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949 - Herman I, Duke of Swabia
969 - Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered
1041 - Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies
1198 - Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)
1490 - Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90
1508 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)
1524 - Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death
1572 - Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72
1595 - Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59
1603 - William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59
1616 - Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74
1618 - Giulio Caccini, Italian composer
1626 - Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581)
1638 - Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49
1665 - Tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies
1736 - António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese ruler of Malta (b. 1663)
1749 - Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42
1770 - Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80
1805 - Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43
1826 - Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68
1830 - Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies
1831 - Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770)
1833 - Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79
1850 - François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
1865 - King Léopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
1875 - Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84
1877 - Federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68
1877 - Jared Kirtland, US physician/naturalist, dies
1888 - Mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79
1889 - Anzengruber, writer, dies
1889 - Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, dies at 50
1890 - Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84
1896 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63
1904 - James Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies
1909 - Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies
1910 - Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76
1911 - Joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94
1917 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell, fifth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
1920 - Horace Elgin Dodge, American automobile manufacturing pioneer (b. 1868)
1921 - Viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38
1926 - Nikola Pašić, Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes prime minister (b. 1845)
1928 - Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer, and illustrator (b. 1868)
1931 - Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69
1935 - John H Aberson, 1st rector of Landbouw high school, dies at 78
1936 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (Enrico IV, Nobel 1934), dies at 69
1936 - Robert Abel, cricketer (744 runs in 13 Tests for Eng 1888-1902), dies
1938 - Mario Pilati, composer, dies at 35
1939 - Wilhelm Grosz, composer, dies at 45
1941 - Colin Kelly, American pilot (b. 1915)
1945 - Theodor Dannecker, SS officer (b. 1913)
1946 - Damon Runyon, US journalist/writer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 66
1946 - Walter Johnson, great pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at 59
1951 - Algernon Blackwood, English writer (b. 1869)
1953 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born scholar and translator (b. 1872)
1958 - Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, dies at 72
1958 - Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder (b.1864)
1959 - Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies
1959 - Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at 40
1964 - Sam Cooke, US, singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33
1965 - Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68
1966 - Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65
1967 - Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71
1967 - Carl Cunningham, rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash
1967 - Jimmy King, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash
1967 - Otis Redding, singer (Dock of Bay), dies in plane crash at 26
1967 - Phalin Jones, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in plane crash
1967 - Ron Caldwell, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash
1968 - Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82
1968 - Patsy Moran, actress (Children of the Wild), dies at 65
1968 - Thomas Merton, French/US priest/writer (7 Story Mountain), dies at 53
1968 - George Forrest, Northern Irish MP (b. 1921)
1969 - Franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75
1969 - Leigh Harline, composer, dies at 62
1971 - Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57
1972 - Mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78
1973 - Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81
1974 - Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50
1977 - Adolph Rupp, American basketball coach (b. 1901)
1978 - Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54
1978 - Miura Isshu, Zen teacher, Hakuin Rinzai line, dies at 75
1979 - Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67
1979 - Fulton J Sheen, bishop (Life is Worth Living), dies at 84
1981 - John Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89
1982 - Freeman "Amos" Gosden, US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83
1982 - Roy Webb, composer, dies at 94
1983 - Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84
1983 - Patrick O'Moore, actor (Jungle Gents), dies at 74
1986 - Kate Wolf, folksinger (Back Roads), dies of leukemia at 44
1986 - Susan Cabot-Roman, actress (Sorority Girl, Carnival Rock), dies
1987 - Jascha Heifetz, Russia, violinist, dies at 86
1988 - Dick Clair, comedian (Clair & McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS
1988 - Richard Castellano, aqctor (Honor thy Father), dies at 55
1990 - Armand Hammer, CEO (Occidental Petroleum), dies at 92
1991 - Berenice Abbott, US photographer, dies at 93
1991 - Greta Kempton, American artist (b. 1901)
1992 - Carlomagno Andrade, Equadorian general, dies
1992 - Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (b. 1908)
1993 - Maroun Bagdadi, director/writer (Little Wars, Veiled Man), dies at 42
1994 - Garnett Silk, vocalist, dies at 28
1994 - George G F van Renesse, concert pianist/music director, dies at 85
1994 - Keith Joseph, British MP (C), dies
1994 - Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor, dies at 92
1994 - Alexander Wilson, Canadian athlete (b. 1905)
1995 - Darren Robinson, singer, dies at 28
1995 - Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer, dies at 48
1995 - John Francis Boyd, journalist, dies at 85
1995 - Mary Madge Lascelles, literary critic/poet, dies at 95
1995 - Phillip Piratin, communist, dies at 88
1996 - Faron Young, country singer/actor (Hidden Guns), commits suicide at 34
1996 - John Duffey, bluegrass musician, dies at 62
1997 - Violet Carlson, stage dancer/singer, dies at 97
1999 - Rick Danko, Canadian bassist and singer (The Band) (b. 1942)
1999 - Shirley Hemphill, American actress (b. 1947)
1999 - Franjo Tuđman, President of Croatia (b. 1922)
2000 - Marie Windsor, American film actress (b. 1919)
2001 - Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1911)
2002 - Andres Küng, Swedish-Estonian politician, journalist (b. 1945)
2005 - Eugene McCarthy, U.S. Senator (b. 1916)
2005 - Richard Pryor, American comedian and actor (b. 1940)
2006 - Augusto Pinochet, Former Chilean dictator (b. 1915)
2007 - Aqsa Parvez, Canadian victim of an honor crime (b. 1991)
2008 - Didith Reyes, Filipino singer (b. 1948)