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1144 - Aboe 'l-Kasim Mahmoed ibn Omar al-Zapowersjari, theologist, dies at 69
1161 - Emperor Qinzong of China (b. 1100)
1349 - Gunther Van Schwarzburg, German anti-king 1349, dies at about 44
1381 - Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
1497 - Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (b. 1474)
1544 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)
1548 - Carpentras, French composer
1594 - Orlandus Lassus, composer (Prophet sybillarum), dies at about 61
1594 - Roland de Lassus, composer, dies
1662 - Henry Vane the Younger, British Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1613)
1674 - Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer (b. 1600)
1703 - Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (b. 1625)
1709 - Gottfried Wegner, composer, dies at 65
1727 - Cornelis Cruys, Norwegian/Dutch admiral, dies at 70
1744 - Andre Campra, composer, dies at 83
1750 - Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer, dies at 47
1752 - Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer, dies at 57
1752 - Daniel Marot, French/Neth, architect/engraver, dies at about 88
1789 - Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer, dies at 61
1794 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (b. 1718)
1800 - Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French military leader (b. 1768)
1800 - Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general (b. 1753)
1801 - Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary War general, dies in London
1825 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (b. 1754)
1828 - Charles Augustus, grand duke of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach, dies
1828 - Charles, Duke of Prussia, dies at 70
1837 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798)
1864 - Leonidas Polk, general, killed in action in Battle of Pine Mt
1873 - Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian, dies at 92
1883 - Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809)
1885 - Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuelan publisher on Curacao, dies at 58
1886 - Alexandr Ostrovsky, Russian dramatist (b. 1823)
1891 - Nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77
1907 - A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/politician (CVP), dies
1907 - Bob McLeod, cricketer (bro of Charlie, 6 Tests for Aus 1891-93), dies
1908 - Frederick Arthur Stanley, Governor general of Canada (b. 1841)
1911 - Johan Severin Svendsen, composer, dies at 70
1916 - João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer (b. 1865)
1920 - Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian, dies
1926 - Mary Cassatt, American artist (b. 1843)
1927 - Johanna C P Barbiers, actress (Voddenraper of Paris), dies at 79
1927 - Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)
1927 - Jerome K. Jerome, British author (b. 1859)
1928 - Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist, dies
1932 - Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian business pioneer
1933 - Albert Ross Parsons, composer, dies at 85
1936 - Gilbert K Chesterton, English writer/poet (Father Brown), dies
1938 - William W Campbell, US astronomer (Stellar Motions), dies at 76
1941 - Pieter J Kromsigt, theologist/publicist (John Knox), dies at 74
1944 - Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist/slavist, dies at 78
1944 - Robert H Iseley, US pilot/lt-comdr (Saipan), dies in battle
1946 - John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (b. 1888)
1948 - Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer, dies at 79
1948 - John Blackwood McEwen, composer, dies at 80
1951 - Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician, dies at 73
1960 - Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romanian Foreign Minister (1945-52), dies at 67
1960 - Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer, dies at 57
1962 - Anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim
1962 - Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer, dies at 65
1964 - [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, actor/director (3 Drops of Water), dies at 81
1965 - Guido Guerrini, composer, dies at 74
1967 - Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (b. 1897)
1968 - Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51
1968 - Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian poet/essayist (Nobel 1959), dies at 66
1974 - Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer, dies at 81
1975 - Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect (b. 1902)
1977 - Alan Reed, actor (Fred Allen)/voice (Fred Flintstone), dies at 69
1977 - Robert Middleman, actor (Barney-Monroes), dies at 66
1977 - Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
1978 - Theodore Karyotakis, composer, dies at 74
1982 - Marie Rambert, [Cyviam Ramberg], Polish/British ballerina, dies at 94
1982 - Marjorie Bennett, actress (Blossom-Dobie Gillis), dies at 87 of cancer
1986 - Alan Jay Lerner, Broadway librettist, dies in NY at 67
1986 - Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86
1986 - Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), dies at 81
1987 - Les Favell, cricketer (757 runs for Australia), dies
1989 - Pete de Freitas, drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman), dies
1990 - Erna Berger, German soprano (b. 1900)
1991 - Joy Finzi, [Joyce A Black], British painter, dies at 84
1991 - Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (A passage to India), dies at 83
1993 - Vincent T Hamlin, cartoonist (Alley Oop), dies at 93
1994 - Denys Hay, historian, dies at 78
1994 - Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer/actor (City Heat), dies at 66
1994 - Henry Mancini, composer (Pink Panther, Moon River), dies at 70
1994 - Lionel Grigson, professor of Jazz, dies at 52
1994 - Marianne Kunvari, writer, dies at 81
1994 - Mark Alexander Lees, rowing Coach, dies at 38
1994 - Michel Vitold, Russian/French actor (Madame et le Mort), dies at 78
1994 - Simon Prior, British auto maker, dies of injuries
1995 - Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, television producer, dies at 69
1995 - Gesualdo Bufalino, novelist, dies at 74
1995 - Gordon Greig, journalist, dies at 63
1995 - Roger Joseph Zelazny, sci-fi writer, dies of cancer at 60
1995 - Rory Gallagher, Irish rock guitarist (See Here), dies at 47
1996 - Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor, dies at 91
1996 - Thomas Edward Montgomery, drummer, dies at 73
1997 - Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar), dies at 71
1997 - Richard Jaeckel, actor (Starman, The Dark), dies of cancer at 70
1997 - Tesslynn O'Cull, American child abuse victim (b. 1995)
1999 - Bernie Faloney, professional football player (b. 1932)
2000 - Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (b. 1911)
2002 - June Jordan, American writer and teacher (b. 1936)
2003 - Dale Whittington, American racing driver (b. 1959)
2004 - Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1900)
2004 - Eamonn McGirr, Irish-born singer and entertainer
2005 - Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)
2005 - Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (b. 1924)
2006 - Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (b. 1930)
2006 - Monty Berman, British film and television producer (b. 1905)
2007 - Ruth Graham, wife of Billy Graham (b. 1920)
2007 - Robin Olds, American fighter pilot (b. 1922)
2007 - Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician and statesman (b. 1918)
2008 - Jamelão, Brazilian samba singer (b. 1913)
2008 - Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist (b. 1964)
2009 - Bob Bogle, founding member of The Ventures
2009 - Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1940)