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29 - John the Baptist, beheaded
886 - Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies
1093 - Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)
1123 - King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088)
1395 - Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)
1442 - John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
1523 - Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35
1526 - Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20
1533 - Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors
1542 - Cristovão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (born c. 1516)
1653 - Gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49
1657 - John Lilburne, English dissenter
1712 - Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63
1738 - Georg Reuter, composer, dies at 81
1758 - Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75
1758 - Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal, dies at 56
1769 - Edmond Hoyle, games expert, dies (birth date unknown)
1780 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (b. 1713)
1782 - Richard Kempenfeldt, English admiral, drowns
1799 - Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71
1821 - Horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86
1844 - Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
1856 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (b. 1778)
1861 - Franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63
1865 - John Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54
1877 - Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies
1889 - Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815)
1891 - Pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle (b. 1843 or 1844)
1893 - Aleksei N Apuchtin, Rus poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [OS=8/17]
1904 - Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies
1909 - Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies
1910 - Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies
1910 - Johann O Backlund, Swedish astronomer, dies at 64
1910 - John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44
1914 - ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle
1918 - Max Dauthendey, writer, dies at 51
1921 - Joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (rule of Allen), dies at 83
1928 - Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor, dies at 72
1930 - William Archibald Spooner, English writer (b. 1844)
1931 - David Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder
1933 - Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer, dies at 70
1935 - Astrid S L T Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden, dies
1935 - Charles Lee Williams, composer, dies at 82
1940 - Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77
1941 - Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40
1941 - Jan L G "Yvan" Doornik, Dutch resist fighter in France, executed at 36
1946 - J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed
1946 - Milan Harasta, composer, dies at 26
1960 - Alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46
1960 - Hazza el-Majali, PM of Jordan is assassinated
1960 - Vicki Baum, writer, dies
1966 - Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theoretician (b. 1906)
1968 - Victor Sutherland, dies at 79
1968 - Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier and planner (b. 1881)
1970 - Mary Clare, dies at 76
1972 - Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Ger night club performer/singer, dies
1972 - Rene Leibowitz, composer, dies at 59
1973 - Michael Dunn, short actor (Justine, Boom, Madigan), dies at 38
1973 - Stringer Davis, actress (Mouse on the Moon, Miranda), dies at about 77
1975 - Eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92
1975 - Leland T Weed
1976 - Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), ODs at 18
1976 - Jimmy Reed, rocker, dies of epileptic seizure at 50
1976 - Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (b. 1899)
1977 - Jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54
1977 - Brian McGuire, Australian racing driver (b. 1945)
1979 - Mary Marquet, actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84
1981 - Lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY at 89
1982 - Ingrid Bergman, actress (Anastasia, Gaslight), dies on 67th birthday
1982 - Lehman Engel, US composer (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 71
1982 - Nahum Goldmann, pres Zionist World Organization, dies at 87
1983 - Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61
1983 - William Goyen, writer, dies at 68
1984 - Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian statesman (b. 1901)
1985 - Alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87
1985 - Evelyn Ankers, actress (Black Beauty, Jungle Woman), dies at 67
1985 - Patrick Barr, actor (Black Orchid, On the Run), dies at 77
1986 - Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indies 1933-35, "chinaman"), dies
1987 - Lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies in Tucson Ariz at 63
1987 - Archie Campbell, American country music comedian (b. 1914)
1989 - Peter Scott, English explorer, naturalist, and painter (b. 1909)
1990 - Sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16
1991 - Dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies
1991 - Daniel Ocko, dies of respiratory condition at 78
1991 - Dixie Dunbar, [Charlotte King], dies of heart attack at 72
1991 - Kathryn Cravens, news correspondent, dies at 92
1991 - Libero Grassi, Italian underwear manufacturer/anti mafia, dies
1992 - Mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88
1992 - Teddy Turner, comedian, dies at 75
1993 - Dorian Corey, actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56
1993 - Henry J "Harry" Smeets, dealer of Volkskrant, dies at 56
1994 - Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist, dies at 90
1994 - Gladys Marea Hartman, athletics Administrator, dies at 74
1994 - Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian Catholic priest, shot dead
1994 - Michael Peters, dies of complications due to AIDS at 46
1994 - Phillip Gilmore, actress (Malcolm X), dies at 38
1994 - Tushar Kanti Ghosh, longest serving newspaper editor, dies at 93
1995 - Frank Perry, US dir (Diary of Mad Housewife, David & Lisa), dies at 65
1995 - Harry Broadhurst, British airman, dies at 89
1995 - Jack Stoddart, designer/socialist, dies at 70
1995 - Thomas Strittmatter, writer, dies at 33
2000 - Willie Maddren, English footballer (b. 1951)
2001 - Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, Australian singer (Skyhooks), TV and radio star (b. 1952)
2001 - Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (b. 1926)
2002 - Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (b. 1920)
2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b.1939)
2003 - Patrick Procktor, English artist (b. 1936)
2003 - Michel Constantin, French film actor (b. 1924)
2004 - Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)
2007 - Richard Jewell, central figure in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing (b. 1962)
2007 - Pierre Messmer, French politician and Prime Minister (b. 1916)
2007 - Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea (b. 1920)
2007 - James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (b. 1914)
2008 - Geoffrey Perkins, British comedy producer (b. 1953)