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1160 - Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies
1425 - Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies
1540 - John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies
1544 - René of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle
1683 - Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded
1688 - James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610)
1717 - Niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies
1782 - Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63
1793 - Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French explorer (b. 1739)
1796 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne), dies at 37
1798 - François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)
1821 - Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55
1831 - Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55
1861 - Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44
1870 - Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42
1880 - Hiram Walden, American politician (b. 1800)
1888 - Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53
1889 - Nelson Dewey, American politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
1891 - Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor, dies at 51
1899 - Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and military officer (b. 1833)
1910 - Johan Peter Selmer, composer, dies at 66
1917 - Christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle
1922 - Djemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, murdered
1927 - J J Lyons, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies
1928 - Ellen A Terry, Brits actress/dir (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81
1932 - Bill Gleason, late 19th century baseball player
1938 - Owen Wister, American author (b. 1860)
1941 - Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet (b. 1872)
1943 - Charles William Paddock, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1920), dies at 42
1944 - Gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau
1944 - Henning von Tresckow, Gen-Maj, "July 20th plotter", commits suicide
1946 - Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
1948 - Arshile Gorky, abstract expressionist, dies at 43
1948 - Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer, dies at 58
1950 - Albert Riemenschneider, composer, dies at 71
1957 - Bernard Spooner, US inventor (bulletproof jacket), dies
1957 - Rockley Wilson, cricketer (bro of Clem, Test for England 1921), dies
1966 - Eugeen Calleen, Flemish sculptor, dies at 83
1967 - Albert J Luthuli, president South Africa (ANC), dies
1967 - Basil Rathbone, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies of heart attack at 75
1967 - Jimmy Foxx, baseball hall of famer (Det Tigers/534 HRs), dies at 59
1967 - Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (English paint box), dies at 80
1968 - Ruth St Denis, US choreography, dies at about 90
1970 - Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
1970 - Bob Kalsu, American football player (b. 1945)
1972 - Jigme Dori Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, dies
1972 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (b. 1889)
1973 - Russell Hardie, dies after long illness at 69
1974 - Willem F K Hussem, painter/poet (Steltlopen on Sea), dies at 74
1975 - Billy West, actor (Jimmy the Gent, Jealousy), dies at 82
1975 - Fie Carelsen, actress (Malle Gevallen), dies at 85
1976 - Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland, assassinated
1979 - Ludwig Renn, writer, dies at 90
1982 - Dave Garroway, TV host (Today Show), dies at 69
1982 - Jean J A Girault, French director (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies at 58
1984 - Michael Osborne, rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe), dies at 34
1985 - Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65
1985 - Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney)
1986 - Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed
1986 - Virginia Hewitt, actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies at 60
1986 - Ernest Maas, American screenwriter (b. 1892)
1990 - Manuel Puig, Argentina writer (Buenos Aires Affair), dies at 57
1990 - Sacha Piteoff, dies of heart failure at 70
1990 - Stanley Shapiro, dies of leukemia at 65
1991 - Theodore Wilson, dies at 47
1991 - Paul Warwick, English racing driver (b. 1969)
1993 - Henk Kersting, bureau chef (Associated Press-WW II), dies at 88
1993 - Piet Wielinga, TV producer (Dutch Glory), dies at 56
1993 - Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53
1994 - Dorothy Collins, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67
1994 - John Ernest, constructionist Artist, dies at 72
1994 - Marjorie Dorothy Chandler Collins, jazz singer, dies at 67
1995 - Edwin "Russell" House, saxophonist, dies at 65
1995 - Elleston Trevor, author, dies
1995 - Jon Boulle, motorcyclist, dies at 59
1996 - Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier, dies at 85
1996 - Gerald McArthur, detective, dies at 70
1996 - Herb Edelman, actor (Odd Couple, St Elsewhere), dies of emphysema 62
1996 - James Tye, safety expert, dies at 74
1996 - John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot, dies at 50
1996 - Macha Louis Rosenthal, critic/poet, dies at 79
1996 - Wolf Morris, actor (Padmasambhava-Dr Who), dies at 71
1998 - Alan Shepard, astronaut (b. 1923)
1998 - Robert Young, American actor (b. 1907)
2001 - Steve Barton, American actor (b. 1954)
2001 - Sivaji Ganesan, South Indian Tamil actor (b. 1927)
2003 - John Davies, New Zealand Olympic Committee president (b. 1938)
2003 - Walter M. "Matt" Jefferies, American film art director (b. 1921)
2004 - Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (b. 1929)
2004 - Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1918)
2005 - Long John Baldry, British blues musician (b. 1941)
2005 - Lord Alfred Hayes, British Wrestling Announcer for WWE (b. 1928)
2006 - Mako, Japanese-born American actor (b. 1933)
2006 - Ta Mok, "The Khmer Rouge Butcher", war criminal in Democratic Kampuchea (b. 1926)