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710 - Rupert of Salzburg
922 - Al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur, Persian mystic, beheaded at 64
965 - Arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies
973 - Herman, Duke of Saxony
1378 - Gregory XI, [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), dies
1462 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
1472 - Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator, dies at 37
1482 - Maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25
1482 - Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold; wife of Maximilian I (b. 1457)
1555 - William Hunter, Protestant martyr
1572 - Girolamo Maggi, Italian Renaissance man (b. abt. 1523)
1625 - James I Stuart, king of Scotland (1567)/England (1603-25), dies at 58
1635 - Robert Naunton, English politician (b. 1563)
1668 - Clemens Thieme, composer, dies at 36
1679 - Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38
1697 - Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate (b. 1603)
1701 - Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, count of Tourville/Fr admiral, dies at 58
1714 - Anton Ulrich, German duke of Brunswick/poet, dies at 80
1757 - Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer, dies at 39
1761 - Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer, dies at 72
1769 - Josef Antonin Gurecky, composer, dies at 60
1770 - Giovanni B Tiepolo, Italian painter (Banquet of Cleopatra), dies at 73
1809 - Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter/etcher, dies at 92
1826 - Jakob Haibel, composer, dies at 63
1827 - François Alexandre Frédéric, French social reformer (b. 1747)
1836 - James Fannin, Texas revolutionary (b. 1804)
1843 - Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist (b. 1769)
1849 - Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford (b. 1776)
1850 - Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53
1864 - Jean-Jacques Ampère, French scholar (b. 1800)
1865 - Petrus Hoffman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar (b. 1786)
1873 - Amedée Simon Dominique Thierry, French journalist and historian (b. 1797)
1875 - Edgar Quinet, French historian (b. 1803)
1878 - Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44
1878 - George Gilbert Scott, architect, dies
1889 - Moritz Furstenau, composer, dies at 64
1889 - John Bright, English statesman (b. 1811)
1894 - Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49
1897 - Andreas Anagnostakis, Greek physician (b. 1826)
1898 - Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80
1898 - Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian Muslim intellectual (b. 1817)
1900 - Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69
1910 - Alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74
1910 - David Duffle Wood, composer, dies at 72
1920 - Johan G Danser, Dutch poet (Meetings), dies at 26
1922 - Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer, dies at 63
1923 - Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. 1842)
1924 - Walter Parratt, composer, dies at 83
1925 - Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist, dies at 92
1927 - Joe Start, American baseball player (b. 1842)
1928 - Leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64
1929 - Samuil Shatunovsky, Ukrainian mathematician, dies at 70
1931 - Arnold Bennett, novelist, dies
1933 - Lionel Palairet, cricketer (49 runs in 2 Tests for England 1902), dies
1934 - Francis William Reitz, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844)
1938 - Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66
1939 - Constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57
1940 - Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872)
1943 - Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash
1945 - Jorgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42
1947 - Charles Smith, cricketer (batted for S Afr in 1902-03), dies
1948 - Karel Candael, Flemish composer, dies at 64
1953 - Narciso Garay, composer, dies at 76
1956 - Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84
1959 - Grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54
1960 - Ian Whyte, composer, dies at 58
1961 - Jack Kane, orch leader (Steve & Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37
1966 - Mien Labberton, Dutch poet, dies at 82
1967 - Gerardus H de Vet, the Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67), dies at 49
1967 - Jim Thompson, American designer (disappeared) (b. 1906)
1968 - Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, in plane crash at 34
1972 - Maurits C Escher, Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73
1972 - Sharkey Bonano, American musician (b. 1904)
1973 - Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer, dies at 72
1975 - Arthur Bliss, English composer/conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83
1975 - Gertrude Niesen, actress (Start Cheering), dies at 63
1977 - Diana Hyland, actress (Peyton Place, 8 is Enough), dies at 41
1977 - Eve Meyer, X actress (Immoral Mr Teas), dies in a plane crash at 46
1977 - Lodewijk de Vocht, composer, dies at 89
1977 - A. P. Hamann, American politician
1978 - Wilfred Pickles, actor (Billy Liar, Gay Dog), dies at 73
1979 - Ronald Adam, actor (Phantom Shot), dies at 82
1981 - Mao Dun, Chinese writer (b. 1895)
1983 - James Hayter, actor (Pickwick Papers, Trio, Great Game), dies at 75
1983 - Janis Ivanovs, composer, dies at 76
1986 - Cass Canfield, US publisher, dies at 88
1987 - Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director, dies at 90
1988 - Jan van den Weghe, Flemish writer, dies at about 67
1989 - May Allison, actress (Youth for Salem Men of Steel), dies
1991 - Aldo Ray, western actor (Battle Cry), dies at 64 of cancer
1991 - Elinor Remick Warren, composer, dies at 91
1991 - Leueen McGrath, actress (Edward My Son, Saint's Vacation), dies at 77
1991 - Ralph Bates, British actor (Persecution, Graveyard), dies at 50
1992 - Anita Colby, US model/actress/author (Pepsi Coke), dies at 77
1992 - Easley Blackwood, expert bridge player, dies at 89
1992 - Gerry Duggan, dies at 82
1992 - James E Webb, head of NASA (1961-68), dies at 84
1992 - Martin Engelman, Dutch cartoonist/painter/graphic artist, dies
1993 - Carlos Gimenez, director (Theater Festival of Caracas), dies at 47
1993 - Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 61
1993 - Kate Reid, British actress (Lil-Dallas), dies of cancer at 62
1993 - Katherine Hynes De Groot, dies of stroke at 88
1993 - Wilhelmus M J Russell, Dutch MP (KVP, CDA), dies at 74
1994 - Dennis Hartas, flier, dies at 69
1995 - Albert Drach, writer, dies
1995 - Bernard Cornfeld, Romanian/US financier (Fund of Funds), dies at 67
1995 - Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer, dies at 75
1995 - Rene Allio, film Director, dies at 70
1998 - Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile manufacturer (b. 1909)
1998 - David McClelland, American psychologist (b. 1917)
2000 - Ian Dury, English musician (b. 1942)
2002 - Milton Berle, American actor and comedian (b. 1908)
2002 - Dudley Moore, British actor (b. 1935)
2002 - Billy Wilder, American director (b. 1906)
2003 - Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor (b. 1927)
2003 - Ricardo Munguia, Salvadoran aid worker
2003 - Paul Zindel, American writer (b. 1936)
2004 - Adán Sánchez, Mexican-American singer (b. 1984)
2005 - Wilfred Bigelow, Canadian heart surgeon (b. 1913)
2005 - Bob Casey, American baseball announcer (b. 1925)
2005 - Grant Johannesen, American concert pianist (b. 1921)
2006 - Dan Curtis, American television producer and director (b. 1928)
2006 - Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (b. 1925)
2006 - Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (b. 1921)
2006 - Ruari McLean, British typographer (b. 1917)
2006 - Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and political advisor to Ronald Reagan (b. 1924)
2007 - Paul Lauterbur, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1929)
2008 - Jean-Marie Balestre, French president of motor sport's FIA (b. 1921)
2008 - George Pruteanu, Romanian literary critic and politician (b. 1947)
2009 - Jack Dreyfus, American businessman (b. 1913)