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117 - Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies
869 - Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies
869 - Lothair II of Lotharingia (b. 825)
1445 - Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer
1506 - Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86
1553 - Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)
1555 - Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)
1588 - Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter
1604 - Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)
1616 - Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68
1631 - Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)
1684 - George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622)
1685 - Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75
1694 - Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82
1700 - Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40
1705 - Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded
1747 - Madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678)
1759 - Karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55
1788 - Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92
1816 - Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65
1827 - George Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57
1828 - Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743)
1834 - Silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80
1863 - Angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825)
1879 - Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797)
1887 - Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)
1888 - Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79
1897 - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79
1898 - Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
1902 - Jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies
1908 - Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40
1911 - William P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830)
1918 - Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright, dies at 38
1921 - Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59
1928 - Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies
1934 - Wilbert Robinson, baseball manager (Bkln Dodgers), dies
1940 - Johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892)
1944 - Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged at 62
1947 - Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
1950 - Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, founder National-India Party, dies
1950 - Nicolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky, composer, dies at 69
1950 - Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (b. 1879)
1954 - Gino Tagliapietra, composer, dies at 67
1960 - Danton Walker, columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at 61
1961 - Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58
1961 - Franc N D Buchman, US theology (Moral Rearms), dies at 83
1961 - Méi Lánfāng, Chinese opera performer (b. 1894)
1963 - Sandor Jemnitz, composer, dies at 72
1965 - Shirley Hardie Jackson, US author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45
1966 - Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63
1967 - Jaromir Weinberger, Czech/US composer (Czech Rhapsody), dies at 71
1969 - Sharon Tate, murdered by the Manson family at 26
1969 - Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German eugenicist and Nazi physician (b. 1896)
1972 - Andrea Feldman, American actor (b. 1948)
1973 - Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (b. 1898)
1974 - Baldur von Schirach, German author/nazi politician, dies at 67
1975 - Julian "Cannonball" Alderly, saxophonist/bandleader, dies of a stroke at 46
1976 - John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered
1979 - Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (b. 1910)
1980 - Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63
1980 - Jacqueline Cochrane, US pilot/1st female faster than sound, dies at 70
1980 - Paul Triquet, French Canadian army officer (b. 1910)
1982 - Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies
1982 - Hermine Heijermans, author (Snikken en Smartlapjes), dies at 80
1982 - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62
1982 - Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer (De Weerlozen), dies
1982 - Eric Brandon, British racing driver (b. 1920)
1984 - Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62
1984 - Ellen Raskin, American author(b.1928)
1985 - Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78
1987 - Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician (b. 1903)
1988 - Alan Napier, actor (Alfred-Batman), dies at 85
1988 - Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1923)
1991 - Brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express), dies of AIDS at 41
1991 - James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61
1991 - John Brasser, Zaans resistance fighter (White Ko), dies
1991 - Magdalena G Schenk, historical (Vorstenhuizen of our time), dies
1991 - Julissa Gomez, American gymnast (b. 1972)
1992 - Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten, dies
1992 - Alison L Gertz, US aids-activist/Esquire women of year, dies of aids
1992 - Arthur Lang, US boxer/businessman, dies at 115
1992 - Eitan Berglas, Israeli banker/advisor, dies
1992 - Lou Krugman, actor (I Want to Live), dies of cancer at 78
1992 - Thomas J McIntyre, US, senator/writer (Fear Brokers), dies
1993 - Harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man & the Sea), dies at 88
1993 - Lou van Raised, impresario, dies at 77
1993 - Roy London, US actor/director (Tiger Warsaw), dies of lymphoma at 50
1994 - Henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62
1994 - Leonid Leonov, Russian playwright (Russky Lesson), dies at 95
1994 - Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/Playwright, dies at 94
1994 - Robin Cavendish, disabled Campaigner, dies at 64
1995 - David Begelman, film producer, dies at 73
1996 - Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69
1996 - Frank A Whittle, inventor of the Jet engine, dies at 89
1996 - George Richard Samways, children's writer, dies at 101
1996 - Herbert Huncke, writer, dies at 80
1996 - Julian Stryjkowski, writer, dies at 91
1996 - Nevill Francis Mott, physicist, dies at 90
1997 - Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74
1998 - Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist
2004 - Fay Wray, American actress (b. 1907)
2004 - Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor (b. 1934)
2005 - Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. 1922)
2005 - Ahmed Deedat, Islamic scholar (b. 1918)
2005 - John H. Johnson, African-American publisher (b. 1918)
2005 - Gene Mauch, American baseball player (b. 1925)
2005 - Monica Sjöö, Swedish artist (b. 1938)
2005 - Ilse Werner, German actress (b. 1921)
2007 - Joybubbles, A notable phone phreak. (b. 1949)
2007 - Ma Lik, Chinese politician (b. 1952)
2007 - Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
2008 - Orville Moody, American golfer (b. 1933)