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548 - Theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies
573 - Alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife
767 - Paul I, Italian Pope (757-67), dies
1061 - Floris I, count of Holland, dies
1175 - Andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince
1194 - Emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127)
1385 - Andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies
1389 - Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329)
1586 - Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (b. 1508)
1598 - Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer, dies at 71
1617 - Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle
1714 - Cornelis Chastelein, colonial director, dies at 56
1714 - Daniel van Papenbroeck, Flemish jesuit/historian, dies at 86
1716 - George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (b. 1665)
1742 - Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer, dies at 52
1748 - Marretje Arends, [Matje of Nieuwendijk], Amsterdam plunderer, hanged
1748 - Pieter van Dort, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged
1776 - Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged
1788 - Johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32
1798 - Pierre Dutillieu, composer, dies at 44
1802 - Johann J Angel, German author/director, dies at 60
1806 - Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer, dies at 64
1813 - Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prus min of War (1807-10), dies in battle
1830 - David Walker, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), dies at 44
1834 - Joseph Bové, Russian architect (b. 1784)
1836 - James Madison, 4th US pres (1809-17), dies in Montpelier Va at 85
1846 - Adrian van de Ende, vicar/protestant reformer, dies at 77
1855 - Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86
1857 - Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53
1872 - Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer, dies at 66
1876 - August W Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59
1880 - Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy (b. 1846)
1881 - Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (b. 1798)
1889 - Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70
1890 - Edouard Gregoir, composer, dies at 67
1891 - Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer, dies at 63
1892 - Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Greek poet and statesman (b. 1810)
1909 - Israel Durham, Phillies president dies
1910 - Gustave Leon Huberti, composer, dies at 67
1913 - Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, President of Brazil (b. 1841)
1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated
1914 - Sophie, Princess of Austria, assassinated
1915 - Victor Trumper, cricketer (48 Tests for Australia, 3163 runs), dies
1916 - Ştefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868)
1922 - Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (b. 1885)
1929 - Edward Carpenter, English poet (b. 1844)
1937 - Max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64
1940 - Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44
1946 - Eduard Veterman, Dutch painter/playwright, dies in an auto accident
1947 - Stanislav K Neumann, Czech poet (Anti-Guide), dies at 72
1950 - Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer, dies at 72
1954 - Red deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26
1957 - Ede Poldini, composer, dies at 88
1958 - Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Robin Hood), dies at 77
1958 - George Gunn, cricketer (15 Tests for England), dies at 50
1960 - Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1898)
1962 - Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59
1963 - Frank "Home Run" Baker, (hit 2 HRs in 1911 world series) dies at 77
1964 - King Calder, actor (Lt Grey-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64
1965 - [Theodora E] Betsy Ranucci-Beckman, actress (Dood Water), dies at 88
1965 - Red Nichols, American musician (b. 1905)
1971 - Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor (Serenity), dies at 78
1971 - Joseph Colombo, mobster, shot dead at 48
1971 - Franz Stangl, Austrian commandant of concentration camps (b. 1908)
1974 - Frank Sutton, actor (Sgt Vince Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at 50
1975 - Rod Serling, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), dies at 50
1975 - Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
1975 - Serge Reding, Belgian weightlifter (b. 1941)
1976 - Stanley Baker, actor (Accident, Guns of Navarone), dies at 49
1978 - Clifford Dupont, First President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
1979 - Paul Dessau, German composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), dies at 84
1980 - Heal Gahagan Douglas, (Rep-D-Ca), lost to Nixon, dies at 79
1980 - Herbie Faye, comedian (Doc, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 81
1980 - Yoshiro Irino, composer, dies at 58
1980 - José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
1981 - Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, Iran Islamic Rep Party founder, bombed
1981 - Peter Paul Kreuder, German composer, dies at 75
1981 - Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958)
1982 - Gerard[us M] Rutten, director (Sterren stralen overal), dies
1982 - Harry Mills, US, singer (Mills Brothers), dies at 70
1985 - James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74
1985 - Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (b. 1913)
1988 - Kurt Raab, writer/actor (Boarding School, Stationmaster's Wife), dies
1989 - Joris Ivens, director (Indonesia), dies at 90
1990 - Estelle Lamont, entertainer, dies
1991 - Ernie McCormick, cricketer (12 Tests for Australia), dies
1991 - Klas Bruinsma, clergyman, dies
1992 - Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55
1993 - Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79
1993 - GG Allin, American punk rock singer (b. 1956)
1994 - Fredericka Carolyn Washington, actress (Black & Tan), dies at 90
1994 - William A Henry III, critic (Time Mag), dies of heart attack at 44
1995 - Donald Sinclair, vet, dies at 83
1996 - George Ghita Ionescu, academic, dies at 83
1996 - Michael Wishart, artist, dies at 68
1996 - Piers Gray, critic/writer, dies at 49
1996 - Ronald George Woodman, pilot, dies at 82
1996 - Willard F. McMurry, musician, dies at 89
2000 - Jane Birdwood, British anti-Semitic activist (b. 1913)
2000 - Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (b. 1908)
2001 - Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902)
2001 - Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930)
2003 - Wim Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
2004 - Anthony Buckeridge, English author (b. 1912)
2005 - Brenda Howard, American LGBT activist (b. 1946)
2006 - Jim Baen, American science fiction publisher and editor (b. 1943)
2006 - George Page, American television host (b. 1935)
2006 - Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, English barrister, politician and author (b. 1919)
2006 - George Unwin, British WWII fighter ace (b. 1913)
2007 - Eugene Bennett Fluckey, American Navy Submariner (b. 1913)
2007 - Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
2008 - Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b.1987)
2009 - Billy Mays, American television pitchman (b. 1958)
2009 - Fred Travalena, American comedian and impressionist (b. 1942)
2009 - A. K. Lohithadas, Indian screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1955)