), dies at 67
1939 - Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904)
1942 - George EAE, English prince/earl of St Andrews, dies in battle at 39
1942 - Panayot Pipkov, composer, dies at 70
1942 - W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded
1942 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
1944 - Krijn van den Helm, resistance fighter (KP Leeuwarden), shot to death
1944 - Mussa Dshalil, writer, dies
1945 - John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918)
1947 - Clark Wissler, US cultural anthropologist, dies at 76
1950 - Earl Caddock, professional wrestler (b. 1888)
1956 - Alfred C Kinsey, US sexologist (Kinsey Report), dies
1965 - Moonlight Graham, American baseball player
1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated
1967 - Paul Muni, actor (Good Earth), dies after lengthy illness at 71
1967 - Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
1968 - John George, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at 70
1968 - Stan McCabe, cricketer (39 Tests for Australia 1930-38), dies
1971 - Ted Lewis, [Theodore L Friedman], bandleader, dies at 80
1971 - Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890)
1972 - Juan Carlos Paz, composer, dies at 71
1972 - Robert Denzler, composer, dies at 80
1975 - Frans van Amelsvoort, choir conductor, dies at 75
1975 - John R Dunning, US physicist, dies at 67
1976 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76
1976 - Perc Hornibrook, cricketer (6 Tests 1928-30, 17 wickets), dies
1979 - Stan Kenton, orch leader (Music 55), dies at 67
1980 - Gower Champion, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), dies at 60
1982 - John AM "Hans" van Tongeren, actor (Hunk), commits suicide at 27
1984 - Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies at 59
1984 - Waite Hoyte, knuckleball pitcher, dies at 84
1984 - Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1921)
1985 - Samantha Smith, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street), dies in plane at 13
1986 - Allen Case, actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at 51
1988 - Price Daniel, (Gov/Sen-D-Texas), dies at 77
1989 - Gunnar Johnsen Berg, composer, dies at 80
1990 - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (b. 1903)
1991 - Don Nute, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56
1991 - Niven Busch, US writer (Duel in the Sun), dies
1991 - Sergei Ajromeiev, soviet general, commits suicide
1992 - Alma Graciela Haro Esmerelda, singer, dies of diabetes at 65
1992 - Frederick O'Neal, actor (Anna Lucasta, Free White & 21), dies at 86
1992 - Jan G Toonder, writer (Castle in Ireland), dies at 78
1993 - Amy Biehl, US activist in South-Africa, murdered at 26
1994 - Ramdas Nayak, Indies hindu leader/politician, murdered at about 52
1995 - John Killan Houston Brunner, British sci-fi writer, dies at 60
1995 - R B Hudmon, R&B/Soul Singer, dies at 41
1996 - Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh, actor/lawyer, dies at 64
1996 - Dai Houying, writer, dies at 58
1996 - Erskine Childers, UN official/civil servant, dies at 67
1996 - Les Burns, local councillor, dies at 53
1996 - Sylvia Fisher, opera Singer, dies at 86
1997 - Clodomiro Almeyda Medina, Chilean external minister (1970-73), dies
1997 - James Dewar, journalist/documentary film-maker, dies at 70
1997 - Robert Pinget, novelist/Playwright, dies at 78
1999 - Rob Fisher, English musician (b. 1956)
2000 - Carl Barks, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
2000 - Jack Nitzsche, American record producer (b. 1937)
2001 - Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979)
2001 - Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
2001 - Ken Tyrrell, former race driver and founder of Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924)
2001 - Philippe Léotard, French actor and singer (b. 1940)
2002 - Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923)
2005 - Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939)
2007 - Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)
2008 - Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)
2008 - Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1959)