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840 - Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies
1134 - Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51
1393 - Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)
1480 - Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect
1548 - Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)
1563 - Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)
1583 - Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)
1671 - Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed
1686 - Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60
1710 - Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65
1730 - Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (b. 1646)
1735 - Georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71
1740 - Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony
1747 - Jean Barriere, composer, dies
1784 - Joan Derk van de Capellen, leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42
1785 - Johann Michael Demmler, composer, dies at 36
1799 - Patrick Henry, American revolutionary (b. 1736)
1813 - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect
1815 - Samuel Whitbread, English Politician
1816 - Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe, dies at 51
1832 - Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748)
1836 - Antons Klemens Theodor, king of Saksen (1827-36), dies at 80
1840 - Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789)
1843 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and dramatist (b. 1770)
1852 - Tommaso Marchesi, composer, dies at 79
1861 - Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, dies at 59
1861 - Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
1862 - Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33
1877 - Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca & chief Standing Bear, dies
1878 - Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70
1878 - Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (b. 1790)
1881 - Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61
1883 - Ciprian Porumbescu, composer, dies at 29
1891 - John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
1898 - Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62
1914 - Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin), dies
1916 - Yuan Shikai, president of China, dies at 56
1917 - Iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59
1922 - Lillian Russell, entertainer, dies at 60
1926 - Henry Tate, composer, dies at 52
1928 - Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer, dies at 67
1934 - Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (b. 1864)
1935 - Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), dies at 68
1935 - Julian Byng, British army officer (b. 1862)
1937 - Jean Harlow, actr (Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26
1939 - Ford Madox Ford, writer, dies at 65
1940 - E E Clive, actor (Bulldog Drummond, Night Muss Fall), dies at 56
1941 - Louis Chevrolet, American automotive pioneer (b. 1878)
1943 - Karl Landsteiner, Austrian/US pathologist (Nobel 1930), dies at 74
1944 - Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day
1944 - Gerrit John van de Peat, artist/resistance fighter, executed at 41
1945 - Meinoud M Rost van Tonningen, anti semite/NSB (1937-41), suicide
1946 - Gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83
1947 - Norman Reid, cricketer (Test S Af v Aust 1921-22, 11 & 6, 2-63), dies
1948 - Louis Lumière, French movie pioneer (b. 1864)
1951 - Lionel Hallam, cricketer (England capt 1921), dies
1951 - Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
1955 - Max Meldrum, Scottish-born Australian painter (b. 1875)
1956 - Margaret Wycherly, actress (Claudia), dies at 74
1958 - Lily Theresa Strickland, composer, dies at 71
1961 - Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1875)
1962 - Guinn Williams, actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy), dies of poisoning at 63
1962 - Yves Klein, French sculptor/painter, dies at 34
1964 - Robert Warwick, actor (Konga, Zorro, Lady Godiva), dies at 85
1965 - Lester Matthews, (Sir Dennis-Adv of Fu Manchu), dies at 64
1966 - Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash
1967 - Edward G Givens Jr, Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47
1968 - Franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies
1968 - Robert F Kennedy, (Sn-D-NY), assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan at 42
1968 - Randolph Churchill, son of Winston Churchill (b. 1911)
1971 - Arnold Elston, composer, dies at 63
1974 - Blanche Yurka, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at 86
1975 - Larry Blyden, actor (Joe & Mabel, What's My Line), dies at 49
1976 - J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London
1976 - Victor Varconi, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings), dies at 85
1977 - Sophie Stewart, actress (As You Like It), dies at 69
1979 - Jack Haley, actor (Wizard of Oz), dies of cancer at 79
1982 - Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (b. 1905)
1984 - A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72
1984 - Bill Voce, cricketer (key player of the Bodyline series), dies
1985 - Siem Devout, Dutch actor, dies at 54
1986 - Bhavana Balachandran, Indian actress
1988 - Ella Raines, actress (Brute Force), dies of throat cancer at 66
1991 - Larry Kert, actor (Tony-West Side Story), dies of AIDS at 60
1991 - Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies at 64
1991 - Sylvia Porter, economist/author (Money Book), dies at 77
1992 - Larry Riley, actor (Soldier Story, Knots Landing), dies of AIDS at 39
1992 - Thijs van Lier, lawyer/Dutch MP (PvdA), dies at 44
1993 - James Bridges, writer/director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57
1993 - Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of Dutch queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73
1994 - Barry Sullivan, actor (Great Gadsby), dies at 81
1994 - John Morey Downs, actor/dancer/singer, dies at 80
1994 - John Slot, mayor of Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede, dies
1994 - Johnny Morey Downs, actor/singer (Algiers, Red Head), dies at 80
1994 - Mark McManus, actor (Ned Kelly), dies of pneumonia at 59
1994 - Peter Graves, English actor (Derby Day/Admirable Crichton), dies at 82
1994 - Willie Humphrey, jazz clarinetist, dies at 93
1995 - Imam Elissa, singer, dies at 76
1995 - James Anderson, writer, dies at 41
1996 - George Snell, genetecist, dies at 92
1996 - Glyn Worsnip, broadcaster, dies at 57
1996 - Jean Sinclair, teacher/campaigner, dies at 88
1996 - Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer, dies at 70
1999 - Anne Haddy, Australian actress (b. 1930)
2000 - Frédéric Dard, French writer (b. 1921)
2002 - Robbin Crosby, American guitarist (Ratt) (b. 1959)
2003 - Ken Grimwood, American writer (b. 1944)
2003 - Dave Rowberry, British musician (The Animals) (b. 1940)
2005 - Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931)
2005 - Dana Elcar, American actor (b. 1927)
2006 - Billy Preston, American musician (b. 1946)
2006 - Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican-American jazz pianist (b. 1952)
2006 - Arnold Newman, American photographer (b. 1918)