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337 - Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47
1322 - Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)
1418 - Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian
1421 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)
1471 - George van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies
1544 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)
1589 - Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67
1602 - Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557)
1627 - Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81
1639 - Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies
1661 - Hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73
1685 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
1743 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, Ital/Fr composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77
1758 - Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at 54
1758 - Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (b. 1670)
1772 - John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)
1777 - John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77
1796 - Gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68
1798 - Justin Morgan, composer, dies at 51
1820 - Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41
1824 - Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer, dies at 76
1832 - J W Goethe, writer, dies at 82
1838 - Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73
1840 - Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)
1845 - Franz Joseph Volkert, composer, dies at 67
1867 - Ferdinando Giorgetti, composer, dies at 70
1871 - Johnny Cuzens, cricketer (Australian aboriginal tourist 1868), dies
1890 - Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader, dies at 85
1906 - Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59
1909 - Gyula Erkel, composer, dies at 66
1913 - Sung Chiao-jen, Chinese Nationalist (b. 1882)
1922 - Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian, dies at 86
1923 - Theophile Delcasse, French statesman, dies at 71
1924 - R G Nivelle, French general (Verdun), dies at 67
1929 - Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer, dies at 64
1931 - Ban Johnson, founder of baseball's American League, dies at 67
1934 - Theophilos Hatzimihail, Greek painter (b. 1870)
1944 - ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed
1945 - J Postuma, Dutch resistance fighter, dies
1946 - Clemens A von Galen, bishop of Munster/anti fascist, dies at 68
1951 - J Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (Mattheus Passion), dies at 79
1952 - Uncle Dave Macon, American musician (b. 1870)
1953 - James Anderson II, (Jo-Northern Exposure), dies
1955 - Ivan Šubašić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister and last ban of Croatia (b. 1892)
1956 - George A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71
1958 - Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 56
1960 - José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (b. 1904)
1962 - Aura Abranches, Port actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio), dies at 65
1964 - Addison Richards, actor (Col-Pentagon), dies at 76
1964 - Joseph Schildkraut, Austr actor (Flame of Barbary Coast), dies at 68
1969 - Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Czech actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at 78
1971 - Martin Bodmer, writer, dies
1974 - Peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35
1975 - Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at 75
1975 - Cass Daley, actress (Red Garters), dies at 59
1975 - Paul Verhoeven, director (Robocop, 4th Man, Total Recall), dies at 73
1977 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (b. 1904)
1978 - Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR at 73
1979 - Ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78
1981 - James "Jumbo" Elliott, American track coach (b. 1915)
1986 - Charles Starrett, actor (Silver Streak, Jungle Bride), dies
1986 - Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)
1987 - Joan Shawlee, actress (Abbott & Costello Show), dies at 58
1990 - Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer (b. 1928)
1991 - Gloria Holden, actress (Dracula's Daughter, Test Pilot), dies at 73
1991 - Léon Balcer, French Canadian politician (b. 1917)
1991 - Dave Guard, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1934)
1993 - Cec Pepper, cricketer (NSW & Commonwealth XI leggie), dies
1993 - Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91
1993 - Phia [Sophia R] Berghout, Dutch harpist, dies at 83
1993 - Steve Olin, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 27
1993 - Tim Crews, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 31
1994 - Dan Hartman, US singer/songwriter (Love Sensations), dies at 42
1994 - Igor Aleinikov, Russian director (tractors, air crash), dies at 32
1994 - Luther Diamond, radio Personality, dies at 89
1994 - Walter Lantz, US cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 93
1995 - Peter Woods, newsreader, dies at 64
1996 - Claude Mauriac, writer, dies at 81
1996 - Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS 5, STS 51-B), dies at 59
1996 - Robert Mellors, gay activist, dies at 47
1996 - Ronald George Hayward, political manager, dies at 78
1996 - Don Murray, American musician (The Turtles) (b. 1945)
1999 - David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
2001 - William Hanna, American animator and studio founder (b. 1910)
2003 - Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
2004 - Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. ca. 1937)
2005 - Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913)
2006 - Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
2006 - Kurt von Trojan, Australian science fiction author (b. 1937)
2007 - Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1918)
2008 - Cachao López, Cuban mambo musician (b. 1918)
2009 - Leon Walker, Wakefield Wildcats Rugby Player (b. 1988)
2009 - Jade Goody, Reality TV Star and Entrepreneur