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783 - Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies
862 - St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester(b. 789)
936 - Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies
1298 - Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43
1504 - Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies
1504 - Ştefan cel Mare, Prince of Moldova (b. 1434)
1566 - Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62
1582 - Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)
1591 - Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
1619 - Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies
1621 - Thomas Harriot, English astronomer
1644 - William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24
1656 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)
1663 - Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64
1674 - Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
1684 - John Rogers, president of Harvard University (b. 1630)
1700 - Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77
1708 - Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies
1743 - Spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies
1746 - Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656)
1778 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66
1778 - Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer
1794 - Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65
1798 - John Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies
1822 - Denmark Vesey, & 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC
1833 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)
1843 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88
1850 - Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62
1857 - Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot (b. 1818)
1861 - Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31
1863 - Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28
1878 - Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61
1895 - William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72
1903 - Ed Delahanty, American Hall of Fame baseball player (b. 1867)
1911 - Felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54
1912 - Tom Richardson, cricketer (88 wickets in 14 Tests for England), dies
1912 - Tom Richardson, English cricket player (b. 1870)
1914 - Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78
1915 - Gen Porfirio [Jose de la Cruz] Diaz, president Mexico, dies
1917 - Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor/director (Hamlet), dies
1918 - Mohammed V Resjad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies
1920 - William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
1921 - Edwin Evans, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia), dies
1926 - Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion), dies
1929 - Gladys Brockwell, actress (Oliver Twist), dies at 34
1930 - Anders Randolf, actor (Love of Sunya, Dangerous Curves), dies at 59
1932 - Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10), dies at 43
1932 - Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
1935 - Alfred Dreyfus, french colonel, dies
1936 - Harry Northrup, actor (Who's Knocking at My Door), dies at 60
1937 - Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atl, dies at 40
1937 - Fred L Noonan, US navigator, disappeared over Pacific Ocean
1939 - Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor of Rotterdam (1906-22), dies
1940 - Ben[jamin] Turpin, US comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies
1940 - Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69
1941 - Mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29
1946 - Anthony Overton, publisher/cosmetics manufacturer/banker, dies at 81
1949 - Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67
1951 - Earnest F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon, dies at 75
1952 - Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56
1955 - Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873)
1961 - Ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61
1964 - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, biggest NASCAR money winner, dies in crash
1965 - Theodora E "Betsy" Ranucci-Beckmann, actress (Klatergoud), dies at 88
1966 - Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900)
1968 - Francis Brennan, US cardinal of Philadelphia, dies at 74
1969 - Michael DiBiase, wrestler (b. 1923)
1970 - Jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies
1971 - Edward Ballantine, composer, dies at 84
1972 - Joseph F Smith Jr, leader US mormon chuch, dies at 95
1973 - Betty Grable, US actress (How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 56
1973 - George Macready, US, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place), dies at 73
1973 - Swede Savage, dies of injuries at Indianapolis 500
1973 - Chick Hafey, baseball player (b. 1903)
1973 - George McBride, baseball player (b. 1880)
1973 - Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
1975 - James Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr om Love), dies at 70
1976 - Frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73
1977 - Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78
1978 - Aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet and translator (b. 1922)
1981 - Robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies
1982 - Poul Rovsing Olsen, composer, dies at 59
1984 - Ramiro Cortes, composer, dies at 50
1984 - Paul Dozois, Quebec politician (b. 1908)
1985 - David Purley, British Formula 1 driver (b. 1945)
1986 - Peanuts Lowrey, baseball player (b. 1917)
1987 - Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia
1987 - Michael Bennet, choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44
1989 - Franklin Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
1990 - Muntu Myeza, S Afr anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39
1990 - Snooky Lanson, singer, dies at 76
1991 - Lee Remick, actress (Days of Wine & Roses), dies of cancer at 55
1992 - Borisav Pekic, Serbian writer/politician, dies
1992 - Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, dies at 42
1992 - Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer/Claudia Cardinale's husband, dies
1992 - Jose Monje, [Camaron de la Isla], Spanish flamenco singer, dies
1993 - Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56
1993 - Fred Gwynne, actor (Herman-Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66
1993 - Sir Edward Dunlop, Australian war hero (b. 1907)
1994 - Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US
1994 - Marion Williams, gospel singer, dies of diabetes at 66
1994 - Maung Maung, premier of Burma (1988), dies at 69
1994 - Ralph C Rinzler, folklorist (Greenbriar Boys), dies at 59
1995 - Gail Gordon, actor (Our Miss Brooks, Lucy Show), dies of cancer at 89
1995 - George Seldes, journalist, dies at 104
1995 - Gervase F Ashworth Jackson-Stops, architectural adviser, dies at 48
1995 - Krissy Taylor, model (17 Mag), dies of respitory problems at 17
1996 - Hugh Davson, physiologist/writer, dies at 86
1997 - Jimmy Stewart, actor (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 89
1999 - Mario Puzo, American author (b. 1920)
2000 - Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
2002 - Ray Brown, American jazz bassist (b. 1926)
2004 - Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese writer (b. 1919)
2004 - John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (b. 1919)
2005 - Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
2006 - Jan Murray, American comedian (b. 1916)
2007 - Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano (b. 1929)
2008 - Natasha Shneider, Russian-born musician (b. 1956)
2008 - Elizabeth Spriggs, English-Born Actress (b. 1929)