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427 - Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
1069 - Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies
1257 - John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)
1380 - John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies
1453 - John Dunstable, English composer, dies
1524 - Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55
1541 - Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61
1548 - Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies
1660 - Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29
1660 - Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1631)
1707 - Noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78
1813 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
1823 - Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68
1862 - Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84
1863 - W M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52
1865 - Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793)
1868 - Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
1869 - Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55
1872 - William John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820)
1873 - Johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795)
1885 - Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85
1889 - Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819)
1898 - Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41
1898 - Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk canonized in 1977 by Pope Paul VI (b. 1828)
1904 - Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55
1907 - Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies
1908 - Francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80
1909 - Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80
1914 - John Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838)
1930 - Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67
1930 - Oskar Nedbal, composer, dies at 56
1932 - Eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60
1935 - Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50
1938 - Bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880)
1941 - Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
1942 - Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80
1942 - Jean LXF Darlan, French admiral, murdered by gaullists
1942 - K Balmont, writer, dies at 75
1944 - Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66
1945 - Francisco Pujol, composer, dies at 67
1952 - Henry A "Hans" Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, dies at 58
1954 - Johnny Ace, ballad singer, dies at 25 of Russian Roulette
1955 - Nana Bryant, actress (Mrs Nestor-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 67
1957 - Norma Talmadge, US actress (sign on bay), dies at 60
1961 - Guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76
1965 - William M. Branham, Christian minister (b. 1906)
1966 - Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69
1971 - Maria Koepcke, ornithologist (b. 1924)
1972 - Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79
1972 - Ernst Kreuder, writer, dies at 69
1974 - Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70
1975 - Bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64
1976 - Victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79
1976 - Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, heir to the throne of Portugal (b. 1907)
1977 - Samael Aun Weor, Columbian writer (b. 1917)
1979 - Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82
1979 - Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, dies at 39
1980 - Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73
1980 - Karl Dönitz, German naval admiral, and last leader of Nazi Germany (b. 1891)
1980 - Siggie Nordstrom, model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer of The Nordstrom Sisters (b. 1893)
1982 - Louis Aragon, French writer (b. 1897)
1984 - Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53
1984 - Peter Lawford, actor (Thin Man), dies of cardiac arrest at 61
1986 - Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75
1986 - Gardner Fox, American writer (b. 1911)
1987 - John M "Joop" de Uyl, Dutch social-dem premier (1973-77), dies at 68
1987 - Joop den Uyl, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1919)
1987 - M. G. Ramachandran, Chief Minister of the Tamil Nadu (b. 1917)
1990 - Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian author (b. 1922)
1991 - Walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46
1992 - Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies
1992 - Pierre Culliford [Peyo], Belgian cartoonist (Smurfs), dies at 64
1993 - Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81
1993 - Norman Vincent Peale, rev (Power of Positive Thinking), dies at 95
1993 - Yen Chia-kan, PM/Pres of Taiwan (1963-72, 75-78), dies
1994 - Jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace, singer, dies at 57
1994 - John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist, dies at 47
1994 - John James Osborne, playwright, dies at 65
1994 - John Keith Wright, English Asst Sect of State (1971-84), dies at 66
1994 - John Osborne, English playwright (Entertainer, Luther), dies at 65
1994 - Julie Haydon, [Donella Donaldson], US actress (Scoundrel), dies at 84
1994 - Louise H "Lous" Hensen, actress (Uncle Wanja, Charlotte), dies at 74
1994 - Nathan I. Daniel, inventor (Guitars), dies at 82
1994 - Rossano Brazzi, It resistance fight/actor (Final Justice), dies at 78
1995 - Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist, dies at 76
1995 - Harry McLevy, trade unionist, dies at 59
1996 - Edward Leadbitter, politician, dies at 77
1996 - Nguyen Huu Tho, Pres of Vietnam (1980-81), dies
1996 - Peter Dormer, arts writer, dies at 47
1997 - Alan Fluck, musical educationalist, dies at 69
1997 - Anthea Joseph, music producer, dies at 57
1997 - James Komack, producer (Courtship of Eddie's Father), dies at 67
1997 - Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (Shogun), dies at 77
1997 - Pierre Péladeau, Quebec businessman, founder of Quebecor (b. 1925)
1999 - João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, President of Brazil (b. 1918)
1999 - Bill Bowerman, American track and field coach
1999 - Maurice Couve de Murville, French politician, Prime minister of France (b. 1907)
2000 - John Cooper, English race car designer (b. 1923)
2000 - Nick Massi, American singer (The Four Seasons) (b. 1935)
2002 - Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
2002 - Laci Peterson, American murder victim (b. 1975)
2004 - Johnny Oates, baseball player and manager (b. 1946)
2005 - Michael Vale, American commercial actor (b. 1922)
2006 - "Braguinha", Brazilian songwriter (b. 1907)
2006 - Frank Stanton, American television executive (b. 1908)
2006 - Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian singer, poet and comedian (b. 1961)
2007 - Nicholas Pumfrey, British judge (b. 1951)
2007 - Akbar Radi, Iranian dramatist and playwright (b. 1939)
2008 - Harold Pinter, British playwright (b. 1930)