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537 - Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies
1348 - Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)
1381 - John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic
1463 - Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies
1463 - Archduke Albert VI of Austria (b. 1418)
1515 - Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies
1552 - Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506)
1592 - Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46
1615 - Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general
1665 - Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588)
1694 - Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (b. 1622)
1719 - Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85
1723 - Philip, French duke of Orleans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies
1726 - Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (b. 1665)
1747 - Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695)
1748 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662)
1763 - Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56
1774 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54
1814 - Marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74
1828 - Simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39
1831 - Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56
1844 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
1845 - Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82
1849 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
1859 - John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59
1860 - Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796)
1864 - Archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31
1880 - Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65
1888 - Franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54
1888 - Mehmed N Kemal Bey, Turkish writer/journalist (Vatan), dies at 47
1892 - Jay Gould, American entrepreneur (b. 1836)
1899 - Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (killed at Battle of Tirad Pass) (b. 1875)
1903 - Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50
1915 - Jan Malat, composer, dies at 72
1916 - Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69
1918 - Margit Kaffka, writer, dies at 38
1918 - Edmond Rostand, French poet and dramatist (b. 1868)
1919 - Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke & steel operation, dies at 69
1923 - Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72
1924 - Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)
1925 - Julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50
1931 - Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80
1933 - Josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78
1935 - Albert Kessel, 1st to die in Calif gas chamber
1936 - John Ringling, American circus owner (b. 1866)
1943 - Nordahl Grieg, writer, dies
1944 - Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67
1944 - JW Ummels, Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi), dies
1950 - Dino Lipatti, composer, dies at 33
1953 - Ernest Hayes, cricketer (Surrey bat played 5 Tests for England), dies
1953 - Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator, dies at 75
1953 - Reginald Baker, Australian athlete and actor (b. 1884)
1957 - Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73
1957 - Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (b. 1902)
1963 - Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39
1963 - Thomas J. Hicks, British-born runner (b. 1875)
1965 - The Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test capt 1936), dies
1966 - Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85
1967 - Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78
1969 - Kliment J Voroshilov, president USSR (1953-60), dies
1972 - Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies
1972 - Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64
1974 - Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72
1974 - Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1897)
1976 - Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pitts Pirates), dies at 59
1976 - William Tannen, actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65
1979 - Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72
1980 - Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer (b. 1914)
1981 - Hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62
1981 - Nicolaas "Cola" Debrot, gov of Dutch Antilles (1962-70), dies at 79
1981 - Wallace K[irkman] Harrison, US architect (UN), dies at 86
1982 - David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41
1982 - Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein), dies at 49
1983 - Atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1983 - Fifi D'Orsay, "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79
1985 - Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies
1985 - Philip Larkin, [hermit of Hull], English poet, dies at 63
1985 - Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (b. 1914)
1986 - Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer
1986 - Lee Dorsey, R&B singer, dies at 59
1986 - John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist (b. 1912)
1987 - Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914)
1988 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)
1990 - Aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90
1990 - Robert Cummings, actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82
1992 - Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43
1992 - Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die
1993 - Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44
1994 - Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85
1994 - James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, lawyer, dies at 86
1995 - Francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at 90
1995 - Roxie Roker, actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons), dies at 66
1995 - Stanley Devon, photographer, dies at 88
1995 - [William] Robertson Davies, novelist essayist/dramatist, dies
1996 - Penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at 76
1997 - Shirley Crabtree, British professional wrestler (b. 1930)
1997 - Michael Hedges, American guitarist known for originality (b. 1953)
2002 - Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)
2002 - Arno Peters, German historian (b. 1916)
2003 - Alan Davidson, British author (b. 1924)
2004 - Mona Van Duyn, American poet (b. 1921)
2004 - Alicia Markova, British ballerina (b. 1910)
2005 - Kenneth Lee Boyd, American convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1948)
2005 - Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (b. 1919)
2005 - Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian drug smuggler (hanged) (b. 1980)
2006 - Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (b. 1947)
2008 - Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur (b. 1933)
2008 - Kathleen Baskin-Ball, American United Methodist Pastor
2008 - Odetta, American singer (b. 1930)