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45 BC - Titus Labienus, Roman leader
180 - Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58
461 - St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)
659 - Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32
659 - Gertrude of Nivelles, Belgian abbess
1040 - Harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies
1058 - King Lulach I of Scotland
1199 - Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow
1272 - Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)
1425 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407)
1516 - Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37
1565 - Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], theologist/physician, dies at 64
1565 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (b. 1500)
1588 - Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies
1605 - Pieter Bast, [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34
1640 - Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies
1649 - Gerardus Johannis Vossius, [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71
1649 - Gabriel Lallemant, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (b. 1610)
1653 - Johan van Galen, admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48
1680 - Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies
1704 - Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63
1713 - Juraj Jánošík, famous Slovak outlaw [b. 1688)
1715 - Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (b. 1643)
1741 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (b. 1671)
1764 - George Parker, English astronomer, dies
1782 - Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematician (b. 1700)
1796 - Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41
1801 - Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64
1803 - Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42
1806 - David Dale, industrialist & philanthropist, dies
1830 - Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (b. 1764)
1846 - F W Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies
1846 - Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61
1849 - Willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56
1849 - William II of the Netherlands (b. 1792)
1853 - Christian Doppler, physicist, dies
1855 - Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65
1857 - Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42
1861 - Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56
1862 - Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62
1863 - John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24
1864 - Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53
1889 - Joseph A Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet, dies at 68
1891 - Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68
1893 - Jules Ferry, French statesman (b. 1832)
1898 - Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington
1901 - Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69
1902 - George William Warren, composer, dies at 73
1906 - Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82
1910 - Joaquin Valverde, composer, dies at 64
1915 - Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69
1927 - James Scott Skinner, composer, dies at 83
1933 - Ferdinand Von Alten, actor (Champagne), dies at 48
1941 - Isaak E Babel, writer, dies at 46
1941 - Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Rus writer (Crvena Konjica), executed at 46
1941 - Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle
1941 - Marguerite Nichols, American actress (b. 1895)
1946 - Dai Li, Chinese spymaster (b. 1897)
1949 - Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54
1949 - Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (b. 1882)
1953 - Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73
1954 - Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88
1956 - Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61
1956 - Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
1959 - Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday
1961 - Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101
1962 - Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82
1963 - William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91
1965 - Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (U of Chic), dies in Calif at 102
1965 - Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62
1966 - Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69
1967 - Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67
1967 - Richard Reeves, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel), dies at 54
1970 - Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83
1971 - Ernst Bachmeister, writer, dies
1972 - Manny Martindale, cricketer (10 Tests for WI, 34 wickets), dies
1973 - Geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81
1974 - Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at 72
1974 - Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73
1976 - Luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69
1978 - George Dickinson, cricketer (8 wickets in 3 Tests for NZ), dies
1979 - Merv Inverarity, cricketer (father of John WA player 1925-40), dies
1980 - Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68
1981 - Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)
1982 - Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador
1982 - Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
1982 - Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador
1982 - Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
1983 - Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
1985 - Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies
1986 - Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49
1987 - Santo Trafficante, Jr., American gangster (b. 1914)
1988 - Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies
1988 - Nikolas Asimos, Greek counter-culture composer and singer (b. 1949)
1989 - Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29
1990 - Capucine, actress (Lion, Red Sun, Fellini Satyricon), dies at 55
1990 - Germaine Capucine, actress (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 57
1990 - Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44
1992 - Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69
1992 - George Lovi, US columnist (Sky & Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies
1992 - Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87
1992 - Jack Arnold, actor/dir (Sid Caeser Special, Emmy 1967), dies at 75
1993 - Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92
1993 - Laadi Flici, Algerian MP, murdered
1993 - Skip Young, actor (Smokey & Hotwire Gang), dies at 62
1994 - Arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57
1994 - Harold Myers, film journalist, dies at 81
1994 - Mai Zetterling, actress (Night is My Future), dies of cancer at 68
1994 - Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79
1995 - Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48
1995 - Donald Baverstock, television Producer, dies at 71
1995 - Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56
1995 - Rick Aviles, US comic/actor (Ghost), dies of AIDS
1995 - Ronnie Kray, English gangster (The Firm), dies at 61
1995 - Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87
1996 - Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist, dies at 83
1996 - Kenneth Jameson, art educationalist, dies at 83
1996 - Rene Clement, film director, dies at 83
1996 - Thomas Enders, diplomat, dies at 64
1996 - Terry Stafford, American singer (b. 1941)
1997 - Gail Davis, actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71
1999 - Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (b. 1921)
1999 - Rod Hull, British comedian (b. 1936)
2002 - Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (b. 1911)
2002 - Pat Weaver, American broadcast executive (b. 1908)
2003 - Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (b. 1902)
2004 - J. J. Jackson, American television personality (b. 1941)
2005 - George F. Kennan, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. 1904)
2005 - Andre Norton, American writer (b. 1912)
2006 - Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
2006 - Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (b. 1913)
2006 - Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (b. 1913)
2006 - Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (b. 1955)
2007 - John Backus, American computer scientist (b. 1924)
2007 - Jim Cronin, Animal welfare campaigner and founder of Monkey World in Dorset, England. (b. 1951)
2007 - Roger Bennett, American Southern Gospel performer (b. 1959)
2008 - Roland Arnall, U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939)
2009 - Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian politician and TV host (b. 1937)